<p>I am currently a second semester sophomore in the Mechanical Engineering and Physics dual major program at UNCCharlotte. Charlotte is a much better school than people give it credit for. Ironically, more people from over seas know about it than people in the U.S. Engineering wise we have great programs. I originally was going to go to NCSU for mechanical, and felt the same way originally (settling) about coming to to Charlotte. Fortunately, you learn that the program is comparable, and in a great many ways better than NCSU’s. NCSU has the advantage of a long reputation, but it wouldn’t surprise me if over the next few years/decade that UNC Charlotte’s program will out rank state’s. We also have a serious motorsports engineering program, the largest precision metrology lab in the country. We are kicking out some of the highest amount’s of patents at any college in the U.S. (can’t remember the exact number).
Our physics program is also top notch, one of the 5th in the country.</p>
<p>There are a lot more students who live on campus than you would believe. I don’t, but I’m 27 and own a home, so yea. You definitely would not be the only student left on Friday night. I have a number of classmates from out of state. Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Georgia, etc. All states that have very good engineering schools, but have chosen to come to UNC Charlotte.</p>
<p>Now I can’t speak too much for all of the other programs at UNC Charlotte. I know their business program is good. As for anything else, all I know is that my friends who went there and got degrees generally have been really successful, which is part of the purpose of going to college in the first place.</p>
<p>It’s a beautiful campus, and it is a growing campus. They are adding more dorms to try and keep up with the growing student population. Approximately 4,800 students live on campus, or about 20% of the entire student population. I don’t know the exact number, but a large number of students live in apartments just near campus.</p>