@SouthernHope Am I missing something? Doesn’t this page say in-state admittance rate is over 50%?
@AlexHarper How many from your school typically is admitted?
Hey guys… Does anyone have any anecdotal evidence of what the typical SAT and ACT scores are for admitted OOS students? I know UNC doesn’t release OOS specific data concerning this, but I’m very curious (and nervous) haha
@maroonsfan Last year there were 7 or 8. The year before there were about 11
Using the statistics for the Class of 2018 pointed out by @maroonsfan and applying a little algebra, it would appear that OOS applicants represent 69-70% of applicants, 42-43% of accepted students, and 20-21% of enrolled students. I’m surprised that the numbers are so high.
Woah, good work @wstrav…I too did not expect such high numbers. Very interesting indeed!
@wstrav it is impossible for your numbers to be correct. The state of North Carolina employs a cap of 18%, which is the maximum percentage the OOS population can represent out of the total enrollment. Sorry to come off so pushy lol but I was reading about this the other day. The state makes sure all public universities affiliated with the state are under this 18% threshold. I’m a hopeful OOS applicant, it is just so hard to get in oos it is basically a crapshoot. It’s unfortunate because of all the work most applicants have put in but it is true. This goes for other top tier public universities like Virginia.
I am dying to hear back from UNC, it is my top school and I have been dreaming of going there since I was young. Got a great offer from Ohio State, so it’s good to have options but this wait is killing me.
@saraho3097 my son got into Ohio State as well but he is waiting for UNC also. We are instate so we are crossing our fingers. Are you an instate student also? What is your major going to be?
The class profile is published. http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile/
What really makes OOS tough is the sheer number of OOS applicants combined with the number of OOS students with hooks taking first year slots out of the 18% cap (like all our recruited OOS athletes). All you need to do is look at the high percentage of Honors Carolina members, Phi Beta Kappa members or students in our more popular/competitive professional schools (like KF) that are OOS to see the effect of the 18% cap competition.
It is not a crap shoot, it is very competitive.
@leehoch18, I understand the 18% cap. However, that’s how the numbers in the Class of 2018 Profile add up. It may have been that OOS yield was higher than expected last year.
The real question is why is January taking so long…
@leehoch18 @wstrav, wstrav’s numbers are correct, I just checked them myself. Granted, the percentages given were rounded off to the nearest percent, so it is impossible to get super precise numbers, but it does appear that about 20% of all students that enrolled were OOS last year. The statistic that kind of blows my mind is that 70% (~21,000 or 22,000 total) of all applicants are OOS! It’s kind of weird that so OOS people apply, but only 21% of the admitted OOS students actually enroll. I guess it’s expensive for OOS.
Many OOS that gain admission also have great opportunities elsewhere…
Where do you guys think you’ll go if you don’t get in? UNC is my number one choice, so I’m trying to figure out where I want to go if I get rejected.
@freetogive I’m not sure that’s a hard one I’ve been told I’m going to UNC since I was 4 or 5. We’ve had season passes to the football games and basketball games every year and my parents donate money to the school annually as alumni. I applied to Duke, Wake, NC State, American University, and Johns Hopkins as well as some safety schools (UNCG, Elon, and High Point) but I can’t see myself anywhere else! I would probably choose Wake Forest though, its a nice school.
@AlexHarper I can’t see myself going anywhere else either. So God-willing, I’ll get in! I honestly have no idea where I’d go if I didn’t get in. It’s a hard decision.
I applied to four schools (3 were free), without even thinking I’d ever attend them. UNC is the fourth one and I have no real backup plan. 
I am waiting to hear back from Vanderbilt, UVA, and UNC.
Just pointing out that the 21% OOS in the facts and figures there is NOT saying that 21% of last year’s admits are OOS. It’s saying that the yield in the enrolled students was 21% of the OOS admitted students, which in turn represented 18 percent of the original OOS applicant pool. That does imply, roughly speaking, that about 2/3 of applications are OOS and 1/3 are in-state. Of course, now I see that someone else has already done more precise calculations, but there you go.