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High schoolers, stress less for AP tests: threes are the new standard for credit

By Preston Lennon | July 2

Although the new rule will remove ambiguity from the AP policies, each university’s board of trustees will have the option to grant exceptions to individual ...

How does campus construction impact enrollment?

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | April 3

The University has 24 ongoing construction projects, and four of them are located where students are most likely to tour.

School of Media and Journalism accepts students through the new admission process

By Brandon Gianikos | March 28

The UNC School of Media and Journalism's new admission process allows all students to apply, regardless of their GPA. The MJ-school just accepted their ...

UNC files response to SFFA motion for summary judgement

By Leah Asmelash | March 5

A response by UNC to the group suing the University for the affirmative action case about their admission practices is underway.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14, 2017.

Here's how the political climate could be making it even harder to get into law school

By Evely Forte | March 3

Both pre-law students and law admission officers attribute some increase in law school applications to the current political climate.

Why are all these middle schoolers on campus?

February 4

Find out why the innumerable amounts of middle schoolers wander UNC's campus periodically.

Welcome to UNC, class of 2023

By Brandon Gianikos | January 31

UNC admission decisions are released for the applicants who applied by the Oct. 15 deadline. Three admitted students share what they are looking forward ...

UNC eliminates deferment in admissions outcomes

By Rachel Crumpler | January 28

The UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions has gotten rid of deferment, the decision outcome that let Early Action applicants know if they were admitted, ...

UNC's standing by its race-conscious admissions policies despite a lawsuit

By Blake Weaver | January 24

UNC is one of three universities being sued by Students for Fair Admissions.

Campus tour guides have one less landmark to point out, but more history to explain

January 21

Student Admissions Ambassadors have to tackle difficult questions during tours, and find a way to tactfully explain the recent events to prospective students ...

New developments released in affirmative action lawsuit against UNC

By Leah Asmelash | January 18

The group claims UNC considers race as a dominant factor and has not considered enough “race-neutral” alternatives.

UNC announces $20 million scholarship for middle-income families

By Preston Lennon | October 12

"For every low-income student eligible for the Carolina Covenant, there are two middle-income students supported by other forms of institutionally funded ...

Carolina Firsts aspires for a sense of community

By Maydha Devarajan | October 8

Viviana Gonzalez is one of 18,862 undergraduate students at UNC. However, according to the Office of Undergraduate Retention, Gonzalez is one of 4,000 ...

International students needed more from UNC

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | August 22

International students need a lot of help to get from home to UNC, but many of them said the University misses the mark. Everything that confuses the ...

UNC collaborates with American Talent Initiative to make college more affordable

By Veronica Correa | April 26

The American Talent Initiative is collaborating with universities across the country—including UNC—to make their institutions more accessible for ...

The competition for admission is heating up among state colleges, UNC-CH included

By Michael Meeks | April 18

Public university systems in states like California and North Carolina are rejecting students that would have been accepted in prior years.

'It's traumatizing ... to be in these spaces:' Black students adjust to whiteness of UNC

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | February 28

At a University where only 37.6 percent of students are people of color, and only 7.8 percent self-identify as Black or African-American only, it is common ...

APLU has a plan to increase graduation rates

By Michael Meeks | February 28

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities is introducing a new project designed to encourage institutional cooperation and increase college ...

UNC admissions sees largest number of applicants yet

By Mark Burnett | February 4

UNC has seen a 6 percent increase in applications since last year, a number that's been rising since 2005.

Word On The Street: What are potential new Tar Heels looking forward to most?

By Kayla Boswell | February 1

Every January UNC welcomes a new group of first-years into the Tar Heel community. Recently UNC released its early admissions decisions. Staff writer ...