ADMISSIONS: SHOOTING FOR STARS
■ Profile of Freshmen Entering UNC, Fall 2008
By Residency and Alumni Status
North Carolina Applied
Non-alumni children 7,854
Alumni children 1,433
Total 9,287
Admitted
3,734
852
4,586
Admit
47.5%
59.5%
49.4%
Enrolled
2,469
628
3,097
Yield
66.1%
73.7%
67.5%
Out-of-State
Non-alumni children
Alumni children
Total
Applied
11,685
535
12,220
Admitted
2,490
233
2,723
Admit
21.3%
43.6%
22.3%
Enrolled
655
112
767
Yield
26.3%
48.1%
28.2%
All
Non-alumni children
Alumni children
Total
Applied
19,539
1,968
21,507
Admitted
6,224
1,085
7,309
Admit
31.9%
55.1%
34.0%
Enrolled
3,124
740
3,864
Yield
50.2%
68.2%
52.9%
By Residency and First-Generation College
North Carolina Applied Admitted
FGC 2,038 835
Non-FGC 7,249 3,751
Total 9,287 4,586
Admit
41.0%
51.7%
49.4%
Enrolled
607
2,490
3,097
Yield
72.7%
66.4%
67.5%
Out-of-State
FGC
Non-FGC
Total
Applied
1,506
10,714
12,220
Admitted
298
2,425
2,723
Admit
19.8%
22.6%
22.3%
Enrolled
95
672
767
Yield
31.9%
27.7%
28.2%
All
FGC
Non-FGC
Total
Applied
3,544
17,963
21,507
Admitted
1,133
6,176
7,309
Admit
32.0%
34.4%
34.0%
Enrolled
702
3,162
3,864
Yield
62.0%
51.2%
52.9%
School and Community Activities
Participated in community service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95%
Played a sport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74%
Founded an organization, was captain of a sport or served
as president of a class, club or student body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69%
Participated in music, drama or other arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62%
Traveled outside my home country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55%
Heldajobduringtheschoolyear ........................................52%
Presidentofclassorclub ..............................................48%
Participatedinacademiccompetitions ....................................46%
Captain of a varsity sport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36%
Participated in student government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34%
Contributed to a school publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28%
Conducted research outside the classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Earned all-conference or higher recognition as an athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
Participated in academic or professional internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
Founded an organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Achievedfluencyinnon-nativelanguage ...................................16%
Named National Achievement Scholar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Earned National Merit Semifinalist recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11%
Served as editor in chief of a publication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
ParticipatedinGovernor’sSchool .........................................8%
Participated in Boys’ or Girls’ State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
EarnedNationalMeritFinalistrecognition ..................................7%
Earned EagleScoutorGold Award ........................................5%
By State
Applied
7
88
28
69
500
124
280
98
76
965
738
16
33
5
317
103
55
100
105
426
878
56
162
101
128
35
6
9,408
5
25
59
897
20
34
970
415
31
45
666
52
329
10
317
502
20
1,066
38
73
77
46
4
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Ala.
Ark.
Ariz.
Calif.
Colo.
Conn.
D.C.
Del.
Fla.
Ga.
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Ill.
Ind.
Kan.
Ky.
La.
Mass.
Md.
Maine
Mich.
Minn.
Mo.
Miss.
Mont.
N.C.
N.D.
Neb.
N.H.
N.J.
N.M.
Nev.
N.Y.
Ohio
Okla.
Ore.
Pa.
R.I.
S.C.
S.D.
Tenn.
Texas
Utah
Va.
Vt.
Wash.
Wis.
W.Va.
Wyo.
Admitted
0
30
8
20
87
25
41
29
13
285
230
1
9
0
58
26
14
28
33
54
222
6
20
19
42
15
2
4,582
1
7
10
135
6
6
216
91
8
8
114
7
83
5
108
139
4
244
3
10
13
9
0
Enrolled
0
12
2
5
17
9
12
11
7
72
67
0
3
0
9
6
0
5
9
14
72
3
6
5
10
3
0
3,093*
0
7
3
47
2
3
82
24
2
3
39
3
23
0
39
31
1
54
0
2
9
1
0
*Some N.C. residents have non-N.C. addresses, while
some nonresidents have N.C. addresses.
