<p>My daughter is an OOS freshman at UNC. She chose UNC over our state flagship (with a scholarship) and an ivy, as well as a number of other schools. UNC has a better program in her field and is an overall better school than our state flagship. And we just weren’t willing to pay for the ivy, given that UNC was just as good in her field, and costs much less. I think our feelings on cost might have been different if the economy hadn’t tanked. (My husband is an alumnus of the ivy our daughter was considering.) While this is just one family’s experience, it is an example of what eadad was talking about.</p>
<p>Just to update…I saw the Washington Post article about state universities accepting more from OOS, and that they included UNC along with UVA, etc. But two days later they ran a correction about UNC! They indicated that their information about an increase in OOS acceptance rates and enrollment was incorrect, and that the 18% cap had not changed, nor would it be changing. </p>
<p>Our son is a sophmore at UNC and loves it! He had extremely competitive numbers/activities/leadership positions and got a likely letter in December of his senior year of HS. We know a number of students from our area (DC region) who did not get in with very strong applications. It is still very difficult from this area to get into UNC. </p>
<p>He is majoring in journalism and political science and has just been accepted into the business school as well. Couldn’t be happier!</p>
<p>We have to remember that there’s a difference between the number/percentage of OOS ACCEPTED and the number/percentage who ATTEND. The latter is the number that must by law be no more than ~18 percent in NC and something like 30 percent in VA , right? So UNC and UVA can offer admission to however many OOS applicants they feel they need to, in order to ensure that the appropriate percentage will accept the offer of admission. The fact that the admissions numbers for OOS have gone up doesn’t mean that more OOS students will be attending. (At least that’s my take on it.)</p>
<p>Enrollment is capped at 18% not admission. Based on the numbers in the post above which reflect 2009 admissions stats, approx 13,000 OOS students applied of which approx 2700 were admitted and approx 700 enrolled.</p>
<p>Since they seem to have a pretty good handle on their normal yield I would guess that the number of admitted students will remain consistent with that, the only variable will be the number of applicants.</p>
<p>^
So you think that the same amount of students will enroll this year during a recession and after UNC raised tuition?</p>
<p>It’s certainly possible, but I think UNC will admit a little more OOS than last year to be safe.</p>
<p>At least that is what I am hoping…</p>
<p>Perhaps they’ll accept a few more but they run the risk of overcrowding if the yield is higher than they accept. If the yield is low they can always admit off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I don’t think the numbers will change much.</p>