| Many students in the United States are trying to | | | | source for the median weighted GPA but it |
| attend a 4-year university after high school. | | | | appears to be around 3.5. This means that |
| However, colleges are becoming more and more | | | | students that are are even slightly below average |
| competitive to get into. Colleges are requiring | | | | in the state may have difficulties getting accepted |
| higher GPAs, and SAT scores. | | | | into many schools of the University of North |
| We have looked into various colleges of the | | | | Carolina system. There private colleges in the |
| University of North Carolina system to | | | | state of North Carolina with lower average GPA |
| demonstrate how competitive they have become. | | | | and SAT scores but they tend to be more |
| Below are the average GPAs (weighted) from | | | | expensive and scholarships are much more |
| several colleges in the system: | | | | difficult to obtain for below-average students. |
| - UNC Greensboro - 3.6 | | | | Many students therefore have to attend |
| - UNC Asheville - 3.9 | | | | community colleges for the first two years of |
| - UNC Wilmington - 3.7 | | | | college and then transfer to 4-year universities. |
| The average SAT scores are also incredibly high: | | | | In the future, the University of North Carolina |
| - UNC Greensboro - 1530 | | | | system may expand and open more seats for |
| - UNC Asheville - 1725 | | | | students. However, today students need to work |
| - UNC Wilmington - 1715 | | | | as hard as possible to score as close to the |
| The average SAT score is roughly 1520 in the | | | | average GPAs and SATs of their state's colleges. |
| United States. We could not find an accurate | | | | Being average is often not enough. |