Student Profile
Anonymous
- Class: Junior
- Major: Psychology
- Gender: F
- High School:
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
UNC encompasses everything that I believe a truly great university should be. With the high academic expectations, nationally recognized athletic programs, good party life, and numerous social organizations, UNC is basically the perfect university. People have strong feelings towards UNC which you will encounter when you tell others this is where you attend. They often praise you for your high academic standing or tell you all about their love or hate of the school's basketball program. Chapel Hill is a great college town. We have Carrboro up the road which is the most quaint little hippie town. Chapel Hill itself attracts all sorts of performers, speakers, politicians, etc.
Academic Life
UNC is known as being a public ivy, and it lives up to its reputation. A large number of students come to the university expecting it to be like high school. As a warning--It's much harder than your high school. If you are coming in as a science major, be prepared to be weeded from your 101 courses. C's get degrees is often the montra of students here; however, as you make your way through the years you'll begin to take classes that you find interesting, ultimately helping improve your GPA. You will spend a solid week in the library during exams-probably up to 15 hours a day. No joke. But it's entirely worth it. You may cram your way through exams but knowing that that UNC diploma is one step closer makes it worth all the trouble. Most lectures you'll only have 3-4 assignments throughout the semester, but they're each worth 15-50% of your final grade. Language and English classes have a larger number of small assignments so it's not as stressful.
Student Body
UNC prides itself as one of the most diverse campuses in the state. Yes, we are diverse for the state, but it's not as diverse as they make it seem. We do have students from every walk of life, but mostly you see students sticking to their own racial groups, although there's more interminging than in most high schools. We do have a very strong GLBTQ community which isn't present at some universities in the South. Most students stick to jeans, t-shirts, and sandals for class, though on nice days women usually wear dresses or skirts. Sweats, boots, and sweatshirts are popular in the winter. You don't often see students wearnig pajamas to class, but it happens. You also see a lot of students wearing track shorts and tennis shoes. Basically, everything works. State law mandates that 82% of undergraduates have to be from NC, but the out of state/country students also make a big impression on the school. Most students are from middle class familiies. Daily conversations that can be heard around campus range from the current presidental election to the Iraq War to the genocide in Darfur, to conversations in foreign languages. People here are very intelligent and worldly and it is reflected in their conversations.
The Best Things
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The Worst Things
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