<p>exactly like the title.
If i am lucky enough to get in from out of NC, will i feel overwhelmed by the number of NC people? or does geographic background have little to do with the UNC experience?</p>
<p>Not really-- as an out of stater the only real difference I've felt is that you have to be pretty outgoing to meet people, but that's just like at every college. Most of the in staters wanna get as far away from their high school friends as possible-- and even if they stay connected, it's usually just like a lunch once in a while. Also, you'll generally find everybody is really friendly, especially the first couple of weeks so it's pretty easy to make friends :)</p>
<p>I'm an OOS sophomore at UNC so I could help you out with this.</p>
<p>A little bit. You'll definitely feel OOS at first, and you'll probably make friends with OOS people first. When you meet people and ask where they're from, they'll give you a town name while you'll say your state. You'll feel OOS when you have to try to coordinate rides to and from the airport, and you might feel OOS when someone says they're going home for the weekend because they forgot to pack enough socks or something.</p>
<p>But overall, no, it really won't have that big of an effect. You'll love it!</p>
<p>Realize, that many of the students who are IS have moved here from OOS . For example, my son has lived in OK, FL and NC all since 8th grade. We have MANY people moving to NC all the time, in fact I don't think we have 3 families in our entire 200+ homes neighborhood that are natives.
Good luck, hopefully you and my son will be accepted at UNC!</p>
<p>Not an OOS, but most of the OOS think that they are superior to in state students.</p>
<p>OOS students will feel out-of-state during breaks...because travelling/flying/moving in is more of a hassle for them than In-staters...that being said, Carolina is still the best place to be and its easy to make friends around here.</p>
<p>I found that only in the freshman year. After that it goes away.</p>