<p>I am from MI and I was just wondering why UNC's out of state acceptance rate is so low. I think it's unfair for out of state residents because we have to try about 5 times as hard as in-staters! I understand that it's not about anything being fair, but rather about the school's policy and what it stands for...but does anyone know WHY or WHAT it's about??</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity :)</p>
<p>The same thing happens at University of Michigan for out of state students. A state school exists primarily to serve residents of that state. Out of state students are admitted for geographic diversity and high OOS tuition dollars.</p>
<p>Makes sense. I live in MI and am surprised by the amount of people that are accepted into UofM with sub-par stats. Then, out-of-states come grobbling with perfect scores and amazing EC’s! Lol, I guess that’s just how it is.</p>
<p>It’s because North Carolina residents pay taxes to fund the UNC school system. UNC is a public, state school. It may be unfair in a sense that you have better grades than some of the people that get in from NC, but we pay for it. In that sense, I believe it’s fair.</p>
<p>Yeah, NC residents pay a substantial amount more in taxes for the public university system than I think any other state. It’s even in the state constitution that NC will make its public schools as affordable as possible for in-state students. It’s a very integral part of the state public university tradition, and I do not think it will change. While I do think it would be a fantastic idea to admit more OOSers because of the budget issues, the 18% cap will likely never change.</p>
<p>It would actually have a trickle down effect that would benefit the other public universities in the UNC system if UNC could accept a larger percentage of out of state students.</p>
<p>then why does it only happen in UNC and Michigan? for example why california system is different? is it because they are poor, so they need OOS? That’s doesn’t make any sense. I don’t think is fair either. Since if a student came from a different state and is much smarter then the kid who got admit that got lower SAT GPA and EC?</p>
<p>UNC has a cap of 18% out of state students. This includes athletes and international students. The University can be fined for exceeding the cap.</p>
<p>Because North Carolinians pay so much in taxes for our public university system, yes it is fair that in-state students get preference in admissions. Yes it makes sense that we should have more OOS students, but it’s not going to change, at least not by much. The 18% cap is so engrained in the tradition our public university system and the state itself. </p>
<p>Other states are different because their laws are different and they do not pay as much in taxes for public higher education. And honestly, it’s not like if you’re OOS and you don’t get in that you don’t have any other options. There are other schools in other states.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but if UNC wants to maintain the reputation of being a top school, it needs accept people with higher scores. Because in state student often times have sub par scores, admissions would be forced to accept top out of state students so that the SAT/ACT mid-50% would be comparable to those other top public schools…</p>
<p>I wish you would come to Chapel Hill and tell an in-state student that they are subpar… It is not written in the state constitution that we must “maintain our reputation”, however, it is written that the school exists to serve North Carolinians. Don’t complain about that which is not going to (nor should, for that matter) change.</p>
<p>Oh darling, you must be mistaken. Thats not a complaint. In fact, I have spoken some of the most intelligent people that are attending UNC from north Carolina. However, you’re oblivious if you fail to see a school’s reason for maintaining a good reputation.</p>
<p>It’s not like the reputation or quality of the student body is declining. If anything, it’s getting better as more and more people apply to college every year. </p>
<p>And what exactly do you mean that admissions would be forced to accept top OOS applicants? They are not forced, that’s the whole point of admissions anyway. Sure, OOS scores do bump up the overall scores. But UNC is still accepting IS students with top scores as well. Just because it’s for the residents of North Carolina doesn’t mean it’s accepting a lot of sub par students. We’re not an ivy league, and we don’t pretend to be. But UNC is still a great university, 80% IS students and all.</p>
<p>Is that not what I just said?</p>
<p>For fiscal year 2009-10, student tuition and fees accounted for 10% of the budget. State appropriations were 22%. I’m pretty sure NC taxpayers/legislature can determine how many OOS to accept since their contribution is over twice what tuition funds.</p>