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%
I noticed that you did not give the percentage of white students at the university. Although this is a liberal college, I don't feel that this school is that racially diverse AT ALL.
ReplyDeleteThanks for responding. Starting with the class we just enrolled, the U.S. Department of Education has changed the way that colleges and universities collect information regarding race and ethnicity. We're still figuring out how to report the information that we've collected this year under this new framework. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.
ReplyDeleteAs for diversity, it's worth noting that, since 2010, Carolina has consistently had the first-, second-, or third-highest percentage of African-American students in the entering first-year class among top-fifty universities nationwide. During the same period, the number of Native-American students and the number of Asian-American students in the entering first-year class have both doubled. The number of Hispanic, Latino, or Latina students in the entering class has quintupled.
As we've said elsewhere on this blog, and as I hope our profile demonstrates, we're interested in smart, good-hearted students from all backgrounds and circumstances. Such students -- like the class we just enrolled -- will make Carolina an even better, stronger community than it already is.
I was wondering if you the stats for transfer students regarding the Fall 2010 class. Thanks for your time
ReplyDeleteThanks for the question about stats for transfer students. We're working on these and will get them posted as quickly as we can -- within the next week, we hope.
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ReplyDeleteLooking through the academic statistics, I was left wondering if these numbers are improvements over last year and if they're consistent with either a positive or negative trend in student academic merit. What's your view? Also, why, regardless of whether the numbers are positive or negative relative to last year, do you think these numbers are such that they are?
Hi Stephen - I my humble opinion, UNC should build the football program with inegrity; don't risk the schools academic reputation over football.
ReplyDeleteA couple of comments. First, in your response to the first commenter about racial mix, you said this: "As for diversity, it's worth noting that, since 2010..." I think there must have been a typo here, since the current year is 2010!
ReplyDeleteSecond, the male/female mix is 60/40! Or rather, 40/60! My daughter is a sophomore at UNC and last spring told me that last year, the mix was around 30/70. These numbers are astonishing and disheartening to me, although I have seen girls outperforming the guys throughout my children's school years. Something must be done--it seems that guys are being left behind. Way, way behind. I don't know if you have anything to say about that mix, and what, if anything, people are planning to do about it.
Finally, my daughter is very happy with UNC, but I am not quite as happy on two grounds. First, it appears to me that she doesn't have to work very hard to get excellent grades, and just isn't being challenged enough by her academic experience. She still has not been asked to write a 15 page paper! I realize that some of this is on her, she has to seek out challenges, but some of this on the University. The second part of my unhappiness is related to this: that, from what she says, she just doesn't seem to get individual attention from any faculty members. She has an adviser assigned to her, but these are still kids, and they are easily intimidated by grown up faculty. Even when the dept assigns an adviser to these kids, it seems to me that the advisers ought to be at least a little aggressive about seeking out the students. I know my daughter is reserved around a lot of adults, she is a great kid and super bright, but she will never actually seek out on her own an adult to help her. It just isn't her style. Perhaps I am just worrying needlessly, but this was my biggest fear about her going to UNC--that it was just so big that the faculty wouldn't be able to pay attention to most of the students, and therefore only the really ambitious and more aggressive ones would get any real individualized attention. And these students aren't always the smartest ones or the ones who would benefit from that attention the most.
Just my 2 cents--
Carolina dad
I was wondering how many applications do you receive from the state of Maine each year? And how many are accepted? Thanks.
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