<p>Hi. I'm a rising senior, and I'm looking at UNC for college, but I live in PA. How much harder is it to get into UNC if your out of state than if you live in north carolina?</p>
<p>haha...the biggest question on every out of state applicant's mind....</p>
<p>to be honest, it is a crapload harder for OOS. the acceptance rate is around 20% for OOS, and it sucks even more b/c more people apply to unc from OOS than in state. (11,000 as opposed to around 9000) the instate acceptance rate is around 50% (still pretty low for a state school), so the overall acceptance rate for the school is 35%.</p>
<p>essays make a huge difference. DONT FORGET. lol.</p>
<p>According to the Fiske Guide, an OOS student has a better shot at getting into Duke.</p>
<p>"According to the Fiske Guide, an OOS student has a better shot at getting into Duke."</p>
<p>Not true.</p>
<p>yeah, just going by the numbers, OOS 25-75% is a 1350-1480, while duke is a 1380-1550. </p>
<p>But it is much harder. I'm in the same boat as ou. I just saw UNC 2 days ago and fell in love with it, but I'm from florida and will probably go to UF.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Don't go by the numbers because numbers don't include the 18% OOS cap at UNC in their calculation which makes the OOS pool very selective.</p>
<p>Maximillian unfortunately you are wrong on this one; there were three students in my sons's HS class (OOS) admitted to Duke and rejected at UNC, all three matriculated at Duke.</p>
<p>18.5% out of state in class of 2010
roughly 11,000 Out of State students apply versus 9,000 in state
That 18.5% includes recruited varsity athletes
The real OOS acceptance rate is much lower that 20%.</p>
<p>With that said, I had a ridiculously low SAT for Carolina (1990, 1328ish adjusted), straight 3's on AP scores, though i did have 3.84 unweighted GPA, graduated top ten in my class of 130.</p>
<p>I applied as an out of state for regular admission and was waitlisted (as I was at Dartmouth, Georgetown, among others). I sent newspaper articles and a letter to the Dean of Admissions. Mr. Farmer actually emailed me back! He said he was doing his best and that he appreciated everything I sent in. He called my home on May 11th, 2006 and offered me admission for Fall 06. We ended up having lunch together last spring. </p>
<p>Please remember its not all about the statistics, I'm sure higher qualified students were turned away so I could attend UNC, but I can't imagine going to school anywhere else!</p>
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<p>Actually, the OOS acceptance rate is probably ~20%+. I don't have the figures at hand, but the recent NC legislation that now considers OOS merit scholarship students as in-state students (for tuition purposes) effectively opened the door for more OOS students. The OOS merit and athletic scholarship awardees are not figured into that 18% cap as I understand it. So, 20% OOS is probably about right now-- maybe more.</p>
<p>Jack, are you sure about that? I am an oos applicant, but being a national merit finalist, I automatically qualify for a $1000/yr merit scholarship if I name UNC as 1st choice. I am not questioning it, just asking for confirmation. If it is true, it would be a big load off my shoulders, as UNC is my dream school. If possible, please post a link to the article.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>actually that SAT range i got was directly from an admissions officer 3 days ago. I specifically asked him for the out of state SAT 25-75% range and that's what he told me. For in state he told me 1260-1380</p>
<p>grajo8,</p>
<p>it is my understanding that if you are accepted at UNC and are a national merit finalist you would receive the $1000.00 national merit scholarship if you named UNC as your first choice school. However, being a NM finalist does not guarantee acceptance to the university even if you name it as your first choice.</p>
<p>during my campus visit last month by the director over the admissions dept. that for OOS there is about an 18% chance of being accepted and this is with stellar stats.</p>
<p>graj08: Sorry, that legislation mentioned earlier is for merit (or athletic) scholarships, like the Caroina Scholars, Morehead, Robertson, Pogue, etc. I don't <em>believe</em> the NMF scholarship falls in that same category, so wouldn't be part of that legislation. </p>
<p>(Tyr is also correct that "being a NM finalist does not guarantee acceptance to the university even if you name it as your first choice.")</p>
<p>Tarheelhopeful: Technically the cap for OOS is 18%, but because of this legislation, it's probably closer to 20%. The cap is one thing; however, the acceptance rate for OOS is different from the cap. Not sure what that is, but it's been posted here before. I'll see if I can find it.</p>
<p>Okay, here's a link where people discussed it on CC. Those who have posted seem to think that the acceptance rate is also around 18-19%, so that does match what you were told.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=236162%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=236162</a></p>
<p>Haha, I got into UNC from OOS and was waitlisted at Duke. </p>
<p>I found it to be quite funny.</p>