4 year schools compared in new analysis

[spacemonkey]

In 2020 our acceptace rate was 78%. ECU was 89%. UNCC was 79%. We were starting to get a reputation of a tough school to get into if you wanted to go a NC School. Then the board forced us to go to 22,000 and that put us back to 90%.

It was 48% acceptance rate in 1988.

Here is a link to some interesting information if you want to look up your year of acceptance.

https://analytics.appstate.edu/info_factbook_archives

[app97]

I recently saw a list of NC colleges that shows current freshman statistics. App was 5th in NC behind UNC, Duke, NC State, and UNCC for number of applications received. Surprisingly, WCU and Wingate were 7th and 8th on the list for number of applications. If accurate, several NC public schools have better incoming freshman gpa and test scores than Wake Forest, including UNCW and App - maybe that's just average scores from applicants and not the actual freshman they accept.
These are the school with by far the most freshman applications....

UNC - 42466 applicants, 4182 in freshman class, 4.39 gpa, 1460 sat, 32 act
Duke - 35767 applicants, 1768 in freshman class, 1550 sat, 35 act
NCSU - 30193 applicants, 4873 in freshman class, 3.76 gpa, 1319 sat, 29 act
UNCC - 22667 applicants, 3652 in freshman class, 3.92 gpa, 1180 sat, 23 act
App St- 21120 applicants, 3501 in freshman class, 4.05 gpa, 1180 sat, 24 act
ECU - 19234 applicants, 4364 in freshman class, 3.31 gpa, 1110 sat, 22 act
WCU - 17766 applicants, 2106 in freshman class, 3.77 gpa, 1043 sat, 22 act
Wingate - 17353 applicants, 944 in freshman class, 3.30 gpa, 1080 sat, 21 act
NC Central - 16091 applicants, 1741 freshman class, 3.27 gpa, 975 sat, 19 act
UNCW - 13297 applicants, 2826 in freshman class, 4.03 gpa, 1300 sat, 26 act
Wake - 12559 applicants, 1360 in freshman class, 3.8 gpa, 1118 sat, 25 act
High Point - 11298 applicants, 1400 in freshman class, 3.30 gpa, 1200 sat, 26 act
NC A&T - 11099 applicants, 2856 in freshman class, 3.61 gpa, 1050 sat, 20 act
Elon - 10500 applicants, 1678 in freshman class, 3.99 gpa, 1260 sat, 28 act

Davidson has scores similar to UNC, but less than 6000 applicants and only 527 in freshman class

[BallantyneApp]

I recently saw a list of NC colleges that shows current freshman statistics. App was 5th in NC behind UNC, Duke, NC State, and UNCC for number of applications received. Surprisingly, WCU and Wingate were 7th and 8th on the list for number of applications. If accurate, several NC public schools have better incoming freshman gpa and test scores than Wake Forest, including UNCW and App - maybe that's just average scores from applicants and not the actual freshman they accept.
These are the school with by far the most freshman applications....

UNC - 42466 applicants, 4182 in freshman class, 4.39 gpa, 1460 sat, 32 act
Duke - 35767 applicants, 1768 in freshman class, 1550 sat, 35 act
NCSU - 30193 applicants, 4873 in freshman class, 3.76 gpa, 1319 sat, 29 act
UNCC - 22667 applicants, 3652 in freshman class, 3.92 gpa, 1180 sat, 23 act
App St- 21120 applicants, 3501 in freshman class, 4.05 gpa, 1180 sat, 24 act
ECU - 19234 applicants, 4364 in freshman class, 3.31 gpa, 1110 sat, 22 act
WCU - 17766 applicants, 2106 in freshman class, 3.77 gpa, 1043 sat, 22 act
Wingate - 17353 applicants, 944 in freshman class, 3.30 gpa, 1080 sat, 21 act
NC Central - 16091 applicants, 1741 freshman class, 3.27 gpa, 975 sat, 19 act
UNCW - 13297 applicants, 2826 in freshman class, 4.03 gpa, 1300 sat, 26 act
Wake - 12559 applicants, 1360 in freshman class, 3.8 gpa, 1118 sat, 25 act
High Point - 11298 applicants, 1400 in freshman class, 3.30 gpa, 1200 sat, 26 act
NC A&T - 11099 applicants, 2856 in freshman class, 3.61 gpa, 1050 sat, 20 act
Elon - 10500 applicants, 1678 in freshman class, 3.99 gpa, 1260 sat, 28 act

Davidson has scores similar to UNC, but less than 6000 applicants and only 527 in freshman class

I bet wakes gpa is unweighted vs weighted for nc public institutions

I also assume nc st is unweighted

[biggie]

Now play the game of weighted vs unweighted for EZU...

My daughter had a weighted 4.58 and was convinced she wouldn't get into UNCCH even after getting in UT-K (which I think is like 7% acceptance for out of state). Scary how hard it is to get into them now. And hurts me to pay as much as we do for what seems like less educating happening (after covid), with more online/teach yourself type classes/lessons.