<p>Echoing what unccadet08 said earlier. From what I have heard from my son and seen (in reading the Daily Tar Heel online) the only clear minority at UNC is campus Republicans. UNC is the liberal oasis of the southeast which in and of itself allows for much tolerance. </p>
<p>Nykchisox and jenjen</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.hillel.org%5B/url%5D">www.hillel.org</a> and page down to the section called Feature Resources then find JLOC (Jewish Life on Campus) click and then click on "U" in the alphabetical section, page down to UNC. There is a information about the percentage of Jewish students, location of Hillel House and how active the organization is. If you already didn't know, this is a very good resource for gathering info on any school. Additionally, Duke is about 8 miles away and has about a 10% Jewish population which statistically is larger than UNC but numerically is a little less for undergrads and about the same in total of undergrad and grad students. There are free busses that run between campuses (because of the Robertson program) that anyone can use anytime.</p>
<p>For those of you still trying to make a decision about what school to attend, I found this website of a survey that was taken of UNC freshmen in 2003. It is a sampling of a little over 400 freshmen, but the statistics are quite interesting. Make sure to look at the last two questions. One is "How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?" 92% replied either "good" or "excellent." The last question was "If you could start over, would you go to the same institution you are now attending?" 91% said "probably yes" or "definitely."</p>
<p>I also liked the rating of "Quality of relationship with other students," which gave a very high rating to the students and the school being "very friendly, supportive, sense of belonging." </p>
<p>I think this information certainly surpasses anything you would get off of campusdirt.com or studentsreview.com, which mostly attracts those with complaints.</p>
<p>If you search, you can probably find similar surveys from other schools.</p>
<p>Every response I seem to read from an oos student or parent is from someone who is in the honors program or who has received a large scholarship? Are there any non-honors oos students who have had a different experience? Also, I got accepted into honors programs at other schools. Would it be a better alternative to go to one of those or are UNC's normal classes good as well?</p>
<p>The honors experience at UNC is not much different from the non-honors experience at UNC. There is no "honors college" where you live in seperate dorms like at many other colleges. Most honors students take an average of 2-3 honors classes per year. Therefore, the great experiences at UNC that you keep hearing about from honors students are most likely not because of the honors program but because of UNC.</p>
<p>Since you didn't get into the honors program (neither did I), don't worry. The program is very permeable; you can apply into it after 1 or 2 semesters (not sure which one). It is much easier to get into the program after you've enrolled than when you're applying. I think this is so because the honors program is used by UNC simply to steal some of the top applicants from other schools. Also, you can take honors classes that are not full even if you're not an honors student; however, the best classes are usually filled. You can also still get a degree "with honors" by writing an honors thesis, no need to be in the honors program from what I've heard.</p>
<p>This applies to in-state as well as out of state; NC does have students who are admitted to the Ivies and other elite schools. There was a discussion about this in another recent thread. But think about it, why would a college make admission to a prestigious program easier after you've enrolled?</p>
<p>mradio, Honors at UNC is not a 'prestigious program', because it is not exclusive to those who have admitted to it as Freshmen. It is not even an Honors College. There are just Honors classes at various levels, and after Honors students have signed up, anyone else can. I'm not saying that they don't fill up, etc., but we met students that routinely took Honors classes, after not being initially admitted to the "Honors Program".</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much. I feel a lot better now. Yea, this honors program is a lot different. At one school to whose honors program I would have admitted (automatically by ACT), they had a complete dorm for honors kids. UNC sounds a lot better in the regard that it is able to join later. Do you think freshman classes will be huge? I'm used to small AP classes of 10-15 people. Will this be overwhelming?</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about class size. All but one of my classes have been between 7-30 students. A lot of people take a lecture or two their freshman year, but there are lots of ways to find smaller classes. In addition, all the lectures split off into recitation sections of around 20 once a week to discuss the material with a TA. I've never been in a lecture and I don't plan on it. Granted, I'm an rarity, but if you want to it is possible to avoid them (especially with the right AP credits). There are also freshman seminar classes with fewer than 20 students on random topics taught by good professors. These are a great opportunities to enter right into smaller classes. Also, english, foreign language, and math classes have a pretty low cap on enrollment as well. So I wouldn't worry about that too much.</p>
<p>Hey Nykchisox, im a student from Connecticut and im looking to go to UNC, i was wondering if you could write what your credentials were to get in as an out of state student. Thanks</p>
<p>Hi, I just finished out of state ctoPS and am convinced that there is no set formula by which students are admitted to UNC from out-of-state. I've met incredible musicians, athletes, geniuses--but most do have one thing in common--they are intelligent. A lot of kids here took the hardest classes and pushed themselves really hard. I think that is essential to success for being admitted to UNC.</p>