Our Newest Students

Our newest students are now a month into their lives at Carolina. It's high time we introduced them to you.


I wish we could help you know them as we're coming to know them -- as the lively people we see walking back and forth to class, or laughing with friends in the Pit, or hunkering down in one of our libraries, or playing pickup soccer at Hooker Fields.


If you visit us here in Chapel Hill -- and we hope you will -- you'll see them this way, too. But for right now, here's a brief profile of the class that just entered.


These numbers can't do justice to our students, for reasons that Julie has already suggested in her excellent post about GPA. But they'll help you get to know them a little better, at least until you come see us.


Until then, we wish you all the best.



FALL 2011 FIRST-YEAR ADMISSIONS

Applied 23,753
Admitted 7,469 (31% of those applying; 52% of NC applicants, 18% of others)
Enrolled 4,025 (54% of those admitted; 66% of NC admits, 31% of others)



FALL 2011 ENROLLED FIRST-YEAR CLASS
Academics
1st in high-school class 7% (of the 74% whose schools reported rank)
2nd in high-school class 6%
1st-10th in high-school class 43%
Top 10% in high-school class 80%
Top 20% in high-school class 95%

Average high-school GPA 4.5 (of the 91% whose schools reported 4.0 GPAs)
High-school GPA of 4.0+ 90%

25th-75th percentiles
--SAT Critical Reading 590-700
--SAT Math 610-710
--SAT Writing 590-690
--ACT Composite 28-32


Demographics
U.S. citizens 96%
Permanent residents 2%
Non-resident aliens 2%
Women 58% / Men 42%
First-generation college 18%
Carolina Covenant Scholars 12%
States represented 40 (plus North Carolina and the District of Columbia)
North Carolina counties represented 95
Countries represented 21 (plus the United States)
Sons or daughters of UNC alumni 18%

Native American 2%
Asian/Asian American 12%
Black/African American 11%
Hispanic/Latina/Latino 7%
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander Less than 1%




FALL 2011 TRANSFER ADMISSIONS -- COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Applied 2,848
Admitted 1,048 (37% of those applying; 28% of sophomores, 45% of juniors)
Enrolled 680 (65% of those admitted)



FALL 2011 ENROLLED TRANSFER CLASS
Academics
Average college GPA 3.6
Average SAT (Critical Reading and Math) -- sophomores only 1247

Demographics
U.S. citizens 84%
Permanent residents 5%
Non-resident aliens 11%
Women 51% / Men 49%
First-generation college 24%
Carolina Covenant Scholars 12%
Non-traditionally aged 26%
From North Carolina community colleges 25%
Carolina Transfer Student Excellence Program (C-STEP) 5%

Native American 2%
Asian/Asian American 16%
Black/African American 8%
Hispanic/Latino/Latina 9%
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Less than 1%