UNC Chapel Hill

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Too many in-state kids.

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Everyone had to take PE when I was at Chapel Hill, 2 credits. I took bowling and golf and both had tons of athletes in them. The classes were a lot of fun, they had so many options. The athletes were hilarious, trying sports they never tried and having a good time.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m convinced the negativity is one person. I was quite enjoying the little history lesson, but had to get another in. Take a deep breath, we get it, you don’t like UNC and that’s okay.

The Duke alum was very positive towards UNC - probably one of the most positive posts here. No one was really hating on UNC. Then the UNC fan got nasty.

UNC seems to have an inferiority complex to Duke.

According to who? You?

Anyone with a pulse and a brain?

You make no sense at all. Anyone with a pulse and a brain thinks UNC has an inferiority complex.

This thread is useless.

I haven’t found that to be true in the decade I’ve lived here. In the competitive county I’m in, getting into UNC is most kids dream. Duke isn’t on the radar the same. I can see oos people thinking that as obviously Duke is the stronger and better ranked school. I don’t think kids are as striver or uppity, engineering and cs are happy at NCSU, other good students want UNC. Kids that aren’t strong enough for either are content with their beach or mountain school.

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^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

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Anonymous wrote:^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

Is NC State considered more elite for STEM?

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Anonymous wrote:^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

Exactly, there is a little local bump. My kids strong school will get a lot in proportionately to the usual acceptance rate.

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UNC , UVA and UGA are very similar and are classic college towns. Any of those make for great experiences.

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Anonymous wrote:Here we go again. Another Chapel Hill thread, seemingly started and sock puppeted by trolls just to bash UNC. If you don’t get it, then yoh don’t get it. NBD, that’s ok, but that’s just you (or your kids). The data re the number of applications ever year says otherwise.

I went there OOS. I have had several relatives also attend (and have a cousin there right now in the nursing school). So my opinion isn’t based on a one time tour, or what my kids think, or from living in NC.

What, to me, makes Chapel Hill unique: It has the Goldie Locks label. It’s not too big, it’s not too small, it’s a medium sized, public flagship school, with great weather, in a quintessential college town that embraces and loves the school, with the “downtown” area within very short walking distance of campus but that town being close to major metropolitan area (Raleigh/Durham/Cary) so can access all the things associated with those areas (like a major airport), with the rah rah sports and school spirit (and NOT just for football and basketball). Greek life is not the main focus of the social scene, it’s there if you want it. The academics are good. The price is fantastic if you’re instate. The student body is quite diverse (esp socio economic) which leans to a laid back and NOT snobby vibe.

It’s a lot of fun to go there, but so are many schools.

How is this different from UVA or UGA?

Isn’t UVA in a non-thriving area where people wouldn’t likely live after versus research triangle or Atlanta? Haven’t been so honestly don’t know.

Charlottesville is a great college town with easy proximity to DC and Richmond. Plus it’s not like kids stay in their college apartment after they graduate. If that were the case NC State would be the clear winner.

I’m not defending it, don’t really care, but I do think it’s different. Chapel Hill is part of the research triangle so in the hiring machine it is. Carolina is king there, so it’s a fun place to be post college to have good job and be able to go back for games. Rivalries with coworkers at N.C. State and Duke being so close. The proximity is nice.

I’ve heard Charlottesville is a nice town, but it’s a greater distance to Richmond and DC, so a little different in terms of really living where you attended school and being closely tied (whether someone views that a negative or positive may vary).

Come on, Duke is king and you know it LOL

Duke is in North Carolina but kind of considered to not be of North Carolina. Lots of students from somewhere else who leave and go back to somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:I would like to add to the prior post that I went to Duke and hate UNC with all my being yet it is an excellent school in a cool town in a great region with great sports (though not as good as Duke), really good social life for all, much smaller than most flagship state schools which is very appealing, and has a loyal alumni network both locally and nationally.

Go to hell, Carolina, go to hell!

How is the weather in Ridgewood, NJ? I love that your rat koach lost his first and last game to the Heels! Karma!!!

So I say a lot of really nice things about your school and you come back with that crap. You are making a liar out of me - people will think Carolina is just low class losers.

I have generally found that the most low class UNC fans are not the alums but those who like the teams but couldn’t get in. Bet you look good in ECU purple.

