<p>UNCW: Our life is your vacation.</p>
<p>HTH.</p>
<p>^^^oooooooooo sooooo very true :)</p>
<p>Same as where I live :D Love it - no matter the weather LOL</p>
<p>^^lol, if that's not a t-shirt, it should be!</p>
<p>Some good points, Jeepmom. Whaltimore, that saying should be on a t-shirt!</p>
<p>Many students from our area (about 4 hours from Wilmington) go to school at UNCW. None of them (at least son's friends) came home except for breaks. Many received visitors on the weekends for the beach and social life there. I would not consider UNCW a suitcase school at all.</p>
<p>mkm, Thanks. Are the students that you know happy there? What is the perceived reputation of the school in your area?</p>
<p>UNC-W is climbing the ranks and getting a bit more difficult to gain admission to - they are being a bit more choosy these days and they are making great efforts in many areas.</p>
<p>NOReastMOM what is your kiddo considering studying?? I can't remember - me bad.............</p>
<p>jeepmom, He won't be ready to apply for 2 years, bc he is currently a rising sophomore. He is undecided about major, and I could see him applying as undecided. If he would have to choose now, he would pick English, and history might come in as a second choice. He is thinking about teaching. I can also see him majoring in something else (ie: communications/hospitality/PR area, or even business management, but the latter is more doubtful), so I am not focused on a college's strength of majors. He needs a school with lots of options. A LAC would be a good fit too.</p>
<p>As far as difficulty getting in, I just met someone who will be freshman at UNC-W. Her credentials were strong enough (very impressive stats) for her to go to so many schools, but she chose UNC-W. I did get the feeling that a bf might have been involved in her decision making.</p>
<p>A friend's D with SAT in the mid 1100's and class rank around the top 30% applied this year and did not get waitlisted per se but a letter that basically told her to go to another State U. or Comm. College for a year and take the basic core classes and if her grades were satifactory (2.0 ?, 2.5?...not sure) she would be guaranteed a transfer to UNC-W for soph. year. </p>
<p>She later got accepted to NC State decided to go there instead. </p>
<p>Some of S's friends (boys) at UNC-W had similiar stats (to the above girl) and were admitted in 2005. </p>
<p>Many, many girls from our area apply to UNC-W so boys may have a little advantage in admissions. NC State is the opposite with more apps. from males so females have an advantage.</p>
<p>I wonder if not only being male, but OOS, esp. from a mid-Atlantic state helps. It is not always harder to get into schools from OOS, but it is true for some state schools. I know in my area, nearly nobody is interested in UNC-W. I don't think that it is on most people's radar screens. Most people in our area send their children within 3 hours of home. Some top students will apply to UNC Chapel Hill, and when they don't get (most don't), they go elsewhere.</p>
<p>You may be right,nem. Even though the school is very popular with in-state students, it only stands to reason that they would want some oos kids for diversity.<br>
Since UNC-W is not a big "name" sch. they probably have fewer oos applicants than the schools that are so well known. S knows a girl at UNCW that is from Peru!</p>
<p>I really do think that all of the NC state schools get lost bc of Chapel Hill. Most people in our area have only heard of UNC Chapel Hill. They have also heard of Duke or Wake. Most have not heard of Elon, NC state schools, or other UNCs, or schools like Queens U, Lenoir Rhyne, orGuilford. I guess the small privates are also lost, living in the shadows of schools that are much higher ranked.</p>
<p>All the kids I know who have gone to UNCW have loved it there. IMO their reputation has grown (at least IS). Most of the ones I knew who attended there majored in business, communications, film (not sure if that is the name of the major), and biology/marine biology. All the ones I know who went there, stayed there--no transfers. I haven't seen the campus for years, but my son was there several times in the last years visiting friends--he said that there has been much new construction and was very favorably impressed.</p>
<p>A close friend's d. is moving in this weekend for her freshman year. She had many extracurricular activities and was top 10% of her class (not sure about SAT scores). She applied only to Wilmington and one other school as a back up. She is very interested in drama, film and communications and thought their program was just what she wanted.</p>
<p>Another friend's d. graduated last year in business. She landed a very nice job at a major publishing house in NYC.</p>
<p>mkm, Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>One big tip for an OOS applicant in the NC UNC system (there are 16 schools BTW) is - apply very early in the process - like the week applications open - cuz as soon as the NC 18% OOS limit is reached - no other OOS'ers will be admitted - just a hint - actually told to me by 2 admissions offices in NC :)</p>
<p>For some reason - and I haven't figured it out yet - several good schools in NC are overlooked by us northerners - cuz they seem to think that only UNC-CH is a viable option - they look no further.</p>
<p>I agree NSM - many kids up here stay within that 3 hr distance thing and look no further. I loved the idea of finding some great gems in the mid-atlantic area - and/or southern area - there are some great schools/deals that many just don't bother checking out - too bad.</p>
<p>Jeepmom, I know that you meant NEM, and not NSM. Many folks either look to their own state's flagship or another state's flagship (ie: UNC-CH). They also look to private schools with names that they have heard of and do not look further. We won't only look for schools in to the south, but also explore some in the midwest. I know that your family was successful and very happy with a NC state school. </p>
<p>Thank you for the tip about when to apply. I hope that they don't begin apps to early bc getting our school to get everything out takes a bit of time. Are these schools rolling? Acutually, I am editing to answer my own question. This school is not rolling. It has EA and RD. The deadline for EA is 11/1. I would think that it does not matter if that app. arrives in September, or at the end of October. They should both have equal chance based on date of submission.</p>
<p>OO NEM - soo sorry LOL - glad you knew who I meant :D</p>
<p>We were successful and happy with the NC university system (tho there was 1 we missed on our radar that in hindsight would have been a great option for my gal as well) - and we did investigate our options from MD/VA/DE/NC/SC/GA/FL - our flagship was not an option - not on the radar at all - yuckkkkk - and none of the other New England state flagships were even mentioned at all :) - the other went the other way - to an elite VA LAC :) and he only applied to 1 school!!!! yikes :)</p>
<p>I would still recommend any OOS'er to apply early in the process for any of the UNC schools - if not rolling - then for EA - which is not binding - hit that 11/1 deadline tho for sure (our acceptances took less than 3 weeks!! from the 2 UNC schools) Ya know that bird in hand thing - always nice to know one is wanted LOL</p>
<p>You have lots of options out there - enjoy the search and find :)</p>