Help gotta decide on UNC by this week :/

COtarheel
Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:14:40 +0000

As a current UNC student, I can say that most of the people I have met here are extremely friendly and welcoming, regardless of your origins. I know the size can seem extremely intimidating. Even coming from a fairly large town, going to a school with 15,000 undergrads was pretty scary for me. But please trust me when I say that it starts to feel small very very soon. Even with a large campus and so many students, I see people I know everywhere I go. You meet people from the moment you step on campus at orientation, on your hall, at summer reading, in classes, in clubs, etc. And the people I know here couldn’t care less about social standing or what clothes you wear (since it is a big school, there are probably people who do care, but I don’t choose to spend any time with them, because there are lots of people who are very open and friendly to everyone). I personally wouldn’t know a Prada bag from one bought from a discount store (it helps I’m a guy, I suppose)…but it’s still not a big thing for any of the people I know.

Several of my friends are from small towns in NC and they have fit in extremely well. Next year’s student body president is from a very small town as well. I think the welcoming feel of Carolina makes this school a wonderful place to call home, and I hope you will be joining the Carolina Family next year.