And by the way, Ridgewood is a really nice place where 90% of the posters here wish they could live.

A dookie commenting about “class” is absolutely rich after all the obnoxious and inappropriate things the camoron crazies have done.

Not surprised you know Ridgewood, NJ. It fits. Like dook, it’s a nice town but while it pushes its reputation all it can, it will never be Summit, Alpine or Upper Saddle River. Same with Dook, always pushing, and I even admire the attempt to steal Princeton’s look, but you will never be more than derm’s finest, which isn’t much.

Wear what you are: A bunch of dorky punks educated at a place funded with blood money. Isn’t a blue devil a term for a smoking induced cancer cluster in the lung?

Maybe lay off on the lorazepam hon.

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Anonymous wrote:^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

Duke plays the TO game to get that magic low acceptance rate (so do a lot of schools). Duke is also an excellent school that attracts very smart applicants, so not sure why keep that up when honestly I don't think they need it. Duke also does NOT attract many instate kids, they just don't want to go there and that's ok. So comparing UNC and Duke as if the same student is applying to both. Apples and oranges.

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Graduated illiterates for decades. Probably still do. Which degree is legit and which is an illiterate? No way of telling. It's a little like Penn State.

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Anonymous wrote:^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

Duke plays the TO game to get that magic low acceptance rate (so do a lot of schools). Duke is also an excellent school that attracts very smart applicants, so not sure why keep that up when honestly I don't think they need it. Duke also does NOT attract many instate kids, they just don't want to go there and that's ok. So comparing UNC and Duke as if the same student is applying to both. Apples and oranges.

??? UNC is also test optional (at least for students applying with above a 2.8 GPA, which is basically everyone). I think part of the reason why Duke and UNC remain somewhat hesitant to go back to full mandatory test requirements for admissions is that they field some pretty strong Division I teams (not just basketball and football), and as everyone knows admission requirements for athletes tend to be much lower. So test optional definitely helps with athletic recruiting. Athletes at Duke and UNC also are disproportionately out of state students.

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Anonymous wrote:Graduated illiterates for decades. Probably still do. Which degree is legit and which is an illiterate? No way of telling. It's a little like Penn State.

There you are. I knew you would come out at some point. Do you have a google alert for UNC DCUM threads?

Carolina is debated all the time on DCUM. Not sure why we needed yet another thread (was there one like 2 weeks ago). These threads never end well because it immediately becomes a bashing thread and posters argue argue argue. I am not sure why Chapel Hill evokes such a crazy reaction on this website.

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Anonymous wrote:Graduated illiterates for decades. Probably still do. Which degree is legit and which is an illiterate? No way of telling. It's a little like Penn State.

There you are. I knew you would come out at some point. Do you have a google alert for UNC DCUM threads?

Carolina is debated all the time on DCUM. Not sure why we needed yet another thread (was there one like 2 weeks ago). These threads never end well because it immediately becomes a bashing thread and posters argue argue argue. I am not sure why Chapel Hill evokes such a crazy reaction on this website.

Seems like there is a UNC thread EVERY 2 weeks. I don’t know why people are too lazy to do a search. Instead, they demand people post the same responses over and over again. Clearly, they just want to squeal with delight at the arguments they are stirring up.

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Anonymous wrote:^For in-state applicants admission rate for all UNC is 42% while at Duke admission rate is around 4% and the 2 schools have vastly different applicant pools. Duke like most elite schools goes out of its way to attract in-state students especially in a financial way. But when 60 thousand applicants for just 1700 freshman spots for class of 2029 at Duke it is unattainable for most kids.

Duke plays the TO game to get that magic low acceptance rate (so do a lot of schools). Duke is also an excellent school that attracts very smart applicants, so not sure why keep that up when honestly I don't think they need it. Duke also does NOT attract many instate kids, they just don't want to go there and that's ok. So comparing UNC and Duke as if the same student is applying to both. Apples and oranges.

NC has actually been a pretty big feeder state for Duke - many more NC kids at Duke than peer schools. According to their web site, in 2024 NC was the biggest feeder state, ahead of NY, FL, CA, TX (surprised NJ isn't there - I'm a Duke alum from NJ so can make that joke). And they have recently heavily focused on recruiting from the Carolinas - I believe kids from those states with family incomes below $150k or so get a free ride. Obviously there will always be many less NC kids at Duke than UNC.