Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Buzz Book Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting. |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Buzz Book Welcome to the first edition of Vault's University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Buzz Book. In this new and unique guide, we publish extended excerpts and sample admissions essays from surveys of students and alumni from UNC Chapel Hill to bring you the inside scoop on its undergraduate program. The survey comments cover the following areas:
The guide is intended to serve as a complement to other references to colleges and universities currently available that utilize school-reported data. Unlike those guides, Vault's Buzz Books (which also include the College Buzz Book, Business School Buzz Book and Law School Buzz Book) are composed almost entirely of information provided directly to Vault from students and alumni. (We asked UNC Chapel Hill to comment on the surveys after they were collected.)
We received comments from UNC Chapel Hill, which we have included comments next to appropriate survey sections, offset with a different font and indented to be easily recognizable as school-provided comments. Corrections within the body of the comments are enclosed in brackets. UNC Chapel Hill also provided separate narratives that have included them at the end of each chapter, under the heading "The School Says."
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Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: June 2004
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a highly selective school. The admissions process consists of an application, recommendations and essays. When applying to the university, I was worried that my essays would not be adequate enough to gain admission into the school. The essay section includes a list of essays, in which the student chooses two that he/she wants to write about. These essays are mostly opinion-based, but require thought on issues that they pose to the applicant. I was not as confident as I would like to have been concerning my essays, but my grades, GPA and high school background were up to par. Thank goodness UNC does not grant admissions based solely on the essay section!
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is highly selective, with many of the admitted students being in the top 10 percent of their class and having an exceptional high school transcript. If one desires to attend the university, one must demonstrate that one can handle upper-level classes (such as AP courses) and extracurricular activities. Leadership positions are also a plus. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions provides superior information about the requirements to get in and the staff is available to answer any questions that a prospective student may have. With the right amount of determination and motivation (and, of course, good grades), it is not as difficult as it may seem to be admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Academics: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2004-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: April 2006
The academic nature of the program is difficult, but in a good way. Students are challenged to do their best work and actually learn the material, but it is about expanding knowledge, not just memorizing facts. Classes teach knowledge so that students can think critically about it; if you don't study, you can't participate in class discussions and will feel left behind. Yet, students have plenty of time (with good time management) to be involved in one of the over 600 student organizations (or one of the many other community activities).
Employment Prospects: Students Speak
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/1999-5/2003
Survey Submitted: June 2006
UNC Career Services will help you get a job for approximately six months after your graduation date. They are mostly helpful for students with GPAs above a 3.0 (that seems to be the key number). If you graduate with a lower GPA, it seems that a smaller company is usually recommended to you. UNC is a great place to meet connections, though, so remember that it's not always what you know but who!!!
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2001-12/2005
Survey Submitted: February 2006
The job market is and has been quite rewarding to graduates of UNC. There are a lot of alumni and even mere fans out there who look out for UNC students. The alumni network is very strong and the Career Services department on campus is very helpful.
Quality of Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2001-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: February 2004
Chapel Hill is wonderful. I absolutely fell in love with it when I came to visit and am so glad I chose Carolina! Coming from a big city, it does occasionally feel a little bit limited, but you really can do what you will with it. Plenty of bars and cheap eats, as well as some pricier restaurants for the older crowd. Just down the road is Carrboro, a sort of hippie haven for 20-somethings on up. Rents are fairly cheap, at least compared with Northeast prices, but perhaps not as cheap as you'd expect for the South ($250 to $500 per person for a three- or four-bedroom, $500 to $800 for a single). Dorms are convenient and on-campus housing is definitely improving, as substantial renovations have been made to older dorms and new dorms were recently built with two bedroom (four person), one bath suites. South Campus is definitely the way to go for freshmen--you will meet so many people and have so much fun, and the walk really isn't that bad.
Social Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: April 2006
UNC is a very social school. We all work very hard and we're all very smart--we also know that school, while important, isn't everything. It's easy to make friends here--talk to the people around you in class (that's how I've made some of my best friends). Get to know the people on your hall. You're going to have to step up and take the initiative to say hello, but you'd have to do that at any school. The difference is, at UNC, people say hi back! Franklin Street is downtown Chapel Hill--it is also the northern edge of campus. It's got a ton of restaurants, bars and fun stores to go to. It's got chain restaurants like McAlister's and Qdoba and it's got smaller, unique restaurants like Pepper's Pizza. It's the prime location for nightlife at Carolina.
There are over 550 student organizations at UNC. If for some reason (I'd be surprised) you can't find the organization you're looking for, you're more than welcome to fill out a proposal to try and start one up! We've got all political organizations, religious organizations, social clubs, service clubs, a cappella groups, other singing groups, dance groups, "save-the-world"-type groups, sports groups (fans and players), Greek organizations, the list goes on and on.
The School Says
The Carolina Covenant
Since fall 2004, the Carolina Covenant has enabled low-income students to graduate debt-free through federal work-study and a combination of public and private grants and scholarships. For all other admitted students with a demonstrated need, Carolina guarantees to meet 100 percent of financial need through public and private scholarships, grants and loans.
This is the first program of its kind at a U.S. public university; several major public and private campuses including Harvard and the universities of Virginia and Maryland have since followed Carolina's lead to offer their own programs. The Covenant underscores UNC's ongoing commitment to access and excellence.
