Tell me about UNC - Chapel Hill, from an out of state perspective

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Anonymous wrote:I went to UNC OOS, I am from Virginia. Loved it 100%. I made tons of friends and got a great education. I chose it over UVA and William and Mary.

That's great, but if money is a factor it's not worth it.

+1 I went to UNC as an OOS. I transferred out. Not worth the OOS tuition to go to a school that the in-staters considered their safety.

i don't know any North Carolinians that consider Chapel Hill a safety. And yes, I went there OOS and now my friends' kids are starting to apply there. It is on the same level as UVA. I know plenty of people who couldnt get into either and ended up at UWisconsin - Madison. The OOS acceptance rate at UNC now is ridiculously low, insanely, insanely low. So yes, the kind of kid who can get into UNC OOS is probably also the kind of kid who has the grades/stats/credentials to have a good chance at ivys.

there is a famous UNC basher on DCUM and looks like they're back. They derail every single UNC thread, when people want a sincere discussion. So annoying.

Which posts? I don’t see it - some good, some bad. Opinions vary.

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I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

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41 percent in state admission rate.

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I lived in Chapel Hill for ten years, but didn't go there (my spouse was faculty there). I went to colleges on the West Coast.

Chapel Hill is a FANTASTIC college town. It has one of the most beautiful campuses in the entire country, it's own research hospital, elite basketball (it's hard not to become a bball fan living there). The town has so many great restaurants and shops. I never did get around to trying them all.

I would leave DC in a hot split second to move back there. Quality of life is awesome, COL affordable. If you're looking out of state, it's a great school. Be warned: your kid might want to stay there and live in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill!

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Anonymous wrote:Another lax bro Greek party school?

No way. My nephew goes there and he is as far from fratty as it gets and he absolutely loves it. He actually thinks it's more hipster than preppy. He chose it over UVA because of the different vibe.

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Fabulous women’s soccer program

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in Chapel Hill for ten years, but didn't go there (my spouse was faculty there). I went to colleges on the West Coast.

Chapel Hill is a FANTASTIC college town. It has one of the most beautiful campuses in the entire country, it's own research hospital, elite basketball (it's hard not to become a bball fan living there). The town has so many great restaurants and shops. I never did get around to trying them all.

I would leave DC in a hot split second to move back there. Quality of life is awesome, COL affordable. If you're looking out of state, it's a great school. Be warned: your kid might want to stay there and live in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill!

This. UNC offers the quintessential college experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in Chapel Hill for ten years, but didn't go there (my spouse was faculty there). I went to colleges on the West Coast.

Chapel Hill is a FANTASTIC college town. It has one of the most beautiful campuses in the entire country, it's own research hospital, elite basketball (it's hard not to become a bball fan living there). The town has so many great restaurants and shops. I never did get around to trying them all.

I would leave DC in a hot split second to move back there. Quality of life is awesome, COL affordable. If you're looking out of state, it's a great school. Be warned: your kid might want to stay there and live in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill!

My nephew attended UNC from out of state for all of these reasons. I've never seen a college that had so much to offer as far as an awesome town, gorgeous campus, and amazing school spirit.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

I am the out-of-state student who transferred out. It definitely is a safety school for many in-state residents. It was very difficult to get in as an out of stater, and it just didn’t have the reputation for being so difficult in state. Not even close. Not sure how you can claim otherwise. It is a beautiful campus, though.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

I am the out-of-state student who transferred out. It definitely is a safety school for many in-state residents. It was very difficult to get in as an out of stater, and it just didn’t have the reputation for being so difficult in state. Not even close. Not sure how you can claim otherwise. It is a beautiful campus, though.

NP. Perhaps it is a safety for the top students in state, definitely not for the majority.

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Anonymous wrote:41 percent in state admission rate.

Cite?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

I am the out-of-state student who transferred out. It definitely is a safety school for many in-state residents. It was very difficult to get in as an out of stater, and it just didn’t have the reputation for being so difficult in state. Not even close. Not sure how you can claim otherwise. It is a beautiful campus, though.

