<p>‘Never heard of it’. Then they look at me as if I’ve failed to get in anywhere good. Awkward.</p>
<p>(UNC is not exactly famous where I’m from…)</p>
<p>I agree with tarheel151. Since Chapel Hill takes your educational context into account when evaluating your performance, it is perhaps more impressive to get a certain SAT score coming out of a low-resourced rural school environment than it is to get the same score coming out of Enloe. </p>
<p>From UNC’s perspective, the student who did well despite coming from a high school with few resources may have more potential to blossom and perform even better once being exposed to the wealth of educational resources of UNC. Put another way, standardized test scores - while imperfect for every student - more accurately measure the full potential of students from schools with lots of resources than schools with few resources, and UNC knows this.</p>
<p>I get some very surprised wows, most from adults, teachers, basketball fans, and students who applied to all the ivy’s/top schools who know how hard it is to get to UNC out of state.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most people from where I’m from have never heard of it… and most of the time they look at me condescendingly like ‘oh, a random state school? how dumb are you?’. If they only knew hehe =P</p>
<p>when i tell people, they are very impressed because I live OOS in florida, and only one kid from my school out of 7 got in last year. He’s a genius, and chose there over penn, so it’s highly regarded down here. It’s always “Oh wow, I heard that’s almost vy-hard-to-get-into out of state” so that’s a plus.</p>
<p>Cloying, it’s good to hear that you love chapel hill so much coming from florida! :)</p>
<p>soexcited, What part of FL are you from? I’m actually not from there originally - my mom’s a native to W Palm Beach and so went back to the motherland when I was a first year. But you’d be surprised at how many alumni live in the little town of Vero Beach. Lots of Heels in Florida, maybe because the ACC link… I’m not sure. :)</p>
<p>I’m from Boca Raton, so I’m pretty close to west palm 
and really? haha yes vero is veryy small, I went there once. That’s cool though that there are a lot of alumni down hereee for sure.</p>
<p>Most students that I’ve told have never heard of UNC Chapel Hill and don’t know how hard it is to get in. (I’m from New York.) My guidance councilors and some teachers were impressed. Apparently I’m the first person to get in from my school in eleven years. Though I tend to think that’s because no one else applied.</p>
<p>I’m in Union County, just south of Mecklenburg. The reactions I get are generally positive, although some think UNC is extremely overrated, which is not true in my opinion. Besides, its still an amazing school.</p>
<p>People are genuinely happy. I am from Wake County and understand why some Wake county students feel it is harder to get into UNC. We are also one of the wealthiest and most well-supported school districts in the state. Last year, Wake county had the 3rd highest number of Nationally certified teachers in the nation (adjusted for district size).</p>
<p>If your grades aren’t high, it’s your fault in Wake County. If your rural school only offers 3 AP courses, it isn’t your fault.</p>
<p>People are genuinely happy. I am from Wake County and understand why some Wake county students feel it is harder to get into UNC. We are also one of the wealthiest and most well-supported school districts in the state. Last year, Wake county had the 3rd highest number of Nationally certified teachers in the nation (adjusted for district size).</p>
<p>If your grades aren’t high, it’s your fault in Wake County. If your rural school only offers 3 AP courses, it isn’t your fault.</p>
<p>It’s not as famous in New York so I get a few confused looks and questions but the knowledgable school people seem impressed.</p>
<p>Nice to see some other Floridians on here. I’m from Miami, and I just got in. I’ve had mixed reactions. Some very impressed while others not really aware of UNC’s high academic status. </p>
<p>I don’t think there is another school in the country I’d rather go to. UNC pretty much has it all, but the people down here tend to worship the Hurricanes or the Gators.</p>
<p>There are a TON of people here from Miami. I don’t know what it is! But I love it.</p>
<p>My granddad played football for the Canes and grandmothers went to FSU, so even though UNC is my home I get pretty pumped up when I watch any Florida teams play, too. :)</p>
<p>haha wow, i didn’t realize there would be that many people from Florida.</p>
<p>bquin, we had a college day the other day for dress down at my school (we usually wear uniforms) and can I tell you every shirt was either gators or canes, and i was super proud to be repping my tarheels shirt hahaha. it was great. it’ll be fun though!</p>
<p>I was at a local fund raiser last night and ran into a lot of people I hadn’t seen in a while. When I mentioned my son was going to UNC I got a lot of high fives and congratulations for the in state price we get to pay. Most parents here in NC appreciate how lucky we are to have a great school at a great price.</p>
<p>cloying: I’m glad there will be some people from Miami up there, just not too many! haha</p>
<p>I don’t know why people love the Canes so much. The majority of their fans never went to college or attended MDC anyways lol. For the most part, students at UMiami aren’t actually from Miami since it’s so expensive. If you’re going to pay such a high tuition bill you might as well leave the state and go somewhere better right?</p>
<p>^^^^^Yeah, like UNC (I went to UF undergraduate, if you hadn’t guessed.)</p>