<p>@muay … It’s a private university. Lol. There is no such thing as in-state or out-of-state… Plus NYU’s a “global” university with campuses on almost every continent. </p>
<p>@Mango It’s definitely a different feel than Miami, lol. But it’s really not too difficult to adjust. Well, not to me – but I’m also a military brat so I may have a different way of viewing it. But, like @mriyaine said, it’s in the “triangle” area so it’s not too bad. Chapel Hill itself is a college town, but college towns are actually kinda nice. They’re full of things geared towards students and also full of a lot of supporters of the school. You might be surprised and end up loving it. I think you shouldn’t worry much. Just wait until you go visit, then if you still have questions, I might have tips. But give it a shot first before thinking you’re going to have trouble trying to get acclimated.</p>
<p>@muaythai why didn’t you apply to mcgill…don’t know of any schools that give merit aid to internationals and the top schools only hand out aid for financial need…46k may end up being as cheap as you’ll see as a foreign applicant</p>
<p>for anyone still waiting for an e-mail you may just have to check. After not getting a decision on the first day they began releasing decisions they sent out an email saying that they would be made available between 5pm and 7pm on each concurrent day. However, they never said they would notify you when your decision was available. I NEVER RECEIVED AN EMAIL WHEN MY DECISION WAS AVAILABLE! I took it upon myself to check and just as I thought my decision was sitting there. Hope this is able to clear some things up for you all if anyone’s still lost. Good LUCK!!</p>
<p>Idk if anyone has already posted this, but I called and spoke with admissions today and they said we will receive transfer credit evaluation by April 26 and that we can call and speak with credit evaluators after we receive the evals if we have any problems or would like to petition the credit we have been given.</p>
<p>I am wondering though how they are going to award transfer credit if they do not have our final transcripts. Are they going to award credit solely based on what we have already completed, or will they just look at the classes that are in progress this semester and award credit for those before seeing our final grades? </p>
<p>Also, I have already been told to check out the database once and I have done so many many times and my school is still not on there so if anyone has some information for me besides telling me to check out the transfer course equivalence database it would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>So happy! Been lurking on this thread for a while… I’m a freshman at George Washington and I was just accepted to UNC and today my financial aid package came in. $30k a year in aid/scholarships + the laptop grant email I received today from UNC!</p>
<p>Sooo stoked to come next year, especially since it is way cheaper than my current school! See you all in the fall :)</p>
<p>Guys, what is the language placement exam? I know like ten words outside of English, so what am I going to do if I decide to attend? If I write it, I’ll get like 0%.</p>
<p>The language placement exam is used to determine which level of foreign language you should start off with. It’s nothing serious, just an online test that could take from 5 to 15 minutes depending on how far you go. You are required to take up to level three (usually 203) of a foreign language at UNC. </p>
<p>In your case, you would take the placement test for the language you took in high school. However, if you place into the 101 level, the 101 course won’t count toward your three semesters of foreign language, and you’ll have to take a fourth semester. If you decide to study a different language from your high school foreign language then the 101 course will still count.</p>
<p>I think you will have to just take an exam for one of the languages. The results honestly won’t matter at all in your case since you’ve never taken a foreign language anyway. You can decide to take whatever language you want after the test. For example, you could take the Spanish test, it’ll place you into Span 101, and then you can sign up for German 101/French 101/Arabic 101, etc.</p>
<p>Is it at least multiple choice? So I say that I want to take Spanish, they give me the test, I bomb it, and then they place me in a beginners Spanish course? Do they even have basic language courses at UNC-CH?</p>
<p>Yes, it’s multiple choice. It’s one of those tests where the questions start off easy and get harder as you get more right. For you, it’ll recognize that you can’t answer the easy questions, so you’ll just get placed into the elementary level (101). If you take the Spanish test, your placement will be Spanish 101, but you won’t be automatically registered in a Spanish class, so you can sign up for whatever.</p>
<p>UNC has tons of language courses from the basic 101 classes (never spoken language before) to graduate level. Some of the languages they have are: Arabic, Persian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hindi/Urdu, German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Wolof, French, Portuguese, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc.</p>
<p>I took Spanish(for 3 semesters) and Japanese(2 semesters) in college(in US), do I need to take placement test? And don’t know what “203” means. In my current school, we name languages as 101, 102, 201, 202…isn’t it the most normal way?</p>
<p>If you get transfer credit for one of those languages from your previous college for a 203 level class at UNC, then you are good to go. The language course codes at UNC are typically 101, 102, 203, 204, etc. Level 203 is a first semester intermediate language class. You must complete that level, or get transfer credit for that level, or place out of it by exam.</p>
<p>Note: a few majors require 204 level … check your major’s requirements</p>
<p>I am not sure what to do here, guys. I see that the transfer enrollment deposit is May 10th. I still have not accepted UNC-CH’s offer, as I am waiting to see if I will get accepted to the other places that I applied to. Some of them may come out after May 10th, though, so what do I do in that case?</p>