Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Carolina Students Start Record Label

Funded by a $25,000 grant from the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative, two Carolina undergraduates launched their own independent record label. Read more about the birth of Vinyl Records in Endeavors, the University's journal or research and creative activity, and the Independent Weekly.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Carolina Students Honored by BusinessWeek

New Media Campaigns, a website development and consulting business started by Carolina students, has just been named as one of the nation's Top 25 companies started by people under 25.

Carolina Senior in Wall Street Journal Blog: "12 Months to Save the World"

Read the post by Emily Noonan, a Carolina senior: "12 Months to Save the World."

Friday, September 24, 2010

Our Newest Students

We offer the following statistics as a way of helping prospective students know the quality and diversity of the friends they'd find if they joined us.

As impressive as these statistics are, they can't begin to describe the true potential of the students who most recently entered Carolina -- or their character, or their heart.

They can't convey the obstacles that many of our students have overcome, or the distance they've traveled, whether real or metaphorical, in order to find their home in Chapel Hill.

They can't describe the capacity of our students for friendship -- their willingness to reach out to one another, find common cause, and work together for the good of all. They can't describe their determination to change the world.

Nor can these statistics convey how we chose these students, because we know full well that students are people, too, and that people are more than the sums of their numbers.

Still, we think this profile says something about the collective strengths of the students who've chosen Carolina -- and why we're delighted that they did.

If we may help you in any way as you search for a school that's right for you, please don't hesitate to let us know.

FALL 2010 FIRST-YEAR ADMISSIONS

Applied 23,271
Admitted 7,540 (32% of those applying; 50% of NC applicants, 20% of others)
Enrolled 3,960 (53% of those admitted; 67% of NC admits, 29% of others)

FALL 2010 ENROLLED FIRST-YEAR CLASS

Academics

1st in high-school class 7.0% (of the 81% whose schools reported rank)
2nd in high-school class 5.0%
1st-10th in high-school class 42.0%
Top 10% of high-school class 78.2%
Top 20% of high-school class 92.0%

Average high-school GPA 4.47 (of the 91% whose schools reported 4.0 GPAs)
High-school GPA of 4.0+ 89.0%

25th-75th percentiles
—SAT Critical Reading 590-700
—SAT Math 610-710
—SAT Writing 590-690
—ACT Composite 27-31

Demographics

U.S. citizens 95%
Permanent residents 3%
Non-Resident aliens 2%

Female 60%
Male 40%

First-generation college 18%

Carolina Covenant Scholars 12%

States represented 40 (excluding North Carolina and the District of Columbia)
NC counties represented 93
Countries represented 24 (excluding the United States)

Sons or daughters of UNC alumni 18%

One race or ethnicity only 91%
Two or more races 7%
No race or ethnicity reported 2%

Of those reporting one race or ethnicity only
Native American 1%
Asian/Asian American 10%
Black/African American 10%
Hispanic/Latino/Latina 3%
Pacific Islander Less than 1%

Or those reporting one or more races or ethnicities
Native American 1%
Asian/Asian American 11%
Black/African American 10%
Hispanic/Latino/Latina 7%
Pacific Islander Less than 1%

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Come Meet Us on the Road!

Each fall, we travel all across the state and country (and even beyond) to speak with prospective students about Carolina. We go to college fairs; we visit high schools; we talk to parents, counselors, and students. Our staff may get a little travel-weary by the end of it, but we all love getting to know the outstanding students that we meet along the way.

So are we coming to your neck of the woods? Check out our Tar Heels in Your Town site to find out. We will be continually updating these pages as we add more events throughout the coming weeks, so please check back if you don't see your area listed.

We hope to see you in your town!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Want to Join Tar Heel Blog?

UPDATE 9/22/10: Thank you to everyone who applied for the blog this year! We have now chosen our new bloggers for the year.

We're searching for a few good writers to join us over on Tar Heel Blog. We have some big shoes to fill as Berkley, Autumn, Calvin, and Brandon have all graduated and moved on to exciting new adventures.

If you are a current student at Carolina, please consider applying to join the blog. It's a great way to reach out to prospective students and share your story with them.

So are you interested? If so, fill out the short form below. Please also email a brief writing sample to me at jsizemore@admissions.unc.edu. The writing sample can be one of your college essays or any other short piece that you feel is a good representation of your writing.

Just let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!