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Aug. 12, 1999 – No. 480

Fall 1998 enrollment

All students 24,238
Undergraduates 15,291
Graduate 6,811
Professional (dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy) 2,136

Final fall enrollment figures will not be available until early September. Generally, officials in the registrar’s office say they expect totals similar to those from last year.

Estimated fall 1999 freshmen class breakdown

(These numbers will not be final until September.)

Number applied 16,815
Number accepted 6,176
Number expected to enroll 3,400
Average combined SAT score 1,246
Percentage ranked 1^st or 2^nd in graduating class 11.5%
Percentage ranked 10^th or higher in graduating class 40%
Percentage entering with 5 or more college credits 48%
Percentage of men 38.2%
Percentage of women 61.8%
Percentage of whites 80.4%
Percentage of blacks 11.7%
Percentage of other groups by race 7.9%

Admissions trend notes

Admissions officials are calling this year’s freshmen the best-prepared class academically in the university’s history. Several key indicators are on the rise, including the average combined SAT score, which ranks as the highest ever among Carolina freshmen classes. Officials also cite as significant the increased interest among applicants in taking either Advanced Placement or more difficult courses in high school.

Factors contributing to the academic improvements among this year’s entering class include the undergraduate admissions office’s efforts to include Carolina faculty in the recruitment process through special phon-a-thons, streamline and improve its recruiting practices, strengthen the campus visitation program, reach out more strongly to high school guidance counselors and beef up its World Wide Web-based information available to prospective students and parents.

For more on what's new in admissions as well as the trends, call Jerry Lucido, associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions, at 919-966-3623. Lucido is out of town until Aug. 19, but in his absence, Associate Director Barbara Polk will be happy to respond to questions. She can be reached at 919-966-3989.

Carolina’s most popular majors in 1998 were biology, psychology and business administration.

Undergraduate expenses

Annual in-state tuition (12 or more hours) $1,528
Annual out-of-state tuition (12 or more hours) $11,694
Annual required fees $836
Room and board (on campus) $5,160
Books and supplies $700

Academic calendar
Fall 1999		Spring 2000
Aug. 18	Classes Begin	Jan. 12
Sept. 6	Labor Day Holiday
	Martin Luther King Day	Jan. 17
Oct. 12	University Day
5 p.m. Oct. 13 - 17	Fall/spring break	5 p.m. March 10-19
1 p.m. Nov. 24-28	Thanksgiving
	Good Friday	April 21
Dec. 7	Classes end	May 4
Dec. 8-9	Reading Days	May 5
Dec. 10-16	Final exams	May 6-13
Dec. 18	Commencement	May 21

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