UNC, Duke, Other NC Schools Post Record Low Admit Rates

The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has turned away more potential students this year than ever before, the Charlotte Observer reports.

UNC's 2006 applicant pool was both unprecedentedly large and highly qualified. As a result, even students with 4.0 GPAs and high standardized test scores faced stiff competition for seats in the Class of 2010.

Applicants "are giving us more reasons to say yes, but the number of [class] spaces has not increased," Stephen Farmer, director of undergraduate admissions at UNC, told the Observer.

UNC's 2006 acceptance rate was 33 per cent, compared to 36 per cent last year. Five years ago it was 40 per cent.

The situation was similar at Duke University, which posted a record low admit rate of 19 per cent for 2006. Its 2005 rate was 22 per cent. Historically, Duke usually accepted about 30 per cent of applicants.

Source: "College Rejections Climbing," by Fred Kelly - the Charlotte Observer, April 16, 2006.

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