University of North Carolina -Wilmington

[Anonymous]

Grew up in NC and went to college there. It’s a bit dated now but at the time, UNC-W had a rep as a party school for undergrad. The nursing program was said to be very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We drove through and looked but did not officially tour. It was a Friday around 4 or 5. Campus was completely empty. We literally saw 3 people and there was a line of cars out. My impression it was a commuter school.

I do think there is a suitcase school aspect to it and a large percentage of students live off-campus after first year. Might be a little tough for an OOS student with no ties to NC.

That was exactly our thinking. My DD has no ties to NC. I think it would have been rough.

[Anonymous]

My parents live in Wilmington. UNCW is in the middle of the "city" of Wilmington, across from retail shopping. While it's definitely within a short drive to the beach, it's not that close to the beach, so it's not as though students walk from class to the beach.

It's a fairly small campus, at least when compared to many other universities, such as UMD, VT, JMU, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wilmington is a lifestyle choice - chill

Beach 🏖️

Chillaxing

Good looking students

Not too far from dc

Smart kid to put one of these options on the list

[Anonymous]

Has she considered college of Charleston?

[Anonymous]

We just toured this past week (spring break)--there were at least 3 others on our tour from Northern Va.

Students are required to live on campus for 2 years. 15 min drive to the beach or take the city bus almost all the way there (can't cross city/county line).

We liked it--but my kid is more of a 3.5 kid who wants palm trees.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this. We visited yesterday and my kid loved the campus. I’m wondering if anyone has recent experience with it.
While we think it could be a good fit, I have reservations about the lack of diversity. Kid is multiracial.