<p>Which college would be harder to get into for an out-of-state applicant?</p>
<p>(I live in Massachusetts)</p>
<p>University of NorthCarolina @ Chapel Hill, or Emory University in Atlanta?</p>
<p>please let me know. i know emory has a higher prestige, but i hear UNC is very selective when applying OOS. please, let me know.</p>
<p>thanks!!</p>
<p>mmm....i'd say UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>yeah i second UNC</p>
<p>i third it</p>
<p>really?? that kind of surprises me...
i always thought emory was extremely hard to get into, no?</p>
<p>Emory is more selective.</p>
<p>UNC-ch is better all around. UNC is definitely better...gogogo</p>
<p>The only thing UNC is better than Emory at is basketball.</p>
<p>Apply to both, they aren't THAT different.</p>
<p>Are you guys serious? Emory is MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH harder to get into (assuming you are actually applying to Emory and not the Oxford college, which is Emory for dumb kids).</p>
<p>Emory and UNC are very different, what are you talking about?</p>
<p>I second grits.</p>
<p>I don't think Emory is much harder to get into than UNC out of state. The key is OUT OF STATE. They both have about 36% acceptance rates overall, but that goes down for out of state kids at UNC; according to their website, the admissions rate for out of state residents is under 20%. It will be hard to get into both though.</p>
<p>I also wouldn't take it as a given that Emory automatically has more prestige than Carolina. In many areas of the country, it's not true at all.</p>
<p>Wow, disregard everything in post #13. This is not how admissions works. First, you try to define selectivity in terms of acceptance rates. Wrong move buddy. UNC and Emory have different applicant pools, and so they are not comparable. Second, Emory UNQUESTIONABLY has more prestige than UNC in academic circles. Ask anybody in academia.</p>
<p>Yes, grits is correct regarding both issues.</p>
<p>You can't make such a broad statement like that about UNCthe two schools have different strengths. Emory isn't some powerhouse that's good at everything, not that UNC is either, but you're oversimplifying it. UNC is very well-respected in many areas.</p>
<p>Also, it is true that they have different applicant pools. And yes, the in-state portion of UNC is certainly nothing special, but the out-of-state applicants are actually very well qualified.</p>
<p>I'm not saying that getting into UNC is easier, I'm just saying that from out-of-state it's not as easy as you were implying. Stop pretending like Emory is like the hardest school ever to get into, it's really not. I'm not sure if you have a bias against public schools or you're an Emory fan or what, but look at this objectively. And no, I don't go to UNC.</p>
<p>It is difficult to compare prestige and selectivity of a large public school with a well known sports team to a school such as Emory. I believe what grits and others are trying to convey is that Emory is more elite for academics associated prestige and selectivity. UNC has prestige and selectivity associated more for sports prominence and the North Carolina region. This is not to say that UNC is a bad school, it is well known for academics and research but is not on the same level as UVA or Berkeley.</p>
<p>I still think UNC-CH is a better school. It's a better campus, better location, better atmosphere...this may be subjective, but the campus bit is fact. I admit that Emory might be better in certain areas. But UNC's humanities programs are topnotch (political science, etc), and any of the scholarships are just godly (e.g., Robertson, Morehead). GO UNC!!! By the way, I spent several weeks living on the Emory campus, interacted with Emory students, went around Atlanta, and though Atlanta was great...but still think UNC is awesome-r!</p>
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[UNC] is well known for academics and research but is not on the same level as UVA or Berkeley.
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Well, yes, I would agree with that, but that wasn't the issue. Emory isn't on the level of UVA and Berkeley in many ways, either.</p>
<p>But you're right, the comparison between a large state school and a small private is difficult and probably fruitless in the end. There's always something to recommend one over the other, it just comes down to personal preference.</p>
<p>sorry about that</p>