The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Carolina is an excellent university. The campus is beautiful,safe and laid out well. Dorms and the campus cafeteria are pretty decent. The students are intelligent, but down-to-earth and the heavy work load doesn't stop students from going out. Chapel Hill is a small college town that generates a feeling of pride and belonging; it is also borders two mid-sized cities Raleigh and Durham. There are plenty of extracurricular activites and even though greek life is strong you can make friends and find people who share your own interests without buying into the greek system. Be outgoing, open up, and remember this isnt high school anymore, the great thing about college is that you are free to be yourself and in a decent sized college like Chapel Hill the concept of popularity is non-existant, you can always find a group of friends who share your interests. As far as academics go, first-year and general requirement classes are large and often boring. However, once you find a major that interests you and get into specialized classes the class sizes decrease and the classes are interesting. You get what you put into your education; if you do your work and try to get to know your teachers you will learn a lot and you can succeed at Carolina.

3rd Year Female -- Class 2005

Scholastic Success: A+, Useful Schoolwork: B+

I think that UNC is a great university and those who have responded negatively are probably introverts who shouldn't have been accepted in the first place. I love it here. I do, however, have a critique concerning the class sizes. However, one considering this school in the future should not be that pressed about this issue because UNC is in the process of raising 1.8 billion dollars that will aid greatly in alleviating that problem among many. Overall, the academic experience is enlightening (but hard) and positive.

1st Year Male -- Class 2006

Education Quality: A+, Useful Schoolwork: C