@Mom6 I am in the same predicament. OOS, 1540 SAT, 4.8 GPA, founder of non-profit, graduating w/ 13 APs, founder of multiple clubs and nationally ranked debater. No offer for Honors Carolina, only the Research Scholars Program, which appears anyone can get into (someone enlighten me if otherwise).
Kinda disappointed but I am OOS, so pleased to be accepted. Hoping that the stuff is sent out in waves.
From what I understand it is very, very, difficult for OOS students to be accepted into the honors programs or to get merit aid. My son is also OOS with top credentials and did not receive anything except acceptance. My sister is a professor at UNC and said UNC focuses their money on top programs on in-state, tax paying citizens.
@Momto4kids , @minimango congrats on hearing back from CSS for selection weekend!! We went through the process last year and our DD was selected. I can’t say enough about this program! Has made a huge positive impact on my daughters first year experience. Last year during the weekend’s events they gave us the stats for the 2017 selection process. They selected around 500 applicants from admissions output (semi-finalist?), then around 100 or so were chosen for selection weekend. After weekend interview event they were looking to offer sixty or so, shooting for a cohort of around 35 or 40. Last years cohort seemed split 50/50 between OOS and IS. Good luck!
@habitualnerd @jschwamberger My OOS son is in the same situation. Very high stats, involved with sports and other ECs, etc. with acceptance but no invitations to any other Carolina honors programs. I don’t blame North Carolina for focusing its resources on its residents. This is as it should be. Residents are very lucky to have an institution like this, with terrific academics and resources, that also holds tuition constant for the college years.
As an OOS student, we will have to decide whether we will pay the OOS tuition which will increase each year. Other OOS parents have said that even without honors the education is terrific. But it would be hard to write that check with other offers on the table.
I understand the disappointment re: Honors, but many (most?) aspects of Honors Carolina are open to other students – including the classes. And you can apply as soon as end of first semester. If any student wants ‘extra’ experiences like research, etc., they just have to do well and go for it. My understanding is there’s not huge distinction around being in the program once you’re on campus. Finally, just being an OOS at UNC gets you extra notice and attention so if you’re worried about not being respected for what you bring to the table, put those concerns aside! Everyone know how hard it is to be accepted OOS. (I went to UNC from in-state and married an OOS Tar Heel back in the day so, I know!).
Research is very easy to get. My OOS daughter is not in honors and did not receive merit and has never had any trouble obtaining research positions.
There are options to join honors once you are a student… but there are also many other opportunities to take advantage of.
Are of you going to the Carolina Scholars Dinner on March 2? My D just confirmed we are attending and would love to meet.
So that means if I didn’t get any notification about Chancellor’s Science Scholars, I didn’t get it, right?
Good Evening all! Husband called Admissions office and ALL Honors College Offers have been handed out. As has been noted in other posts, you can apply after first semester. Son (ACT 34, myriad AP with all 5’s, Valedictorian, Varsity Sports, Captain, Class President, Blah/Blah/Blah) is IS and not offered Honors or EXCEL. Although grateful for admission, offers from other top schools with Honors and Scholarships could pull this IS student elsewhere.
How can you submit for reconsideration?
Did anybody receive assured admission into their pharmacy school?
@JoieDeVivre73 i wish they would at least email stating that it is all given away. 
I got a generic email about the global gap year fellowship… sounds quite interesting
@workingitout: As has been mentioned by some other posters, not getting into Honors is really not that big of a deal IMO; you can still take Honors classes (my non-Honors sophomore is doing just that), and there should be research opportunities aplenty for those who have the shift and feck to seek them out. I think that Honors has some nice benefits regarding networking and related things; but your academic experience as a non-Honors student is, as a practical matter, probably not going to be that much different from that of an Honors student. It’s not as if UNC-CH were a large, third-rate public university where being in an honors college or program would be necessary to maximize what you could get out of your education.
Now, the scholarship thing, on the other hand, I understand very well how that could be a deal-breaker – especially if there would likely be graduate or professional school in your child’s future.
Agreed…^… but also think networking is very possible even if not in honors. One still has opportunities to meet and work directly with some remarkable people both on and off campus.
@working it out. I was exactly in your shoes last year. My son was also valedictorian, varsity baseball, EC, good scores etc., and was not selected for Honors or given any merit from UNC. He was given the excel opportunity of research scholars but as most opportunities anyone can sign up and he wasn’t even able to sign up for the special classes it says you have access for. Regardless, he is a thriving student @ UNC despite, what I had thought at the time, and very upset that he was not being rewarded for all of his hard work and just trying to understand how these decisions are made, we are glad he chose UNC.
@twogirls: Absolutely!
My D’s roommate was in honors and according to my D, the RM was not getting anything more than the non honors kids. Honors students can live in the honors dorms… but the regular dorms are just as quiet and conducive to studying
@Bizeemom … the endless opportunities …for those who want them… are the reward.
@twogirls …totally agree With your statement. Being a mom of a first generation college student, at the time that wasn’t how I perceived it, but was able to put into perspective that he was accepted to a top university because of his hard work and are very glad for his choice and so is he, and that he truly does have endless opportunities available to him.
Do we receive anything in the mail for being admitted?
is there any more scholarships that will be sent out? and when do we find out if we are a connect carolina scholar?