<p>60% is a high percentage for one state compared to the rest of the nation. I would say that is still favoring in-state applicants.</p>
<p>Oh yeah guys I didn’t even see that you some of you offered to read my essay. I got some old heads to peer edit it for me. WIsh I would have seen that :(</p>
<p>60% is a lot for in-state. But that is typical for a public university.
Private universities like Duke have way more out of state students.</p>
<p>It is possible UNC will raise the OOS percentage this year but they have a lot of state residents to honor-top community college transfers, veterans with good grades returning to school, etc. As Panther noted, state schools have educating the residents of the state as their primary mission.</p>
<p>40% OOS is less than 60% in-state, but keep in mind that the percentage of in-state applicants who apply to UNC is much higher than the percentage of OOS students that apply. It would be impossible to determine who is favored unless you have the exact number of IS/OOS students who applied</p>
<p>Is anybody else’s myUNC still showing that they have NOT received your transcripts, under the “Admission Items”?</p>
<p>Me. Official transcript</p>
<p>Mine is showing that they haven’t received my high school transcript.</p>
<p>Okay, cool. Thanks guys. Seems like they are just backlogged. Probably received a ton of applications this year because they used the CommonApp.</p>
<p>Application Complete XD.</p>
<p>Anderson “The Spider” Silva.</p>
<p>Yeah I just recall reading somebody comment that they favor OOS Transfers. I couldn’t believe that’s true when NC residents have been paying our state’s high taxes for years. Also keep in mind there are a lot of programs with NC Community colleges where students are basically automatically submitted if they achieve certain qualifications.</p>
<p>I think they accept a higher % of OOS transfer because less apply and they tend to be a bit more competitive. However, a higher number of in-state transfers are admitted every year because there are more applicants. I would bet the average in-state applicant has lower stats than the average OOS applicant. Therefore I believe ‘favor’ is a relative term. I haven’t really looked at any stats to back this up but these are my conclusions from reading this thread and the previous UNC transfer thread. Opinions?</p>
<p>Many of the OOS applicants are amazing students who were turned down or waitlisted as freshmen. The transfer competition can be fierce as these students are re-applying with outstanding stats from their current four year school. The 40% is not hard and fast, it could be lower this year for OOS students. It all depends on the applicant pool and what Carolina has a “need” for. Keep in mind the meeting of demonstrated need is determined by the CSS and not the FAFSA for institutional aid. Most aid will be work study and loans.</p>
<p>The community college students fall into several different admissions categories. The C-STEP students are selected each fall at the individual community colleges, interviewed by Carolina, admitted and then mentored through completion of the 64 credits at the community college. I am involved in this selection and these students are amazing. How nice to know you are going to Carolina a year before you go! C-STEP students are not part of the applicant pool the folks on this board are in. They have already been accepted. </p>
<p>Other community college applicants are considered along with the rest of the applicants. There is no guaranteed admission with a certain GPA for the community college applicants and there are not quotas that I know of. It may look like it is “easier” for them to be accepted as the acceptance rate for those with very high GPAs (over 3.5) is good. In selecting transfers, UNC looks for diversity, unusual life challenges (older students- over age 25, students who have overcome huge obstacles -health, raising children and supporting family etc) and those who have served our country are looked on favorably if they have good grades.</p>
<p>You could probably contact admissions about ratios of in and OOS state applicants. I was accepted as an OOS junior 30 years ago. There is no way Carolina would have even considered me as a high school applicant (terrible grades). I went to another NC university and worked hard, then applied and was accepted.</p>
<p>One question, I just found out that international applicants need their transcripts to be evaluated by one of the institute from the list UNC provided. I did not do this, and they did not ask me about this problem as well. So do I still need to get my transcript evaluated or not? I kind of think it is already too late for that.</p>
<p>My status also shows that they miss several items from me, but when I call them today, they told me that all of them are received but not yet process…</p>
<p>Still, GOOD LUCK to everyone who dream to be a part of UNC!</p>
<p>^ This happened to me too. But you just have to wait until they process your application. Once they do, they will update the “to do” list.
When did you submit your Common Application?</p>
<p>So just went to check the portal and it’s now stating they are missing my HS transcript. That’s weird since I had the “Nothing to do” for about 3 weeks. Do not feel like going back to HS again to order another one. Urgh</p>
<p>E-mail them to send out another one.</p>
<p>My friend (who also applied as a transfer to Carolina) apparently got an email from a current student at UNC thanking her for her interest in applying. I didn’t receive anything of this sort. Did any of the other applicants receive/not receive this email? Just curious if this was some sort of “likely” letter.</p>
<p>@Terp</p>
<p>I received one this afternoon. I doubt it’s an indicator. I use to think those mass emails were personal but I recently learned how to send out mass letters/emails using MS Word’s “Mail Merge” feature.</p>
<p>@Mitch, maybe you’re both really strong applicants haha. She has a 3.9+ and is an URM (Hispanic) in the sciences. I’m just worried because I didn’t receive anything.</p>