Starting this fall, some students who apply to UNC-Chapel Hill will find out whether they are admitted more than a month earlier than normal under a new timeline the university announced Thursday.
The change applies to North Carolina residents who apply to the university by the early-action deadline of Oct. 15. In-state students who apply by that date will be notified of their admissions decisions by Dec. 20.
Previously, all students who applied by the early deadline — regardless of their residency status — received their notifications by late January…