UNC at Chapel Hill

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Anonymous wrote:State-level politicians have a lot more say over how the colleges in NC work than they do in VA and MD. If you think the state legislature there is doing a great job, I guess you'd be happy about that...but you probably wouldn't be in the majority if that was your thinking.

This would worry me. And I believe it to be true. While a decade ago you might have thought that the state legislature would have no impact on one student at a big state university...I think COVID has showed us otherwise.

They are really into basketball, I can attest to that (as someone who is not into sports, but happened to visit campus on a game weekend once).

There are wonderful research organizations all around it.

I got into one of their very strong grad programs, and considered going despite offers from Hopkins and Harvard. There were certain questions that they could not answer up front, however (such as what advisor I would be working with and how much funding I would get), so I eliminated it from the running. They said that they could not commit funds each year until the state legislature had set their budget. That may be the case, but of course I went with a school that could promise me a set amount of funding.

The UNC Board of Governors also gave a $2.5 million trust to the Sons of Confederate Veterans along with the Silent Sam statue. The weird thing...the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit and immediately settled for the $2.5 million. I mean, come on! That's shady.

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Anonymous wrote:There's no "at" in the name, for starters.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I went there and def. referred to it as at sometimes - there are like multiple UNCs

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Anonymous wrote:20 years ago UNC was a popular choice for kids from Florida who wanted a big school experience in the South but were too academically qualified for UF. Now it's the other way around. The factors that have led to UNC's decline and UF's rise are varied and somewhat debatable, but the reversal of fortune has been obvious to anyone who's been paying attention. Chomp chomp.

Yes. Totally agree!!!

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Anonymous wrote:There's no "at" in the name, for starters.

Oh, just stop. Insufferable d-bag.

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Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

WTH does this mean? Their house has been in order since 1789.

Ne poster here -- Yeah, in the sense that it's a good school. But for anyone who follows the Nicole Hannah-Jones fiasco, choosing UNC Chapel Hill at this point in time telegraphs certain values, or disregard for certain values, that feels icky to me. I would discourage my child from choosing the school for a while, but that's just me. I'm a college professor deeply invested in diverse hiring practices, so I also understand if my thoughts about this are more involved or perhaps if others didn't catch the scandal.

PP here. It's not that I didn't "catch the scandal," it's that I completely disagree with you. How narcissistic and pious of you to state that your child's choice of school would "telegraph certain values" and that that "feels icky" to you. I hope you're not an English professor at an accredited college.

Why the anger “PP”? I agree with the prior poster. I think UNC Chapel Hill came off terribly from Nichole Hannah-Jones fiasco. And PP’s response demonstrates exacly the kind of obtuseness that many now associate with UNC Chapel Hill - and the exact reason why many applicants will be turned off from the school for the near future.

What are you smoking?

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Anonymous wrote:After the fallout from the Nikole Hannah-Jones fiasco, I wouldn't send my kid there until the get their house in order.

That said, it is really difficult to get in OOS and they usually have a really good basketball team.

WTH does this mean? Their house has been in order since 1789.

Ne poster here -- Yeah, in the sense that it's a good school. But for anyone who follows the Nicole Hannah-Jones fiasco, choosing UNC Chapel Hill at this point in time telegraphs certain values, or disregard for certain values, that feels icky to me. I would discourage my child from choosing the school for a while, but that's just me. I'm a college professor deeply invested in diverse hiring practices, so I also understand if my thoughts about this are more involved or perhaps if others didn't catch the scandal.

PP here. It's not that I didn't "catch the scandal," it's that I completely disagree with you. How narcissistic and pious of you to state that your child's choice of school would "telegraph certain values" and that that "feels icky" to you. I hope you're not an English professor at an accredited college.

English isn't my field but why would that matter -- because I typed quickly on a message board and made some typos? Is that what you mean? Lol at "accredited college" -- yes, my university has multiple accreditations. But why are you upset that I want to put money and affiliate with institutions that align with my values? I mean, ultimately up to my kid to decide, but fit matters. You are fooling yourself to think that the climate at UNC-CH isn't affected by leadership. If you want to send your kid there by all means do, especially if it's in state. But my personal choice would be to avoid it if possible. That's my opinion. Not sure why it would be narcissistic...that's a reach, and doesn't really make sense given that what I am saying is I want to see more BIPOC academics recognized formally and I support NH-J.

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i went there 20 years ago. It's wonderful. lol-ed at the person who said everyone there is either preppy or a SJW... most people do tend to sort into either group! but (like many large schools) there is a place for everyone -- lots of personality diversity and academic diversity. I don't really know anyone who was unhappy or couldn'g find their place.

it's extremely hard to get into OOS and the OOS kids are all phenomonal.

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Yes, save the $85 application fee if you’re not a legacy or applying from a “feeder” school

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I have two nephews - one a recent grad, the other rising soph - in state. First off, OOS is hard. Once there, biggest complaint about the school was how difficult it was for kids to register for the classes they wanted - story after story about getting shut out of everything, having hard time getting classes in major, etc. That may be true of lots of big state flagships, though.

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Anonymous wrote:There's no "at" in the name, for starters.

Oh, just stop. Insufferable d-bag.

Insufferable and wrong. https://www.unc.edu/ "The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

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Anonymous wrote:There's no "at" in the name, for starters.

Oh, just stop. Insufferable d-bag.

Insufferable and wrong. https://www.unc.edu/ "The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

+1. I wrote for the Daily Tar Heel. The J-school beat it into us that the full name of our school was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Great school. FL boosters - if you were that secure about your flagship, you probably wouldn't feel the need to smacktalk.

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Go Heels! Love UNC, Chapel Hill, & the whole area.

Some of you all will complain about literally anything. Lighten up….enjoy life.


Moving north to this area full of depressed sorry sacks is one of my biggest regrets. One more year to go!

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Great in natural sciences research owing to its location in the Research Triangle, which attracts top STEM professors and international students.

Outside of that, it's a Southern school with the predictable deficiencies of a Southern school.

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Anonymous wrote:Great in natural sciences research owing to its location in the Research Triangle, which attracts top STEM professors and international students.

Outside of that, it's a Southern school with the predictable deficiencies of a Southern school.

Really? Name one.