<p>I’m not sure if it actually works out like that, but all of my roommates were transfer students in Rams Village. Though if you go to an early TSOP, you could request to live with another transfer student. Also, I don’t know if you guys have made a Facebook group, but it is a great way to connect with one another and all transfers (who are not on CC) and people usually are looking for roommates.</p>
<p>As far as living arrangements go, I suggest that if you want to meet people and you’re not completely confident that you can make meaningful friendships in classes and clubs, you should probably look into South campus dorms like Hinton-James, Craige and Ehringhaus, that are filled with all freshmen and first years. By first year, I am referring to people who have taken gap years, like people who went to another country after college for a life-enriching program or we’re enlisted, there are quite a few of those. </p>
<p>If you want to live with others your age, I would look into Ram’s Village and some of the North Campus dorms. North Campus dorms are in central locations, because they are convenient and near all necessities such as Davis Library, Student Union, cafeteria and food court, and not too far from where most courses are for CAS and Journalism/ Mass Comm. majors. </p>
<p>Some great off campuses to live are Mill Creek, Chapel Ridge and Chapel View. Most seniors either live in one of these complexes are rent houses near Franklin Street.</p>
<p>@bruins Im still torn between housing options. I like the idea of living on south campus in order to meet a bunch of people (which would be fantastic as a transfer) however I like the atmosphere of Granville. I am from Charlotte and many of the kids I went to private school with and kids who live in South Charlotte live or have lived in Granville, so that atmosphere is something I am used to. With that being said, I have heard from many people that Granville is more “cliquish” and is difficult to meet people in the dorm (usually people already have their set of friends there) and it is very much a place where pledges live. With all this being said, basically my main question boils down to: as a sophomore transfer, where is the best place to meet people, and create lasting and meaningful friendships? Thanks for all your help, you are the bomb!</p>
<p>Although BruinsJEW’s advice has been good, I would caution the wording of it. Low MCATs and GPAs aren’t the responsibility of UNC, and I’m sure you don’t mean that, but just because your friends received mediocre MCAT scores and are from UNC, doesn’t mean they can’t get into top choices. I’ve seen multiple applicants go from UNC to Ivies and the like for MSTP and MD/PhD programs (which are more selective than MD). Also, coming from a school with 0 resources for premeds, UNC offers a ton of opportunities for premed students. </p>
<p>So I think what BruinsJEW is trying to say is if you don’t want an inflated GPA (granted UNC does inflate, just not as bad as privates), don’t go to UNC. Which is a generalization and I don’t think entirely true anyway based on data sets. I don’t know about you guys, but grade inflation makes me mad. So I would rather have no grade inflation anyways. Science (where my major focus is) is supposed to be rigorous. I bought into the traps and trials my GPA would take from Day 1.</p>
<p>also did anyone see in the Transfer brochure the section talking about purchasing a computer through the school? Does anyone know if this is required?</p>
<p>@KevAquarius: I am not blaming UNC for their MCAT scores, but UNC’s grading policy does have an effect on how strong an applicant looks when it comes down to their GPA. Getting a 2.8-3.0 GPA (which is the average for Bio/Chem/Physics majors) is not going to put you in any league for Harvard, John Hopkins and any other top 10 med program. Of course, there are far and few who can achieve with ultra competitive GPAs, but that is not the average or norm for most. I have friends from less prestigious universities who have higher GPAs and got into better medical schools, because med schools look at GPA and MCAT for the most part. School reputation does have some weight on the decision, but it sure won’t look as good as getting a 3.55 GPA from a smaller private like Emory or UMiami. It is a known fact that UNC practices grade deflation, so I’m just trying to forewarn prospective med students who have high aspirations, that UNC might not be in their best interest. </p>
<p>Grade inflation makes you mad, but guess what, when it comes to it and the school is tier 1 or ranked competitively, medical schools aren’t going to care too much about your sentiments. Not trying to be rude, I’m being blunt and honest.</p>
<p>@chaplthril: The best place to make friends are in student clubs and organizations. People mesh well with others who share similar interests to them. Befriending in courses sometimes work, but I was a little disappointed that the whole teamwork and collaborative learning is not valued that highly at UNC. UNC is not a cut throat environment, but people are strongly competitive.</p>
<p>It is not required and I strongly oppose buying a laptop through CCI. Everyone just complains and has technical issues with them.</p>
<p>I have a few questions, does anyone know if I can still accept the other universities if I click the accept button on the student center page? And is there any deadline for decision making?</p>
<p>How’s the chance of transferring to the Business school from the Liberal Art school? Is there any previous statistics that I could look at as reference? (I am a junior transfer)</p>
<p>Remarks on grade inflation/deflation see: gradeinflation.com - started by a Stanford PhD and a guy who often writes of grade inflation. If you look at UNC’s profile, they’ve actually inflated their GPAs over the last 40 years.</p>
<p>A little more than half of the applicants get into Kenan-Flagler and the average GPA is a 3.57, so I’ll call it a 3.6 GPA. It’s possible, but very hard. Getting a 3.56 GPA your first semester at Carolina is kind of a rarity for any student. Although average is 3.6, I should mention that I know my friends have gotten in with 3.4-3.5s. Though I’ll just say they are harder on external transfers (people who transferred from outside university) than internal (people who have been at UNC since freshmen year and started out in CAS). </p>
<p>If you want real statistics, check out this page </p>
<p>Grade inflation is NOT a good thing. Imagine you were taking, I don’t know, a physics class, and your grade was curved so that the mean grade of the class was a B, even though most of the students in the class did C work. This benefits the university because they can report higher grades, but ill prepares the students for the real rigor of physics. If you struggled throughout physics but somehow managed to get a B and you took the MCAT or Quant Section on the GRE (even though it doesn’t really pertain to physics), you would expect to score highly on these tests because you’ve mastered applications of mathematics and physics, right? Wrong. You get your standardized test back, and it shows you didn’t do so hot. That’s the consequences of grade inflation that are material. Other consequences include not being prepared for real life applications of the subjects. </p>
<p>By definition, grade inflation is the increase in grades over time even though the level of work or outcomes is comparable to previous classes (so the standard of achievement hasn’t changed). It’s a big problem in all of academia today. I heard somewhere, though I’m not sure it’s true, that 50% of Harvard’s class graduates with some sort of distinction (cum laude, etc). Is it grade inflation? Is it the increase in achievement? Who knows, but Harvard has pretty bad grade inflation, as do most privates. Publics are not as notorious.</p>
<p>Yeah but HYP Stanford Duke and all top colleges attract the best recruiters and higher GPAs allow easier entrance into top graduate programs. So yes it is bad, but I’m sure a lot of people wouldn’t mind it.</p>
<p>That’s why there is very little social mobility, because people who come from such legacies follow that trajectory (Harvard-> top MBA-> Exec positions at GS and other large IB firms) and the same goes for every other social class. All of this learned in a Sociology of Education course at UNC. At least I learned something, to go to an Ivy for graduate school :)</p>
<p>has anyone not received a letter in the mail?? I got accepted last friday and haven’t received one. This seems a little odd unless they just don’t send them out? Thanks!</p>