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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4347500, member: 1414"] The gap isn't that large. UNC is popular because NC is popular and it's hard to get into because it [U]strongly favors in state kids[/U] (42% in state, 10.5% out of state acceptance). It has a brutal out of state acceptance rate compared to peer institutions which inflates its perceived status. Illinois is a darned good school too, so are Ohio State and Purdue. Most of the shift we've seen is just demographics. Big 10 states lose people. ACC states and SEC states gain people, and thus gain applicants. Does anybody here feel like Florida State used to be on par with UConn? Hell no. Auburn rated above Colorado? The Big 10 has no weak links other than maybe Nebraska. All those schools are solid. The ACC is now pretty solid too except Louisville. But the southern state schools are attracting way more applicants now. [/QUOTE]