Hey y’all. I was an OOS student and my did undergrad at UNC. I went straight into a master’s degree, and I just finished that and got recruited by a pretty good firm. I got close to a 4.0 in undergrad, so I’d be happy to answer any questions about how to achieve academic success. I am also down to answer any questions you may have about life at UNC, including housing, clubs, sports, and night life. Unfortunately, I will not be divulging personal info like my major and what the master’s degree was in and where I’m going to work. Also, I don’t know anything about your chance of getting in, so best not to ask me those questions.
Were you involved in any Greek life? And how much influence do you think Greek life has on the overall nightlife of the campus?
@threesh I was in a co-ed fraternity. It was a lot of fun and they hosted a lot of parties, but it still didn’t compare to a social fraternity. I think Greek life has a big influence on nightlife for underclassmen who are too young to get into bars. Fraternities are the ones that host ALL of the big parties for LDOC and practically all of the other big house parties. When I got older, especially for the master’s degree, I was like who cares about that stuff for kids and I just went to He’s Not, Goodfellows, Topo, Bob’s, etc.
Hello! I’m thinking of following a pre med track if I get accepted into unc next year and I know it’s difficult to get into the unc med school. I heard that it’s harder to get into unc’s med school if you went there for undergrad like there’s some kind of unfair disadvantage compared to if you went to another school for undergrad, do you have any knowledge on this? And do you have any tips on being productive and studying hard to maintain a good gpa?
Also I was a bit curious on the housing. Which housing/place would you reccomend best for first years? (I’m not that much of a social butterfly or party goer, but I do like being social at times.) 
@banhmi let me ask my friend who is in med school right now and got rejected by UNC.
I would highly recommend that you live in one of the freshman dorms like hinton james, ehaus, craig, etc. That way you can meet new people. The freshman dorms are kind of dumpy and far away, but I think it would be a big mistake to live on north campus your first year.
Was the workload tough and how did you manage it? I thought that a 4.0 was pretty much unheard of for UNC-CH
@Bengals44 Nah, I had a friend who graduated with a straight up 4.000 GPA. The workload wasn’t bad. I always had time to go to the gym and go out with friends. Then again, I wasn’t a chem/bio double major. But my major was still on the more difficult side. It wasn’t psych or anything. The way I got such a high GPA was picking a major I enjoyed and that suited my abilities well and very careful selection of classes and professors. For example, I have a really bad memory so I never took a single history class. But I’m really good at math, reasoning and concepts, so for gen eds, I would take things like poli sci, english, astronomy, etc.
I figured there would be more questions lol
Do you have any input on Kenan Flagler and OOS students? I’ve heard that coming in as Sophomore and applying to KF is VERY tough simply because you’re from OOS and haven’t been there from the start.
You mean transferring in and trying to get into the B school as a junior? I know a few people that did that, but I don’t know if that counts against you in admission. I don’t see how state residency is relevant.
@ceilingroofgoat How was your social life as an OOS student? We loved everything about UNC when we visited but kids were very concerned about being with 82% Carolinians (in their minds, they would all know each other from HS, have more in common, go home on weekends, etc).
@ceilingroofgoat did you study abroad?
@pantha33m I had a very good social life, and it got better every year. I never sensed any kind of divide between OOS and in-state students. In fact, in five years, I have never thought about it until you just brought it up. I definitely did blend into the culture and adapt though. I’m moving to NC for my job. By the way, no one goes home on the weekend. Unless it’s thanksgiving or something. And people don’t really hang out with people from high school.
Yes I did. One of the best decisions I ever made.
@ceilingroofgoat Yep. Coming in as a Sophomore and trying to get into Kenan Flager as a Junior. Worst case scenario, I get into UNC as a Junior and try to get into Kenan Flager, is it pretty much impossible?
@ceilingroofgoat I’m having a hard time picking classes because I don’t know which ones are easy or hard. Is there a UNC specific website I can use to help me pick classes or should I stick to ratemyprofessor?
@bubblez4u In my time there was MyEdu which gave the grade distributions, but it is gone. There is still k00fers though, which is similar but not quite as good. Also, distributions are on blinkness but that site is pretty old.
Edit: apparently the domain of blinkness has since expired. I feel old.
Do you know anything about the UNC journalism program?
@mak902 I know that it’s one of the best. Brooke Baldwin, who went to the J school, was the commencement speaker for our graduation.
IMO journalism is a pretty bad major if you’re looking for a guaranteed, high-paying career after college
What do you know about any of the science majors? My son is interested in science, something bio or chemistry related. He is not interested in med school. Thinking more along the lines of research. Do you know anyone that ended up with a science major and a research type career?
if i am transferring into unc chapel hill from a much easier unc system school and trying to get into the business school, what tips do you have for my success? i plan on graduating suma cum laude and would really like advice on how to manage the workload while maintaining a good social life as well