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A university that has been named "best value" in the nation by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance every time since the magazine began its annual ranking in 1998, Carolina attracts some of the brightest students from across the nation and around the world who choose to join an undergraduate population of 18,000. Among all research universities, Carolina ranks fifth in the number of Rhodes Scholars in the last five years, behind only Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton. In fact, we are a national leader among public universities in the number of students who win such prestigious national and international scholarships as the Rhodes, Fulbright, Goldwater, Luce, Marshall, Truman, and Udall.
We seek...
... smart, motivated, and good-hearted students who will enhance our community and the world while at Carolina, and afterwards. Instead of using a formula or evaluating students based on a single number, we look for real people with a variety of qualities--from intellect, curiosity, creativity, leadership, kindness, and courage, to diversity of background and experience. And we read each application thoroughly, as fairly and as thoughtfully as we can, for all-around excellence in academics, the arts, athletics, leadership, service, citizenship, and character. Check out a snapshot of our entering first-year students. If that’s the kind of company you seek to keep for the next four years, we invite you to apply to Carolina.
Five reasons why you should apply...
....include great students, our beautiful residential campus, extraordinary opportunities, best value, and the great care we'll extend when you do. Read more.
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All first-year applicants may apply online through the Common Application (which will include a short supplement for UNC).
All applicants planning to transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences or the School of Journalism and Mass Communication should apply online through the Common Application. Students who wish to transfer directly into one of our other professional schools such as Nursing, Radiologic Sciences, Dental Hygiene, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Public Health, and Education should apply through MyUNC using the UNC Online Application.
Note: The University also accepts applications through the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC). However, students who wish to transfer directly into one of our other professional schools such as Nursing, Radiologic Sciences, Dental Hygiene, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Public Health, and Education should apply through MyUNC using the UNC Online Application.
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"From conducting developmental biology research, to volunteering as a doula in the labor and delivery ward of the hospital, to watching the Tar Heels compete on the basketball court, I couldn’t ask for a more exciting and complete college experience."
Hannah Yin/Biology and Linguistics⁄ Pittsburgh, Penn.
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