Chapel Hill, NC
Applicant sentiment — from 72 anonymous posts, 2017–2027
4.5 / 10
What anonymous posters said
Anonymous posters frequently described a lengthy and confusing waitlist process, with many noting uncertainty about waitlist size and movement. Several posts referenced a high volume of applications relative to interview slots, and some commenters appreciated early invite timing and communication. A couple of posts described the program as diverse.
AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 72 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply
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How do you all rank the Which are your favorite/sleeper programs releasing tomorrow (WashU,Pitt, Wisc, Duke, UIC,UCDavis, UNC, MCW, OSU, Oklahoma,etc)? < can you pls stop this is so unnecessary lol and only adds to weird stress/competitiveness/toxicity that's been festering in this sheet over the last week
Damn, thought UNC was inviting me for an interview. < 700+ apps!!!!! < i thought it was a rejection lol x3 < how do programs decide who to interview?! < 40 seems v little ...< they could just send invites to who sent signals lol < and thats not including the internals and away students geez
On the programs lists there's one missing in North Carolina in Wilmington < list where? on eras?
Aways that interview rotators (please add): UNC, UTSW, Cook County, UT Houston, OU, Penn State
thoughts unc away rotations
Did anyone on the UNC waitlist ever end up getting off of it?
The link someone posted for UNC in the open house tab is interesting--5 IIs from the best of each region. I'm sure 'best' is going to be very different for each program!
not a troll question: I know program rankings are inherently biased and subjective, but is there a general gestalt for the caliber of program that UNC is?
UNC II x4
For UNC waitlist, when they say they have selected up to three individuals from the waitlist, does that mean per interview or literally only three people have gotten off the waitlist as a maximum <did they say how many are on the waitlist?
UNC Rejectionx42
UNC wait list just announced x20
which programs historically release interview invites early? apart from UNC, St Lukes
Anyone else get the UNC message? Looks like something to be sent to everybody. Really appreciate their transparency and timeline. x5
Lucky for anyone who put colorado or tufts #1<why, -- because they are gauranteed to match their #1 choice <not if they were unranked!
<so even new programs like st lukes fully matched but not tufts or colorado? wth
I bet the new programs interview a ton of people to ensure they don't go unmatched. Like maybe 20:1 vs normally programs are 10:1. CU only had like 4?:1
feel like that still doesn't make sense tho right? like UNC interviews 5:1 and I think of them similarly to colorado. just a strange ass situation << Sometimes programs overshoot and interview all 260+ AOA from top 10 schools who all end up at Harvard or UCSF. That's probably what happened to DEnver
yeah also if they did only interview 19 people and have 6 spots then they're closer to 3:1
wow 3:1!? that's.... not a smart move.
this situation is just super unlucky and unfortunate because it confirms a program's worst fear and will discourage programs next year from saving everyone time and money by interviewing fewer applicants/spot
it was an insanely low number of interviews... do 1:5 if you are so confident (which a lot of the ivy leagues do), not 1:3. that's literally idiotic << Not even the top 5 could get away with a 1:3 ratio... Agreed 1:5 is the lowest even the best programs should drop to
St. Lukes Interviewed 120 people for 2 spots, It was impossible for them not to match
LOL WHAT << They thought they would get approved for 4 spots, so they did 120 which is 30:1, then a month ago they sent an email saying "sike" we just have 2 spots <- interviewed there and got such bad vibes from the program. DNR. <- just curious what your bad vibes were, as I also interviewed there but didn't see any red flags except for them being brand new
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very few people go unranked, you have to be super shitty, most people aren't super shitty