UNC at Chapel Hill

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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.

Perhaps pp is referring to the fact that phrases such as “feeling icky” are better suited for use by kindergarten teachers than college professors. Just a guess.

DP. What a dumb post. PPs comments, including that sending a kid to UNC right now would "feel icky" are completely clear and concise. It's sad when mediocre minds confuse formality with erudition.

Sorry, but no. "Feeling icky" is not the way that literate adults (college professors?) express themselves.

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Look up “Rosa Parks UNC essay” tells you all you need to know about this “elite school”. It’s not even in UVA or Michigan’s tier anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Look up “Rosa Parks UNC essay” tells you all you need to know about this “elite school”. It’s not even in UVA or Michigan’s tier anymore.

Found it


"On the evening of December Rosa Parks decided that she was going to sit in the white people section on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. During this time blacks had to give up there seats to whites when more whites got on the bus. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat. Her and the bus driver began to talk and the conversation went like this. 'Let me have those front seats' said the driver. She didn't get up and told the driver that she was tired of giving her seat to white people. 'I'm going to have you arrested,' said the driver. 'You may do that,' Rosa Parks responded. Two white policemen came in and Rosa Parks asked them 'why do you all push us around?' The police officer replied and said 'I don't know, but the law is the law and you're under arrest.'"


That got an A- so it looks like the UNC student was able to maintain a 4.0.

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Friends in NC say that students can go to community college and take specific courses, then apply as transfer students. They claim this is a very straightforward track for admission. Obviously, you need to get good grades at the community college, but they say that this is pretty easy to do. I'm skeptical, but I've seen quite a few things online from these community colleges that make this seem legit. Does anybody know if this really works?

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This is the community college transfer info I found: https://catalog.unc.edu/admissions/undergraduate/nccc-transfer-pathways/

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Anonymous wrote:Friends in NC say that students can go to community college and take specific courses, then apply as transfer students. They claim this is a very straightforward track for admission. Obviously, you need to get good grades at the community college, but they say that this is pretty easy to do. I'm skeptical, but I've seen quite a few things online from these community colleges that make this seem legit. Does anybody know if this really works?

On the evening of November i enlisted in respect to community and junior college for my interest of UNC. Heretofore I was application excepted into the fine university of UNC in North Carolina. The person said “you can’t go there” but then they let me in.

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Anonymous wrote:Friends in NC say that students can go to community college and take specific courses, then apply as transfer students. They claim this is a very straightforward track for admission. Obviously, you need to get good grades at the community college, but they say that this is pretty easy to do. I'm skeptical, but I've seen quite a few things online from these community colleges that make this seem legit. Does anybody know if this really works?

This is no secret a lot of colleges take transfer students from community colleges.
Including UMD and UVA.

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I'm sorry, but I don't get this. If the school is supposed to be hard to get into for people applying in 12th grade, why would they create a back door that isn't difficult at all?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but I don't get this. If the school is supposed to be hard to get into for people applying in 12th grade, why would they create a back door that isn't difficult at all?

USA gives you more ways to succeed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but I don't get this. If the school is supposed to be hard to get into for people applying in 12th grade, why would they create a back door that isn't difficult at all?

USA gives you more ways to succeed.

And everybody knows a diploma that decades of illiterates have on the wall is success.

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Anonymous wrote:Look up “Rosa Parks UNC essay” tells you all you need to know about this “elite school”. It’s not even in UVA or Michigan’s tier anymore.

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"On the evening of December Rosa Parks decided that she was going to sit in the white people section on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. During this time blacks had to give up there seats to whites when more whites got on the bus. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat. Her and the bus driver began to talk and the conversation went like this. 'Let me have those front seats' said the driver. She didn't get up and told the driver that she was tired of giving her seat to white people. 'I'm going to have you arrested,' said the driver. 'You may do that,' Rosa Parks responded. Two white policemen came in and Rosa Parks asked them 'why do you all push us around?' The police officer replied and said 'I don't know, but the law is the law and you're under arrest.'"


That got an A- so it looks like the UNC student was able to maintain a 4.0.

Jesus Christ.

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I remember when Gary Williams at UMD would catch all kinds of crap from the administration and get hit pieces on the WaPo for not graduating enough players. They would always bring up how UNC graduated all their players.

He must be pissed.

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Jesus Christ.

Now THAT essay was a doozy.

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Sorry, but no. "Feeling icky" is not the way that literate adults (college professors?) express themselves.

Empirically, you are wrong.