<p>Alright, I’m quite tired of hearing all this bashing and all about UNC/ UVA. Last night at dinner, my friend’s mother, a Harvard graduate and now a college counselor, was pleasantly surprised to feel that I’ve decided to transfer to the University of North Carolina from the University of Miami. I had told her I was waitlisted at UVA and continued onto say how UVA is so prestigious and elite. She bashed UNC saying that it is so hard for out of staters to get into because it’s like a UCLA sphield where the majority of students are in-state, meaning that there not even that smart, which is complete BS. She said, “People with C averages get into UNC” which is completely false. </p>
<p>UNC is extremely hard for in-state students as well. Do all you bashers know that only top 3-5% of students in the graduating class get in? Not even the top 10%, the top 10% have to settle for other UNC branches and NCSU. The average GPA for Fall 2008 was 4.4 GPA and that’s the average. UNC offers many different majors and there almost all ranked #1 or #2 in the nation. As far as I’m concerned, Kenan-Flagler and McIntire are pretty much the same school. </p>
<p>Academics is not the only thing that contributes to a school’s reputation. Unfortunately, it is hard for these brainwashed parent’s who have their degress framed from ivy leagues school to understand. They feel that they have to push their kids so they go to these ivy league schools and follow in “mommy and daddy’s” footsteps. The truth of the matter is you can be just as successful going to UNC/ UVA over Harvard/Yale. </p>
<p>Quality of life should be taken into account too when determining a school’s reputation? Are the students at Harvard/ UVA happy as the ones at UNC? I feel that the quality of students at UNC is much better at UVA. The student body at UNC is less pretentious and not as waspy. When I visited UVA, I thought I was in an ivy league school, seeing the students walk around in their dressy attire, suits and Italian dress shoes. UNC students are more down to earth, equally intelligent, and much more happier if you ask me. UVA reminds me of old rich Southern money and UNC is a melting pot of cultures and has a breed for each individual group of people.</p>
<p>That’s all. I just had to get that off my chest.</p>