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Coming to UNC was one of the bestQuite BrightBiology
Coming to UNC was one of the best choices I have ever made. Although I knew that choosing biology, one of the most difficult subjects at UNC,would be hard I also knew that it was worth the effort. Also, I have taken many courses outside my major like women studies and an intro to jazz course with amazing professors. It is really easy to get involved in campus life. I wrote for the Daily Tarheel for a semester and learned a lot about journalism. There is always something going on and UNC is a lot of fun but you have to realize that it is not an easy college like some other places.
1st Year Female -- Class 2006
Education Quality: A, Collaboration/Competitive: C+
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Okay, I'm just writing to reply to allQuite BrightBiology
Okay, I'm just writing to reply to all of these negative comments about how UNC profs don't give a damn about their students and things being to hard and all this other bull...someone definitely put up the good point that if you email profs or go during office hours they are more than willing to help you. If you don't want to be helped then they won't. Another thing is you guys have to face the fact that this isn't high school, you're not gonna get babied through life and held by the hand. College is the place where we develop self-discipline and expect to be challenged. There is nothing ridiculously hard about the bio program, if it was then practically everyone would fail. True there are some people who fail, but most of the time it's those people that don't try. If you show honest effort, and come into to get extra help when you're struggling, most of the time the teachers will have some mercy on you. The programs are simply offering you a challenge to excel and not settle for mediocrity. And why would you want to go to a University that's not ranked? That means they obviously haven't invested enough in their program to be successful. The name of UNC and it's recognition can have a great influence when you try to get a job. Would you hire someone who attended a 150th rank bio program and had 3.2 GPA or someone who went to a top 20 ranked program and had a 3.2 GPA. And to the person that just realized that Carolina was known for it's research and graduate programs, I think maybe you should've figured that out before you came to here. Everyone knows that UNC is one of the top research universities. All you had to do was read it and you would've known not to go here if that's not what you like. Come on people, open your eyes. Quit blaming everything on UNC. If you hate it so much why don't you just transfer out!
2nd Year Female -- Class 2005
Campus Aesthetics: A+, Innovation: B-
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If you're smart enough to get into UNC-CH (especially as aSuper BrilliantBiology
If you're smart enough to get into UNC-CH (especially as an out-of-stater) then you should go somewhere else. Yes, the tuition is low, but remember that you get what you pay for, and this case you'll be getting a terrible, impersonal education. Almost all of the faculty seem to hate students, and do all they can to avoid contact with them. Teaching assistants teach almost everything, and most of them are resentful, and would probably prefer to be at home, working on their thesis. The school gives you absolutely no personal contact at all; undergraduates are just there to provide the tuition money that funds all the big-name research and graduate programs. Meanwhile, undergraduates are treated like dirt. Only go to UNC if you want to be somewhere where no one gives a damn about you.
3rd Year Male -- Class 2002
Campus Aesthetics: A+, Education Quality: F
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