NP. Perhaps it is a safety for the top students in state, definitely not for the majority.

I can’t say I polled a majority of the students there, but I never got the feeling that in-staters felt like they were attending an elite institution. It was just their state school.

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Anonymous wrote:Another lax bro Greek party school?

No way. My nephew goes there and he is as far from fratty as it gets and he absolutely loves it. He actually thinks it's more hipster than preppy. He chose it over UVA because of the different vibe.

No, not at all.

The lacrosse team is good but sticks to themselves. They aren’t the big men on campus. And the Greek system isn’t very large in proportion to the size of the student body and isn’t the driving force of the social scene vs a school like UVA that has a much higher percentage of their student body pledging and being in the Greek system.

And for the person saying “I didn’t get the feeling I State students thought it was a big deal”, those in state students were UNC students, right. So all your friends from UNC only got int their safeties? Why were they going to INC if they didn’t think it was so great? And what exactly is the better instate school there? ECU, NC State, UNCW, UNCG, App? No, it’s Chapel Hill. And before you even post it, the overwhelming majority of instate college age kids do NOT want to go to Duke. I believe their instate NC rate 10% of their student body (not acceptance but percentage of students are from NC). The NC kids don’t want to go there. I went to UNC OOS, and I have a large extended family who lives in NC. Several cousins are in high school and are either applying for college or getting ready in the next year. I also have cousins who are teachers and administrators in high schools, including one who is a college counselor in Lee County and another who is a principal in Chatham County. We’ve had this conversation over and over. The high schools often arrange college tours for juniors and seniors (school rents a bus and the group goes for a day or two to several NC schools, based on demand of how many kids want to see which schools) NC kids who are smart want to go to UNC, their instate safeties are ECU and State. If they’re kind of hippie they like UNCA or App. If they aren’t too smart they like High Point, UNCG, Campbell. If they’re super loaded and want a small private they might look at Dook or Wake. Elon really isn’t super on their radar.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

I am the out-of-state student who transferred out. It definitely is a safety school for many in-state residents. It was very difficult to get in as an out of stater, and it just didn’t have the reputation for being so difficult in state. Not even close. Not sure how you can claim otherwise. It is a beautiful campus, though.

NP. Perhaps it is a safety for the top students in state, definitely not for the majority.

I can’t say I polled a majority of the students there, but I never got the feeling that in-staters felt like they were attending an elite institution. It was just their state school.

Well UVA is the state flagship of Virginia and students there certainly feel like it's an elite institution. But for any state flagship, you are going to have quite a few kids who got in to higher ranked schooos but chose not to attend due to cost.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a UNC grad from out of state. It is definitely a school with name recognition throughout the US, more so than UVA. I know that it is because of basketball, but people still consider it a great school. I feel like it is like Michigan in that you will see lots of Carolina hats/sweatshirts/etc and it doesn't necessarily mean that people are alum.

I had a great experience at UNC and went on to get a PhD from an ivy with complete funding; a student from Berkeley and I were the only ones in our cohort not from an Ivy or SLAC.

It is definitely not a safety for in-state students. People should realize when they make statements like that they lose all credibility. Stats are readily available.

I am the out-of-state student who transferred out. It definitely is a safety school for many in-state residents. It was very difficult to get in as an out of stater, and it just didn’t have the reputation for being so difficult in state. Not even close. Not sure how you can claim otherwise. It is a beautiful campus, though.

NP. Perhaps it is a safety for the top students in state, definitely not for the majority.

I can’t say I polled a majority of the students there, but I never got the feeling that in-staters felt like they were attending an elite institution. It was just their state school.

Well UVA is the state flagship of Virginia and students there certainly feel like it's an elite institution. But for any state flagship, you are going to have quite a few kids who got in to higher ranked schooos but chose not to attend due to cost.

I agree that state schools can be a great option for in-staters. As an out-of-stater at UNC, though, I just didn’t feel like it was worth paying the OOS tuition for a school that many in-staters attended by default.