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Editorial: UNC waives standardized testing, but it shouldn't stop there

By Editorial Board | April 25

"UNC waiving the standardized testing requirement makes the application more equitable across socio-economic classes; however, with as much emphasis that ...

UNC affirmative action case to be heard by the Supreme Court

By Allie Kelly | January 24

Justices will hear challenges to policies at UNC and Harvard University in a session beginning next October. The court will likely reach a decision by ...

UNC's incoming transfer students receive letters of acceptance

By Sophie Seoyoung Cho | April 26

The UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions received just under 3,500 transfer applications for the fall 2021 semester, representing an eight percent increase ...

Computer science department reverses course, suspends plan for an admissions-based system

By Cynthia Dong | April 6

"It’s ironic. Google is coming to Durham to hire a thousand folks, they’re holding a major career event in the department — and at the same time ...

Virtual tours, information panels give prospective students chance to learn about UNC

By Greta Travaglia | February 17

With in-person tours of campus suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNC Visitors Center is offering an alternative way to continue the tradition ...

End of SAT subject tests, essay bring minimal changes to UNC admissions

By Clay Morris | February 9

UNC and additional universities waived their test score submission requirement for the 2021 admissions cycle due to COVID-19. With the College Board's ...

Applicants for UNC's class of 2025 receive letters of acceptance

By William Christensen and Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata | February 2

Just over 8,000 students received acceptance letters to UNC for the first of the class of 2025.

Here's what you missed in the first week of UNC's race-conscious admissions trial

By Maydha Devarajan and Hunter Haskett | November 16

SFFA claims that UNC’s admissions policies violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, and are intentionally discriminatory against ...

Here's how loosened admission requirements affect UNC System applicants

By Emily Orland | March 31

The UNC System has a new SAT/ACT/GPA requirement for high school seniors applying to institutions. Here's how it could impact UNC-Chapel Hill and other ...

Here's what you need to know about UNC's new re-admissions guidelines

By Maydha Devarajan | August 27

UNC will be launching Return to Carolina on Sept. 9 in an effort to address the needs of students who re-enroll in the school. The program will allow ...

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 ...