Ditto the comment on NC students getting preferential treatment. I️ have been supporting UNC students with my state taxes for 15 years and my girls should get the benefit.
I️ might support the a ratio of 85% instate, 5% legacy OOS, and 10% international. Maybe 80/20 instate/international.
Understand the tax paying benefit. However 85 instate 5%oos legacy and 10%international is a pretty homogeneous student body.
@ls2018 I got a slightly different letter. I am an alum and my S18 is an IS applicant. Our letter said that IS children of alums get in at a rate of 55% to 45% for non-legacy applicants.
@chb088 That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing! Best of luck to your son.
Does any have an approximate window that decisions should be released by?
Is anyone in NC awaiting Morehead semi notifications tomorrow?
@jswani I personally went for the Robertson, however one of my best friends went for Morehead!
@Jjlghv73 Nice! I had a tough time deciding between the Robertson and the Morehead but I’m glad I picked what I did. Best of luck to you and your friend!
Did anyone get their decisions yet??
For morehead semifinal?
@becky7700 Yes, I got mine. Didn’t advance.
@jswani It’s their loss!!
@becky7700 Aww thank you, that makes me feel a lot better 
anyone know when decisions come out?
@Chipotlegurl28 by the end of January: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/deadlines/
@burghdad, Homogeneous student body is the biggest downside to most state schools. If either D ends up at any UNC it will be important to do a term or year abroad.
I’m super nervous about EA decisions! Good luck to everyone!!
If anyone has the time to give me their perspective on my chances as an OOS applicant, I would appreciate it!
Here are my stats:
SAT: 1530/1600
GPA: 98.3/100 weighted, my school does not do class rank but I know that I would be in the top 5/300
NHS, SNHS, MHS, spanish language awards
girl scout for 12 years, silver and bronze awards
vp of red cross club at my school, student council secretary, in a number of other clubs as well
varsity field hockey for 4 years, part-time jobs
great recs, pretty good essays
morehead cain nominee (does this enhance my application at all even though I did not make it to the semifinalist round??)
I think my major downfall is the fact that I’m a white OOS applicant but there’s nothing I can do about that 
@tarheel01: If you look at the UNC-CH Common Data Set, under Part C7 it states that standardized test scores, application essay(s), letter(s) of recommendation, and the rigor of your high school record are “very important” academic factors considered for freshman admission, whereas GPA and class rank are “important” academic factors considered for freshman admission. Extracurricular activities, talent, and character/personal qualities are considered as “very important” non-academic factors.
Further, Part C9 of the Common Data Set for UNC-CH gives the median 50% for both SAT and ACT scores, as well as the percentage of the entering first-year class falling within certain ranges of SAT and ACT scores; Part C11 gives the percentage of entering first-year students falling within a range of unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale, and Part C12 gives the average high school GPA of first-year applicants.
By way of comparison, our OOS high school usually has 8-10 students who apply, and 1-2 students who are admitted, each year to UNC-CH; and, with the exception of legacy students, our admitted students have SAT scores of 1490+ and weighted GPAs of 4.4+. These successful applicants also were involved in extracurricular activities that showed commitment over time (no “drive-by” ECs), and demonstrated leadership in the school as well as their ECs. Other kids in our city who I know were admitted to UNC-CH recently also had similar academic statistics and non-academic characteristics; and all of these kids were “unhooked” in admissions parlance (i.e., not a recruited D-1 athlete, or a URM, first-generation college student, etc.).
Having stated all of the above, your SAT score and GPA are competitive for admission as an OOS applicant. If you have good essays and letters of recommendation, that will help. The problem, of course, is that the chances of any OOS applicant to UNC-CH are somewhat problematic due to the highly competitive nature of OOS applications there: UNC-CH admits OOS applicants in numbers that are calculated not to exceed 18% of an entering freshman class. See “Undergraduate Admissions” on Page 2, here: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/files/2013/09/Admissions__Policy.pdf. As a further example of the difficulty for OOS students to be admitted to UNC-CH, the entering Class of 2021 had a 14% acceptance rate for OOS applicants: http://admissions.unc.edu/apply/class-profile-2/.
I don’t know whether your high school has Naviance or any similar program that gives information about how students at your high school have done in applying to colleges and universities; if so, you might peruse that data. Also, if any former students from your school have been admitted to UNC-CH recently, your guidance counselor may be able to give some insight into how and why such student(s) were successful.
Regarding your question about the Morehead-Cain nomination, I don’t think that it necessarily or automatically enhances your application to UNC-CH. I know Morehead-Cain nominees who have been accepted, and ones who have been rejected. Still, it is a compliment to you that your school thought highly enough of you to make that nomination.
@tarheel01 Morehead-Cain and UNC Office of Admissions are two separate entities. Plenty of Morehead Cain finalists last year didn’t even get admission into UNC itself. Sucks compared to schools like UVA and Jefferson who still get into the school with another scholarship even if they don’t get the Jefferson scholarship itself.
Does anyone know if there is a chance EA decisions will be released any earlier than stated online? I know other schools have released their decisions way earlier than anticipated