The Tar Heel Monday, August 18, 19867
Admissions applications up by 21 percent for fall
By RANDALL PATTERSON
Staff Writer
The number of UNC entrance
applications for the fall semester has
risen dramatically, and an admissions
official said the increase allowed the
University to be more selective in
choosing from the applicants.
Tony Strickland, UNC associate
director of admissions, attributed the
21 percent rise to the efforts of the
admissions staff and to the fall
publication of a book praising the
school.
Strickland said the average SAT
score in the group entering the fall
of 1986, term was between 1080 and
1090. That compared to to the 1070
average for last year, he said, and
to the 1050 average for the fall of
1984 group. The average SAT score
for out-of-state students was in the
low 1300s, he said.
"Overall, our acceptance rate is
about 37 percent," Strickland said.
"We've taken 16 percent of the out-of-state
applicants and about 60
percent of the in-state. You won't find
too many schools that can afford to
accept only 60 percent of their in
state applicants."
Minority applications have
increased only slightly, Strickland
said. Black applicants accounted for
Room changes can be made
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Arts Editor
For students who are not satisfied
with their residence situation, there
is hope. University Housing provides
a means of room changes for those
who find themselves having serious
problems in their dormitory
situations.
According to Jan Weaver of
University Housing, the procedure
for room changes is outlined in the
housing booklet.
"There are two options," Weaver
said. "One is a direct room swap in
the dormitory. The other is to go to
the area director's office and pick up
a form called the 'Room Area
Change Application Form.' "
The form allows the student to
move not only from one room to
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According to the Housing Con
tract Book for Undergraduates,
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change rules for the 1986-1987 aca
demic year are "after receiving an
assignment, a change will not be
made without just cause.
"Room changes will be considered
beginning two weeks after the day
the halls open. These changes are
usually limited to direct room swaps,
and all concerned parties must agree
to the change. Room changes may
not be made without the area direc
tor's approval. Students not satisfied
with their room (hall) assignment
may apply to their Area Director for
a hall change on or after Aug. 25,
1986, and request to be placed on a
waiting list for that hall," according
to the Housing Contract Book.
The Housing Contract Book con
tinues to state that after the "Room
Area Change Application Form" has
been completed . "the Housing
Department will conduct a drawing
Sept. 8, 1986, to determine the
position on the waiting list, and will
begin using the waiting list after all
in-area problems and crowding have
been relieved."
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only about 850 of the 13,618 appli
cations received as of last week. There
798 minority applications last year,
he said.
Strickland said the University
relaxes its entrance requirements for
minorities in order to conform with
goals of the UNC system. The system
has a goal of 10.6 percent minority
enrollment for fall of 1986, he said.
"We basically try to get as many
as have a reasonable chance of
making it," Strickland said. "The
SATs are different, but there's not
that much difference in demonstrated
academic ability."
Strickland said "The Public lvys"
by Richard Moll was probably
responsible for the increase of out-of-state
applications. The book tells
of eight public universities at which
a student can receive an education
comparable to those had in Ivy
League schools.
The rise in applications from
North Carolina residents was due to
the admissions staff, specifically of
the admissions office's Carolina
Contact Program, Strickland said. In
two days, 300 potential students were
shown around the campus by UNC
student volunteers. Those that par
ticipated told their friends at home
of their experiences, Strickland said,
and the result has been a greater
popularity for the University.
"The program has counteracted
the image of big, state diploma mill
in showing off Carolina's reputa
tion," he said.
Strickland said the success of the
basketball team had little to do with
the number of applications received.
"Someone did a study on that
several years ago and found a slight
correlation, but I doubt if it has any
real effect," he said. "The team wins
so often that it's hard to tell."
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