"The defensiveness has scared away many potentially good UNC prospects (there is a whole pm world that quietly discusses this fact)."
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If this is actually true hornet, then I truly have to wonder about these prospects. Do they really rely on an internet forum which is frequented by roughly a dozen students and parents on a regular basis in order to make life decision like which college they will attend. Or..... are you perhaps prone to hyperbole?
I actually think the problem is many people who are not ecstatically happy at UNC, for whatever reason, become highly resentful when they read the accounts of students who love their school, feel academically challenged and have no regrets about their college choice. If a person is unhappy, of course they don't want to hear this, and of course, they are going focus on the negative and toss the positive.
AND, the only thing I see here is response to statements or claims that are NOT factual or true or well-supported or 'typical'. If someone is going to come here and criticize the school, citing the atypical, they should at least have their facts together or some logical, supportable basis for their opinion..... because I guarantee you; a weak argument presented ANYwhere on CC is going to be shredded alive. You don't need to visit the UNC forum for that one.
(I just love it that the little winky-face is Carolina Blue...)
BTW...just because someone 'disagrees' does not mean they are defensive. But hey, that is a nice tactic in the art of redirection...lol! Go for it if you must.