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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting takes on here.  I'm a NC native who went to Wake over UNC.  Chapel Hill was a safety for me.  I applied to Duke too but didn't get in (true to the stereotype).  My sister went to Chapel Hill.  My family thinks I had a much better experience at WFU than my sister did at UNC.

Chapel Hill's reputation is enhanced by its substantial alumni base,* fantastic athletic brand, low OOS admission rate.  But it's much easier to get into in-state (~40% admit rate, but it depends on what high school you attend and what region of the state you're from; it's a tougher admit from better high schools) and at the end of the day it's a large public school that provides a large public school education.  Chapel Hill (i.e., "UNCCH" to the yankee posting above me) has some undergrad programs that are clearly ahead of Wake (e.g., the b-school), but on the whole you're going to get a much better education at Wake Forest from professors focused on teaching classes with fewer students than at Carolina.  The administration at Wake will take the time to get to know a student and solve problems if they need to, unlike at Carolina.  There's no getting around that.

The facilities at Chapel Hill aren't as nice, the campus is huge, and the administration has its hands full.  On the other hand, Chapel Hill as a town is way more fun than W-S.  Carolina has a great national brand, lots of alumni, and it's much cheaper to attend than Wake Forest if you're in-state.

Reading some comments on here have been . . . an experience.  I've never heard anyone say that Wake is on the same level as Elon or below NC State.  I wouldn't say the data bears that out, but it's interesting to hear that at least one person thinks that (or is a troll).

* Large alumni base = more online boosters, more fellow alumni to run into, larger chance of having high-profile alumni that enhance the brand of the school (all of which are admittedly valid considerations when deciding what school to attend).[/quote]

I agree with you on many points. One of my kids was a finalist for the full-ride at WF. We got to know the school pretty well during that process. They had no interest in UNC due to size. They ended up in Northeast, but I think they would have had a better premed experience there. I seem to recall my kid asking about the med school pre-req courses and they said they were about 50. That’s incredible and I can very much see how that would make a huge impact. [/quote]

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