| It is funny how foreign grad students who happen to figure out UNC is up there somewhere in U.S.News ranking, decide to come to UNC and once they get in, they'd look down on undergrad. quality just becaue they think their foreign undergrad program is superior based on incompatibility. Well, I'd have to say, welcome to America. A U.S. univerisity in U.S. - UNC-CH is respected in a manner in which some of your elite universities in your own country are respected. That means by graduating UNC undergrad., many graduates enjoy recognition in our job market, amongst graduate programs and rest of our society just like Waseda/ Osaka U. graduates in Japan, Yonsei/ Seo-Gang U. graduates in S.Korea, Sorbonne/ Ecole graduates in France or Manchester/ Imperial U. graduates in UK etc., If having duke on resume seems better for you to gain recognition in your own country, please do yourself a favor and pursue your future academic goal over there 8 miles down the road. Good local university? Are you kidding me? Maybe a problem for you is that eversince you've stepped your foot in American soil, you probably haven't even traveled outside of RTP, muchless, CH. Look, I am a Korean born immigrant myself and have plethora of foreign friends that have gone onto elite universities; and they all recognize UNC for academic excellence and well deserved reputation. In fact, my ex-girlfriend, who was one of the elites graduating from Seoul U. in Korea decided to attend UNC grad school based on the fact that there are plenty of gov't officials and business partners "in power" in Korea that have attended UNC grad schools. Also, I live in NJ and UNC is very well respected in northeast along w/ top private U's (You'll know when you're looking for a job at any of SMP500 companies). My suggestion - While you're at hitting the road, travel up to VA or Atl, GA and survey UNC for its recognition or ask some of the other graduate students in the campus for their opinion of what they think their foreign perception of the university is. |