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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alum here with a cousin who is a current student. Here are my cliff notes on the school.

1) nice larger school with diverse student population (both racially and socioeconomically)
2) liberal and accepting environment, not super preppy or stuffy
3) has a Greek system but it isn't overwhelming or very large considering the size of the school (vs for comparison UVA which has a much larger percentage of the students pledging). Hence frat parties are not the center of the social life
4) sports are big, especially football, soccer and basketball and the students like going to the games. It's a big part of he culture, watching or attending games with your friends is very fun.  I loved going to the basketball games and we won a championship when I was there.  It was so fun.  There is a lot of school pride which is nice. 
5) beautiful campus and nice town, nice weather, nice people
6) size of the school allows for many opportunities for different areas of studies, study abroad, internships, on campus jobs, clubs, programs, cultural events, etc.

There is a reason James Taylor wrote a song about Chapel Hill....[/quote]

NP, alum here as well.  Graduated almost 20 years ago and this describes my experience as well.

The one concern I would note is that for students used to smaller class sizes, it might be a daunting and fairly steep learning curve to do well in those huge auditorium-style freshman classes.  I know I struggled to pay attention and that was before the days of laptops and cell phones in class. I can't imagine trying to learn in that kind of environment today. [/quote]

Another alum here.  And OOS - originally from SF Bay Area and now live in DC.  I agree with these previous posters.  Knew no one when I arrived on campus and left after 4 years with some of my closest friends. In my personal experience, I found the academics competitive in the Journalism school and it has a very active alumnae network in the DC area.  Several of my OOS friends were Morehead scholars - this may be an option if you're concerned about being academically challenged.  I'm not a huge sports fan (yes, there are some kids that go there primarily for sports) but it's a fun part of the college experience in addition to the academics.  And I did end up joining a sorority, but I loved that it wasn't a huge greek school and I could have lots of friends outside the greek system as well.  I definitely look back on my time at Carolina fondly.

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