<p>Does anyone if there is some sort of open house for accepted transfer students?</p>
<p>Yeah, anybody looking for a roommate or apartment, please contact me! I’m clueless about housing next year lol</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I want to try and find a roommate on here or get matched with someone random…I guess I’ll see.</p>
<p>I’m so clueless about housing, but I want to live in campus, am i only the weiny that wants to live on campus? hahaha!</p>
<p>so theres a transfer community at Ram Village Apartments, does anyone know about these? they look nice, but you never know!</p>
<p>do the majority of students live on campus? i dont really think i want to live on campus.</p>
<p>If there are any girls out there interested in finding an apt or house to live in message me and lets work something out! I really want a house on S. Columbia, and am hoping to take over my friend’s room when she leaves for grad school in the fall… and I think there are a few other rooms available. Most of the girls were seniors in KD, and the remaining girls are all super sweet. Just let me know!</p>
<p>also are any of you planning on trying to rush sororities? can you do that as a transfer?</p>
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If I choose UNC, I definitely will want to live on campus, haha. Although the thing is I would only want apartment or suite style. (Is that kind of a lost cause, or would I have a decent shot at getting one?) I lived off-campus this year at my current school, and I can’t imagine going back to a regular old dorm. Maybe it was just for me, but the hall bathrooms/showers were absolutely disgusting. I’m also curious about the transfer community. It sounds nice in theory, but you never know.</p>
<p>Well this year for junior transfers i read online about this new program called Transfer United which is a program to help transfer students fit in at carolina. I want to live in a dorm, but the program sounds interesting because I am out of state and wouldn’t know anyone…i dont know what to do!</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> United | UNC Chapel Hill Housing and Residential Education](<a href=“http://housing.unc.edu/residence-life/living-learning-communities/transfer-united.html]Transfer”>http://housing.unc.edu/residence-life/living-learning-communities/transfer-united.html)</p>
<p>Plus I don’t know how nice Ram Village Apartments are…because Granville looked nice but everyone said to stay away from them. And I think anyone can rush, I know I’m not, ahhaah!</p>
<p>I think I’d rather live on campus actually haha But I don’t really want to share a room. I’d rather have apartment style. I looked into the Transfer United program, but I’m a little iffy. I don’t know how many transfers do it and if everyone gets their own room. It appears it may be two per bedroom, which I don’t really want to do.</p>
<p>does anyone know when and how we’ll be able to view our transfer credit evaluation report?</p>
<p>Also, there is a transfer facebook group for those of you interested in networking.</p>
<p>My story:</p>
<p>Albeit a day or two late, I wanted to share my story w/those of you who got rejected/waitlisted…and anyone else that cares to read this. I have been VIGILENTLY following this forum for the past three years and I figured it was finally time to post something. </p>
<p>I graduated from a well-to-do private high school that had a rigorous curriculum with very few students in the spring of 2008. I think I graduated about 75/100 students with a 2.6 gpa or something, my figures may be off. I was only accepted to one college upon graduation – East Carolina University. ECU’s reputation lived up to its name – that is, a party school full of students who barely squeaked into college (myself included) who were more concerned with their keg stand record than their grade point average. To give you an idea, there were more students on academic probation on my dorm hall than students who weren’t on academic probation my freshman year. I managed to edge out straight A’s in fairly difficult classes my freshman year and was determined to join the ranks of the academic studs that went to UNC. I thought I was a shoe in as a transfer student, but was promptly rejected for admission in the fall of 2009. Having been left frustrated by the quality of education I was receiving at ECU, I transferred to UNC Wilmington, a much more respectable public university in North Carolina. </p>
<p>I found myself satisfied with UNCW and was quite content with the situation I had established for myself there. The student body was smart, career oriented, and wasn’t hell-bent on getting wasted on 9:30 in the morning. That said, the 420 following among the student body was huge, but that was way cooler/easier to tolerate than the shenanigans I had to deal with at ECU. Despite all that, I wanted more – I had developed a fixation on being accepted to Carolina. The prospect of getting accepted to a college ranked in the top 25 schools in the country was overwhelming to me. I made fantastic grades my sophomore year and again applied for admission to UNC for the fall of 2010. I was waitlisted and then inevitably rejected – for those of you that don’t know by now, they didn’t accept anyone off the waiting list last year. I was devastated.</p>
<p>It took maybe 3 weeks to shake off the depression that ensued upon my rejection to Carolina. I pressed on and finished my semester at UNCW strong. After receiving my rejection letter from the UNC waiting list in June of 2010, I made the decision to forgo my junior year of college and join the work force. I was genuinely undecided about what career path to take after my sophomore year at UNCW and was still very bitter about my rejection letter from Carolina. </p>
<p>I was fortunate enough to be hired by one of the most prestigious law firms in the Triad area here in North Carolina as a runner (a menial position for the most part). I told myself I would work full time and do everything and anything to strengthen my resume for one last attempt at UNC.
