<p>not sure where to go.......Why is carolina right for you?
i am just wondering if UNC is for me....a little nervous of the 80+% instate students vs. me one of the outsiders. What do you all like about carolina? I need to hear more about the great things about Carolina!!!!! How do the instaters feel towards us? Do you all go home alot? Would love to hear your feelings as I try to make this decision.</p>
<p>Out of staters blend into UNC pretty seamlessly. I know a ton of out of staters who couldn't be happier. Being OOS might make it a little harder to make friends the first few weeks, simply because people naturally tend to hang out with their established high school friends at first, but after that it's fine. I've never heard of out of state students feeling "isolated" or like outsiders. In fact, out of staters tend to hold a lot of the higher leadership positions (new Student Body Pres is OOS). Most people don't go home a lot. People go home on the expected occassions of course (fall break, spring break, xmas, etc.), this weekend in particular since we are out of class tomorrow, but most everyone sticks around on normal weekends.</p>
<p>I'm sure you'll be fine. I live in-state, but I can personally say that visiting Chapel Hill made me feel in a completely different world. That was my first time visiting the Piedmont (live west of Asheville). Don't think of the 80% in-state people as just North Carolinians - because a lot of us will have adjusting to make also! You wont be alone</p>
<p>There is absolutely no reason for concern. You will not feel like an outsider nor even feel any tension between instate and OOS, because there is no tension. The student body is really pretty homogeneous.</p>
<p>Also remember that many of the in-staters are from families that have relocated to NC due to the huge growth of the Research Triangle and the state in general. Many of these in state students have strong OOS ties and roots.</p>
<p>My S is OOS and he has such a wide circle of friends both instate and OOS that it is hard for me to keep up with just where anyone is from...as if it really matters anyway.</p>
<p>In answer to your question about Carolina being right for you; If you want a great education coupled with an extraordinary undergraduate experience, Carolina is very hard to beat. Chapel Hill is college Nirvana...beautiful campus, lots to do, a great town, very friendly and very happy student body, big-time athletics to cheer for, and very bright students who coexist in a caring and sharing environment that don't feel compelled to prove how smart they are or be cut throat, then Carolina is the place for you.</p>
<p>YOu all sound great and so reassuring.......I have been with the same friends for many years and we are all scattering across the country....so...for me--new beginnings and not the same old h.s. crowd. </p>
<p>I am not a real outgoing type, not a partier but i love to get crazy and have fun...i also like some alone time...</p>
<p>As an IS student, I can tell you right now that I am looking to make all new friends in the Fall. I am so sick of my high school friends, lol. I will definitely gravitate towards OOS people. You will not be an outsider; almost everyone I know feels the same way. Everyone is looking to make new friends. : )</p>
<p>Thanks so much for this post.
I am an OOS student myself and I was a little worried about people just hanging out with high school friends..</p>
<p>OOS students are good for the campus.</p>
<p>Trust me, all the IS students get tired of seeing the same faces they saw for four years in high school, you will blend in fine. Try to be outgoing at the beginning of the year and you will make friends no matter where you are from.</p>
<p>I'm from out-of-state, I'm liberal, I'm the opposite of Southern, and I love UNC! The people are really nice, welcoming, and diverse. I think it's the area--it's not like UVA, for example, because UNC is in the Triangle, which has got a big concentration of transplants from all over, and it's close to Duke, etc.</p>
<p>mallomarcookie - are you saying there arent alot of liberals there? i thought i read somewhere that the campus was for the most part liberal and i was concerned cuz i'm conservative</p>
<p>No, I'm saying there are...hence why this super-liberal is a Carolina fan.</p>
<p>ah ic. nice i'm screwed... haha actaully i'm not even that conservative i'm more or less a libertarian....but who cares politics sucks lol. how much of social life is frat dominated there?</p>
<p>From what my UNC friends have told me, sororities and fraternities do have a presence on campus, but not a tremendous one. UNC is not nearly as Greek as some other schools. I only know a few people at UNC who are involved with sororities or frats. UNC has a wonderful social scene, but I would never say it is Greek-dominated.</p>
<p>^Yeah, that's the great thing about UNC, the social life is great if you Greek or if you don't. Franklin Street is the bomb too.</p>