University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Top Questions

Not entirely. As with any large university, many different social groups exist, such as the Greeks, the Science nerds, the Indie kids, and just your regular 20-something year old college student. Some people definitely are snotty and spoiled, but those adjectives do not encompass our entire student body. Although we have a reputation as being a party school, I do not believe that this is the focus of students' efforts. If you wish, you definitely could party seven nights a week; you just have to know where to look.

In my comparison, yes, but obviously not everyone.

not really true for the girls (although there are a lot of dumb sorority girls) the campus is very attractive, though, with lots of very healthy students

Most stereotypes have some accuracy, but like all stereotypes, they're mass generalizations and not really true. If anything, these stereotypes largely fit the Greek scene, but other than that, no. But I will say that almost all of the students are liberal, so if you're a conservative, be prepared!

I somewhat agree with rich and pretentious, because there are some students who are, well, rich and pretentious, but I think that you'd find that anywhere. I do, however, agree that the university is not as diverse as it makes itself out to be, or at least the students aren't. I don't really mean diversity in an ethnic sense, because it shouldn't really matter what color your skin is, but there does seem to be a lack in (I guess you'd call it) social diversity. Whereas people don't seem to judge you based on your ethnicity, I do think that the fraternity system, though it may have its perks, has a big effect on behavior and the way that people dress, which leads to a kind of high-school, clique mentality that I didn't expect to see in college. I know that school spirit is supposed to create unity and bond people together, but I think that sports events, fraternities, and sororities have the side effect of suppressing individuality, which is an important element lacking in our society today. But that's just what I think.

No, UNC is full of diverse people from differing backgrounds socially, culturally, and economically.

There are definitely many liberal students and organizations on campus, but at the same time, there is a broad spectrum of ideas represented among the many organizations on campus.

fairly so.

for the most part.

Chapel Hill is definitely a liberal place, which I considered a good thing, but if you are more conservative, you'll be able to find someone who shares your views since it's such a big campus. Compared to most other North Carolina schools, such as NC State, UNC does seem to be frattier. By fratty, I mean guys in their pastel polo shirts with croakies and girls in their sundresses with giant sunglasses. However, UNC is way less fratty than schools like Duke and UVA, and in reality, only around 15{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of UNC students actually belong to a Greek organization, so the Greek presence is not overpowering. UNC is about 60/40 girls/guys, so it's true that there are more girls than guys, but it really just depends on your major as to whether or not you feel that ratio. Dating in college is never easy, but I never considered the ratio to be a real problem.