I am elated to say that after applying three times to Carolina, I was accepted Friday afternoon as a junior transfer. After the working so hard for something for three years and finally achieving it, the feeling is absolutely inexplicable. </p>
<p>Like I said, I have followed this forum almost on a daily basis for the past three years reading what you guys (and the applicants before you) have posted and it has given me fantastic insight into the application process. I don’t know why I haven’t frequently posted myself – I guess b/c I thought it would somehow jinx my chances of being accepted…idk. Like some other users on here, I have been monitoring these threads from a distance for a long time. </p>
<p>I wanted to post this message to give advice to those of you who did not get the decision you had hoped for. My advice to you – don’t stop trying. It’s never been harder to get into college than it is right now. Without trying to discourage you, Carolina is quite possibly the most selective school in the country. I would recommend doing everything you can to look different than other applicants. This is the fourth (and final) year I have applied to colleges and I’ve become very familiar with this process. I can honestly say that it’s a process of distinguishing yourself from other applicants. Just because your grades are perfect and you’ve volunteered a couple of times for habitat doesn’t mean you’ll be automatically accepted – there are a thousand other kids like that. If you want to get into Carolina you have to do something different. I got a job at a commercial law firm for a year and it panned out nicely for me – think of something that you’re passionate about and go at it with full strength; the UNC admissions office likes **** like that more than anything else.</p>
<p>I feel like I’ve certainly gotten to know some of the frequent posters/users on here from a distance over the past few years (McBrainTrain, Barkingatheels, etc.), and if they see this I’d like to tell them that they’ve been an enormous help to me. These guys have established themselves as a trusted source of information for this hellacious application process, and for that I am grateful.
I can’t even articulate how ****ed I was last year when I didn’t get nod from Carolina. Likewise, I can’t even articulate the feeling I got in my office the other day when I saw my acceptance decision – it was unreal. My hope is that some of you that didn’t get the decision you had hoped for read this and are inspired to keep trying to gain admission to one of the finest public colleges in the nation. </p>
<p>Also, I too am now looking for housing. For anyone who’s interested in living together or has any choice housing options hit me up – I’ll be checking this forum for some time to come. Thanks to everyone who posts here – you all have been a huge help to me.</p>
<p>So where else is everyone waiting to hear back from/where have you gotten in?</p>
<p>In addition to UNC, I’ve gotten into UMD and Tech and I’m waiting to hear back from William and Mary/UVA. I’m not really sure what I’m going to do yet if I get admitted to those schools, but I really do like UNC :)</p>
<p>Are you looking to live on-campus? I think I’m interested.</p>
<p>Hey guys, how do we find out how many of our credits transferred?</p>
<p>I believe I saw a post somewhere on the UNC admissions blog that our transfer credits should arrive (online, or in the mail?) in about 2 weeks. I know Julie said our official acceptance letters, not just the decisions posted online, should arrive within a day or two. I’m not certain, but I bet the letter comes with a lot of information regarding advising, registration, housing, etc.</p>
<p>Ah I cannot wait for that big acceptance package from UNC :)</p>
<p>Is anyone thinking of going greek? They don’t have greek life at my school now and it may be something that I’m interested in.</p>