<p>In other words, are there restrictions attached to applying by the Nov. 1 deadline? Are you obligated to attend if admitted?</p>
<p>Earlier date is for EA - no obligation to attend</p>
<p>No obligation. You find out around the 2nd or 3rd week of January and reply by May 1st like everywhere else.</p>
<p>It should be added that since UNC notifies in January, it does NOT conflict with SCEA at Stanford or Yale, so students may apply early to both.</p>
<p>Strong applicants usually receive likely letters around Christmas.</p>
<p>^That’s what I plan on doing. EA at UNC, and SCEA at either Yale or Stanford.</p>
<p>Also, even if the notification date was on a different date, it would not conflict with SCEA at Stanford or Yale. Both institutions will allow an applicant to apply to a public school in their home state EA as long as it’s not binding.</p>
<p>There are no restrictions, but as if you’re name suggest you are from Georgia, I would advise waiting until the second deadline to apply, unless you (or your child) has exceptionally strong stats. </p>
<p>This is because it will allow admissions to see first semester grades, and UNC does not give a bump to 1st deadline apps. The only reason 1st deadline has a higher admit percentage is because that is when all the in-state students traditionally apply (at my high school there was an announcement on the TV for a week about the 1st deadline approaching).</p>
<p>Maybe TonyBallioni knows something I don’t, but I wouldn’t discourage you from applying early action, even if you are from out of state. From what I was told by admissions, there’s no advantage to either deadline, in terms of improving your chances of admission. But it’s so nice to find out earlier. (It would probably be worth waiting for your first semester grades if you think they’re likely to be stronger than your grades to date.)</p>
<p>WOndering if you guys know the answer to this? I heard that going forward chapel hill will be AVERAGING SAT scores for the CR & writing sections. Has anyone else heard of this?</p>
<p>@HoComom:The only advantage that 2nd deadline has over 1st is that it allows UNC to see first semester grades. For the average OOS applicant, with good stats, but nothing super-extrordinary, this is important because it has the possibility to raise GPA and class rank. </p>
<p>Generally the majority of 1st deadline applicants are in-state, or extremely strong OOS.</p>