Early applications to UNC jumped 7 percent from last year, marking a record number of first-deadline applicants for UNC. In January, UNC welcomed a lucky 5,104 to the class of 2015. A total of 23,473 applications were received for the 2011 school year.
Read More »In the coming months, high school seniors and transfer students accepted to UNC will have to pay an enrollment deposit of $250, marking an increase of $150 from previous years. The hike is designed to reduce the likelihood of students reneging on their decision to enroll at UNC.
Read More »This year’s applicants to the University could be the last to submit applications without the Common Application. More than 400 universities currently use the Common Application in an effort to simplify the college admissions process.
Read More »Moving away from home is always an adjustment for freshmen. But some students have to go one step further: moving into a study lounge or even an off-campus hotel. Schools across the country have recently had problems with student enrollment growing faster than the school’s ability to house them.
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Applicants who have family ties to certain universities could have a significant leg up on admissions. Some UNC administrators say this rings true on campus, but mainly for out-of-state applicants.
Read More »For the tenth consecutive year, UNC has been named the best value in the land. The University received the No. 1 ranking on Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” list.
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The UNC Campus Y’s newest initiative, the Global Gap Year Program, will allow students to expand their opportunities, both mentally and physically. Next year, the program will award five fellowships for prospective students to defer their UNC education for a year, said Campus Y Director Richard Harrill. The program, which was created last fall, will allow UNC students to go abroad the year before they enter college to work, travel, study and perform public service internationally.
Read More »Study abroad students may soon have the chance to recruit foreign high schools students with the help of international alumni. The program is meant to help a money-pinched admissions office cost-effectively recruit abroad.
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The University is making fewer exceptions for student athletes whose high school academic records don’t meet minimum admission requirements.
Read More »The competition to be one of the friendly faces giving prospective students and their parents tours of UNC is on the rise. The Admissions Ambassadors program received 388 applications this year, about a 62 percent increase from the 240 it saw last year.
Read More »The University is currently looking for students who wish to work in the Admissions Ambassadors Program. Ambassadors will be asked to represent the University by working on student and parent panels and recruitment events, as well as calling prospective and newly admitted students. They are also the group that gives campus tours, so the University is asking that volunteers be motivated, friendly and have good leadership skills. Applications are due today by 5 p.m.
Read More »UNC administrators often brag that their newest students are the best and the brightest.
Read More »Fewer students than last year attended the local school districts’ annual college fair at UNC on Tuesday, but the University’s table was still crowded. The fair, held at the Dean E. Smith Center, attracted high school juniors and seniors interested in colleges in and out of state.
Read More »A new accountability model for public schools might mean another standardized test for the high school class of 2014. The North Carolina State Board of Education will vote in October whether to use the ACT as part of the high-school curriculum to measure how prepared students are for college.
Read More »If you’re looking to apply to UNC this fall, you can go ahead and get started on the essays. UNC’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions released essay questions today on their blog for the fall 2011 first-year application.
Read More »UNC doesn’t want to be like Harvard. In mid-May, an application hoax by a Harvard student was exposed, showing that even the most selective college undergraduate admissions officials can be scammed — and UNC admissions says that it works to avoid that.
Read More »For several years now, high school seniors applying to universities haven’t just had to worry about perfecting their college essays and transcript, but also editing their Facebook profiles and security settings. Admission officers at some universities such as N.C. State University said they are using social networking sites to further evaluate prospective students.
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It’s a college staple that many remember as the first time they fell in love with a campus. Now, UNC is revamping its own campus tour experience to attract more students of the top students.
Read More »A federal program that awards funding to universities with exceptionally large Latino populations is creating an incentive for schools to reach out to potential Latino students. In order to be designated a Hispanic Serving Institution and be eligible for the grants, 25 percent or more of a school’s population must be Latino.
Read More »Then applying to colleges, freshman Lawson Kuehnert created a portfolio of the coursework he completed during his high school career as a home-schooled student. He had to take that extra step because college admissions officials questioned his readiness for the academic vigor of a college workload. But Kuehnert went through no additional measures when applying to UNC.
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