I wanted to know how the biomedical engineering program is here. Since it is not accredited, will it be a big disadvantage for getting a job (I want to go to medical school, but I want a back up that can get a good job)? I heard that UNC might be getting accreditation soon; is this true? Would I be better off going to NC State if I wanted to do BME?
How hard is majoring in biochemistry? What are the other majors that can enable graduate to get good jobs?
Thanks New Yawk. How easy is it to get some type of job on campus?
Thanks! This thread is helping a lot! On the topic of housing, what is the difference between suites and dorms? (first generation college student talking here so I might have a lot of stupid questions). Also which type (suite or dorm) do first years get? Which residence hall do you recommend? And on the topic of roommates, which do you recommend out of the three roommate options: picking someone you know to room with (not really keen on doing this as I want to meet new people), getting a random roommate, or using something like Facebook to meet someone new and then rooming with them? Thanks for helping!
Orientation is open and I have registered my son, myself and hubby. My question is what is a good hotel to stay at for the parents during the orientation session. They offered housing in a dorm for $69.00 a night for the parents but we have decided to stay at a hotel. Any good suggestions?
@twogirls It is not too tough. There are students with work/study financial aid packages that get priority for university based jobs, but, it seems there are always more opportunities than students. Here is a link to some common places to look and how to contact. http://careers.unc.edu/sites/careers.unc.edu/files/Campus%20Jobs_0.pdf
I’d also recommend contacting UNC Career Services in Hanes Hall regarding this topic. They have a listserve for part time jobs that sends you email notices. Normally you can add yourself to the listserve through a system called Careerolina (which any UNC student has access to). I’m not sure if you can set up a Careerolina account before you get here, but you should ask. They also get contacted by local businesses with job needs.
@cocodude Sorry I really can’t comment on BME, other than I know our BME dept is a joint dept with NCSU. Meaning jointly appointed professors, same courses, etc. I don’t know about accreditation differences.
Regarding chemistry, UNC is known for a challenging curriculum. That applies to all chemistry tracks. Interestingly my upper level chem classes have fewer and fewer pre-meds. A lot choose to do only what is required for MCAT prep and med school admissions while declaring a different major. I’m sure GPA risk has something to do with that strategy.
@californiagirl97 There are three types of dorms at UNC, apartments, corridor style dorms and suite style dorms. The only two that normally apply to first year students are corridor style and suite style. The difference is really about how many people you share a bathroom with. In corridor style dorms there are shared bathrooms on your floor that are shared by the entire floor of residents. In suite style dorms you share a bathroom with a few other dorm rooms, but your bathroom is not shared with any of the other suites on your floor. There are two room, three room and four room suites. All with a shared bathroom.
Most first years are on south campus. Most dorms that first years get assigned are suite style. There is a whole “first year experience” program that UNC housing has now (not in existence when I was a first year). Check out the following link, it probably answers some of your questions http://housing.unc.edu/future-residents/first-year-students Of the dorms now listed for first years, I like Koury and Horton because they are the newest. However, you should be aware that both Koury and Horton are mostly two room suites and you may prefer another dorm with larger suites for the social aspects of having more suite mates.
I had a roommate I met via facebook my first year. It worked out great for me.
Thanks so much!
@NewYawk Just wondering, are honors dorms suite style or corridor? And do UNC students have on campus housing after freshman year too?
Thank you!
@collagepls The honors dorm is Koury. That is a suite style dorm (2 dorm room suites). Yes, on campus housing is available after first year.
The housing site has floor plans for each dorm. Generally (not all), the 8 person suite has 4 double rooms, a share bath and corridor. The suite entrance door opens to an exterior outside corridor. The four person suite has two doubles connected by a shared bath. Each room has a entrance door that opens to an indoor corridor. The corridor style has many double rooms all connected to an interior cooridor and has a large shared bathroom.
There are variations of the above. The floor plans will give you a good idea how each building is set up.
Do you recommend living in Koury? I was accepted into Honors Carolina and I was considering rooming there.
My daughter couldn’t get into Koury. She found it a little tougher to connect with other honor students. However since she had a lot of honor courses she still meet other honor students.
Koury appears to have some additional meeting/study rooms. Also some of the honors activities seem to be based in Koury.
I am sure NewYawk can give better advice.
Yes, Koury is a good choice. The newest dorm on campus. Rooms are a good size and are two dorm room (4 people) suites with a shared bathroom. The only downside is that you have to keep your bathroom clean (ie cleaners don’t have direct access into the bathroom, because access is via the two attached dorm rooms). Quiet hours around finals time, which can be helpful. Since last year, HC has been driving specific HC targeted programs into Koury in association with the community leadership (community director and RAs), which is great.
As a current student, too, wanted to chime in and say that my parents have always found the Rizzo Conference Center, approximately 5-10 minutes from campus, to be a great place to stay.
Also, as an out-of-stater at UNC from Maryland, I understand the perception that many of my friends and I had about UNC as being very greek oriented and southern, however, I can say that greek life definitely doesn’t dominate the social scene and, as a whole, Carolina students are some of the most down-to-earth, but intelligent and driven people I’ve met, and I cannot recommend UNC enough.
I’m currently a senior studying finance at KF and the program is phenomenal. In addition to having world-class facilities and professors, the connections and opportunities Carolina students have are top-notch. Whether your dream is to go on to medical school, work as a management consultant, or become a journalist, all of the programs are excellent.
Also, Chapel Hill is the quintessential college.
Okay, that’s my plug for UNC, best of luck, and I wish you the best in your college decisions.
Go heels,
Taylor
HELP URGENT,
So earlier this year I told my National Honor Society Chapter that with all my other clubs and organizations and wanting to truly focus on certain passions and competitions that I was resigning from the club. I never put NHS on my college application or anything. I just got accepted to Honors Carolina and am so excited. Now, the NHS organization is saying you can’t resign and that it is going to be put on my academic record that I was removed from NHS for failure of participation. Despite not putting NHS on my application will my admissions get taken away?
Freaking out right now
@ivyhopeful97 Relax, not a problem at all.
@wstrav but won’t them saying I’ve been removed sound really bad to the college admissions despite
@ivyhopeful97 Admissions won’t care unless you get expelled from school, fail your classes, or commit a crime. They are busy dealing with countless thousands of applications and admittees. They have bigger fish to fry than worrying about whether a high school club likes you. In the worst of all possible scenarios, they would send you an e-mail asking for an explanation. However, I would say that is extremely unlikely. Again, relax; you’re in.
hi, all students, regardless of their majors, are required to take science courses in order to fulfill the PL, PX requirements right? science is really not my thing and I’m afraid it’ll kill my gpa… are there any not so scary introductory science courses?
but then again, apparently it’s very hard to get courses you want in the first place so…/: