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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone with a kid that is currently at UNC or recent grad - would be interested in your experience.  DS interested in business or communications there.  [/quote]

Live in NC, and with 80% from instate it is just not seen as a top place where smart kids go, other than the ones who get morehead. we know many top business school grads who struggled to get a job with a starting salary over 75k, and these were phi beta kappa level grads from unc. Unfortunately with Duke nearby the top consulting and other. business related top jobs go to those grads (econ, math, physics majors are snapped up by MBB, jane street, etc) UNC grads either have to take regional jobs or head to SC to get more pay, or go to DC NY or Boston for much less known companies and less pay than the Duke counterparts. [/quote]

You got any data/ sources to back up the BS you just made up and posted? 1) that smart NC kids prefer Duke, 2) that Carolina grads only get regional or SC job offers bc of Duke being 8 miles away, 3) that Carolina grads who do go to DC/NY/Boston get jobs are lesser known companies for less pay than their Duke counterparts?

Post it. I’d love to read more about it. [/quote]

That wasn’t my post and I have no clue on any of those claims. Only thing I can somewhat agree with is that top students at the most rigorous high schools in state do feel that way a bit. They pull top kids from all schools all over state as they should, so the sentiment you hear people say about oos kids sticking out is also how the very top at strong magnets and privates feel also. Not all, some, not making a giant claim. Plenty of other top kids just love the school spirit and sports and vibe and would not have same issue. [/quote]

You know most of the "top kids at the most rigorous high schools in the state"? Every year?

UNC is pulling top kids within its own state just like other very good and super popular flagships in other states (like UT Austin, UVA and UGA) and a lot of it has to do with the fact that those in state kids can get a great education in a fun environment for a great price. I am not sure why people seem to think that NC is full of dumb kids and that top NC kids who pick UNC or heaven forbid NC State aren't smart or top of their class. The same in state percentage can be used for a school like Texas. I don't read the same stuck up attitudes about Texas kids that go there like I do about UNC kids here on DCUM.

Duke is a perfectly fine school and I'd be happy if any of my kids went there. BUT NC kids aren't overwhelmingly picking it or trying to go there and this is supported by their admissions data (usually less than 10% of their incoming freshmen class are in state, this is public info). Duke has started an outreach and scholarship program just for NC kids because they want to actively change that and kudos to them. Duke also is the perfect school for a certain kind of student, and its environment and culture aren't like those at UNC and other in state options. Just like W&M vs UVA (2 great schools, really different in most ways). And that's ok. Grads from neither UNC nor Duke are hurting for job prospects because of the other.  [/quote]

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