<p>Boston College is a great school; I have friends that go there and they all seem to enjoy it. </p>
<p>That said, I believe UNC matches up perfectly with many of your requirements/desires.</p>
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<p>I’m not sure about New Testament studies/Early Christianity, but UNC’s biology program is excellent. It is pretty difficult (the bio majors I know here always seem to be buried in a textbook), but if you are good with that kind of stuff then you shouldn’t have a problem. One benefit of UNC’s size is that it allows students to take a wide range of interesting courses across nearly every discipline. </p>
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<p>Everyone runs at UNC (except for me haha). It has gotten to the point where I can’t go to campus without feeling guilty after seeing a few dozen joggers taking advantage of the beautiful weather and nice scenery. There are also numerous intramural and club sport offerings-everything from flag football to softball to wallyball to paper airplane throwing to inner tube water basketball. IM sports here really are fun. </p>
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<p>I believe UNC is first or second among public universities as far as the percentage of undergrads who end up studying abroad goes. UNC’s abroad program is great.</p>
<p>You can take a look at some of the programs here: [Study</a> Abroad at UNC](<a href=“http://studyabroad.unc.edu/studyabroad.cfm]Study”>http://studyabroad.unc.edu/studyabroad.cfm)</p>
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<p>UNC’s entry level courses (BIO 101, etc) are huge. Once you get past the prerequisites, though, class sizes drop substantially; it is just a matter of getting the intro courses out of the way. </p>
<p>UNC is also a big-time sports school. Football games (particularly night games) are incredible, and basketball games are typically a lot of fun too. The baseball, lacrosse, and soccer programs are also all very successful and have big followings.</p>