UNC is NOT for everyone

pokey318
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:34:26 +0000

As far as TA’s vs. tenure professors, when you register for classes you can pick from a large selection of course. If not having a TA is important to you then register for classes that are offered by professors. My daughter took Comm 140 and her instructor was a full professor. While there may have been a section or 2 taught by a TA, her section was not. The only TA she has had was for a history recitation, otherwise all other classes were taught by professors.

While there is tons to do at UNC, you do need to find your nitch. My daughter’s biggest complaint was that each activity she was involved in only met once a week for maybe an hour. She would have preferred a couple of different activities that met more often like she had in high school. One student run organization she joined fell apart after a month, one that she was eager to be a part of. Due to the meeting times she was unable to join another group at the beginning of the semester. When this group fell apart it was too late to join the other. So yes, you need to find your groups yourself, but when you do there is much to be involved in.

I will agree about the dorms closing before exams were over. My daughter had an exam late the last day and had to have an extension to stay in the dorm. She was the only student left on her floor the last two nights. She said it was a bit creepy!