<p>D is planning on pursuing a degree in education (teach middle or high school English) and knows that Carolina will be a reach with her stats of 1770 SAT, 26 ACT, 3.8 GPA, and also because she is about 25th in her class and not in the top 10%. We live in NC and have visited APP, Wingate, and UNC-Greensboro, but so far not much interest there. Still have to visit Gardner Webb and Campbell. D is going to apply to Carolina and see what happens. Does anyone know how much emphasis they put on prospective students being a NC resident and/or if their major makes it easier or more difficult to get accepted? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>It is definitely much easier to get in as an in-state student. Prospective major, however, does not matter.</p>
<p>I believe there is a rule that UNC has to admit 85% of students from North Carolina. As for prospective major, I do not know, but it would probably help your daughter if she has extracurriculars related to her interest in teaching.</p>
<p>Careful! That is NOT the rule. UNC-CH has to have an incoming class that is 82% native. That does not mean the acceptance rate for natives is 82%!!!</p>
<p>b4nnd20: maybe I'm just tired or slow but can you explain the difference?</p>
<p>Say that there are 17,000 spots in the class of 2012 at UNC Chapel Hill (completely making that number up--although I think the class size at UNC is around there). The 82% rule states that 82% of those 17,000 spots are reserved for North Carolina residents only. So, 13,940 members of that class must be from NC. Only 18% of the spots are open to out of state students.</p>
<p>But, this 82% number is separate from the acceptance rate for NC residents. If 50,000 students from NC apply to UNC Chapel Hill, and there are only 13,940 spots in the class, then the acceptance rate for NC residents is 27.88%. See the difference?</p>
<p>Gotcha......depends on how many students from NC apply to UNC as to what the NC acceptance rate will be. Thanks.</p>