UNC is NOT for everyone

jack
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:52:10 +0000

Well, not to be argumentative, either, but I have a hard time believing this person, at a large campus like UNC–with tons of stuff going on all the time–could not find anything to do. Truth be told, only about 11% (I believe) of UNC students are involved in the Greek scene there.

mkm: My daughter attends UNC and is very happy there. She has remarked many times how much there is to do and to get involved in-- plenty of stuff going on, both on-campus and off-campus–and all without the necessity of having a car. Unlike a small LAC, there is not one dominant culture which is often hard to overcome; I think this is another plus of a relatively large school.

I would also love to know what courses the OP took, which were solely taught by TA’s. My daughter has had TA’s, but they were in foreign language recitations. By her account, they’ve been excellent. Frankly, I don’t know of many schools that don’t use TA’s in recitations, except perhaps for very small LAC’s. Her professors have all been quite accessible; she has had small honors classes, small non-honors classes, as well as a few large lecture hall type classes (200+). Those few large classes were required for her major (and several other majors). I don’t think she had a problem with any of them.

I can believe that, compared to a very small LAC, one might have to show a little initiative and be somewhat proactive . . . but I think that’s probably true in life as well.

*eadad and I cross-posted, but–yes-I agree with his comments.