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The students are general very accepting of different people. I had some personal problems with certain attitudes that are common, but it may be your type of atmosphere

Great group of people. All different types honestly they truly are. You will love the people you meet and you might hate some but that's how it works.

UNC has a reputation for being really liberal, and I guess this is partially true (although not wholly so). There's room and support for everybody at UNC, so everybody can find a niche if they work at it. Many of these niches interact well, and so it's common to run into friends-of-friends who become friends. Most of my friends are either headed toward academics or non-profit activism, but there are also plenty of people in the business and journalism schools that are concerned with getting their first job.

Pretty liberal.....it can be hard to get to know people because there are SO many people here...but if you join an extracurricular club or sport you should be fine.

Awesome. Lots of school spirit and everyone is happy. These may be the happiest stydents on the planet. I come from a very liberal city, and despite its reputation of being very liberal, it's really not. I'd say almost 50/50. The kids here are so cool. There's not other way to explain it. It's like they all think "I know I'm smart and I work hard, and I go to the most beautiful school in the country, so I'll enjoy life and play frisbee or eat lunch on the quad." You have lots of athletes, stylish girls and chubby frat boys, liberal tie dye hippies, averages joes, nerds, religious...whatever. you have everything!

Open minded student body. Students tend to come from middle class or higher families, very few "poor" students. Very large Greek population.

I have a very diverse group of friends, from different geographical, religious, and national backgrounds. Jewish life on campus is very active, much moreso than I anticipated when I decided to attend UNC. Students of all different backgrounds definitely do interact, and I very much doubt that anyone would feel out of place at UNC. However, it does seem that the black community at UNC self-segregates to a certain extent. Students wear anything and everything to class - from sweats to sundresses to business suits. Students do seem to be fairly wealthy, particularly in the Greek community. A lot of students wear Lacoste, Polo, Sperrys, and North Face, all of which are rather expensive. The UNC student body is very politically aware and vocal. There are any number of student groups on campus campaigning for causes, from UNC Students for Obama to Amnesty International, College Republicans, and Young Democrats. There seems to be vocal students groups from every political orientation, be that right, left, or center, although I tend to think of the campus as being rather liberal.

The UNC student body is very diverse, there are people from all races and religions here. One of the interesting religious experiences I aquired here was that of being yelled at by the "Pit Preachers" who stand in front of the dining hall and scream that we are all condemned to hell for pre-marital kissing. I found it quite interesting to watch students debate with these extremists and made a point to stay and listen for a while every time I walked through.

We are a diverse campus with students from countries around the world. We are excepting, curious, motivated and determined. WE are unified forever as Tarheels. When a student is hurt, we hurt. When students excel we all excel. When we win sports, we are all winners. We are, a family, tarheels born and bred.

I get tired of people handing me fliers in the pit. There are a lot of rich people here who spend too much money. It make me glad I don't have money to spend. Because when they run out, they freak out. When I run out... well, I don't run out because I have responsible financial techniques and can live on $100 for weeks and weeks if necessary (it's difficult, but possible).