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Popular campus organizations - the Daily Tar Heel, student government, Young Democrats, College Republicans, BSM (Black Student Movement), Campus Crusade, Intervarsity, Pauper Players, LAB theatre, dozens of a cappella groups and much, much more. Every year before the first day of classes is Fall Fest on South Road, where nearly every student group is represented. Lots of fun, free stuff, free food, and entertainment, and a great place to meet people and find out about orgs you might be interested in joining. Halloween on Franklin Street is always really big. You should go out at least once if for nothing else than to see people's costumes. Sports are a really big deal at UNC, in case you were unaware. If you are a UNC student who doesn't care about sports, either find a group of friends that also doesn't care about sports, or just don't vocalize that apathy too much. I think sports are dumb, but I was still always happy to see UNC beat Duke.

At UNC, people work hard and play hard. I met all of my closest friends in my student housing and then at my off campus apartment complex. Greek life seems to be the way that people make the most friends. Basketball games are the most important events that go on at chapel hill, not to mention the most fun. There are tons and tons of speakers and performances for students, usually free or very inexpensive.

i guarantee you will never be bored here unless you lock yourself in your dorm, and even then you will most likely be invited by your ra/suitmates for a pickup game of something on the quad. i would guess maybe 40{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are greek, but, minus the occasional seersucker suit, most of the guys are pretty lowprofile. however it seems that sorority girls only own tshirts from various functions and they stand out a lot more. on the weekends there is a plethora of activities ranging from pickup basketball on various outdoor courts, a huge athletic complex, collegiate athletics, lunch on the quad, franklin street, bars, frat parties, or (i would guess the biggest) partying in dormrooms. if you dont want to drink there also 2 movies every fri and sat night in the union for free, not to mention a paying theater on franklin. i have many friends who dont drink and the religious groups on campus usually have alternative activities.

I'm currently a member of the UNC Mens Rugby club. It was one of the smartest things i've done coming to UNC. The members are all really close and very welcoming to freshman. I also am a photographer for the Daily Tar Heel, even though i don't own my own camera, i still was able to join and use their equipment. The biggest assignment i had my freshman year was when they sent me to Maryland to photograph the UNC field hockey team winning the NCAA tournament.

Again, this was covered somewhat in previous sections, but I'll hit some high points. I think I read a statistic that once said that at any one time, 13{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student population of UNC has had something to drink. I don't know if that's true or if I even remember it correctly, but nonetheless, drinking predominates the social scene at Carolina, even though we are supposedly a 'dry campus'. But, be wary because pretty much all of my friends received drinking citations during their freshman or sophomore year. But, if drinking isn't really your scene, there are plenty of other things to become involved in. A lot of science majors become involved in some type of research with faculty or with people at the medical and dental schools. There are a ton of religious, cultural, or political groups that are highly active on campus. And, most students at UNC are healthy and like to stay active, whether it be an IM basketball game or just taking a run around campus. Either way, there are definitely options from which to choose if you are looking for something to devote your time to, although, you may not have much left after you finish studying.

I don't participate in UNC social activities.

football and basketball season = pregame party, craziness at the game, party afterward. unc is definitely a drinking school, as many students drink at least once a week at parties. u can find a party to go to basically every week thurs - sat. there are many bars in the area, and a few clubs. players is the most popular, but if u are a female don't go alone unless u want to get hit on by thirty year old townies. halloween is always crazy with a giant impromptu parade of costumes every year on franklin street. I'm heavily involved in student television, which is public television that is student produced for the local area. if u have an interest there is a student group for it. unc is all about the extracurriculars.

As a freshman, you will probably want to live on South Campus (with the dorms of Morrison, Hinton James, Craige, and Ehringhaus). These dorms are almost exclusively filled with freshmen and sophomores, so it's nice to always be surrounded by your friends and people with whom you'll have your classes with (at least initially). Most people are involved in some sort of club or activity, and there are HUNDREDS of things to choose from to be involved with on campus. The list is almost endless, and it's likely that everyone is able to find at least one thing to join that they're interested in if they want to. But at the same time, it's still fine not to join anything, and still have a good time. I wasn't really a part of any clubs, but I did take part in my religious faith and go the gym, which was enough for me. There really is something for everyone here. The Greek scene is big here, but it's not all-encompassing. About half of my friends joined a frat/sorority, and about half of them didn't. Either way it didn't matter--there's not any kind of rivalry or anything between people who are Greek and people who aren't, it's just a different style of living. But as someone under 21, most people will go to frat parties on the weekends (especially if you're a girl), or will have parties in their dorms. If that's not what you're into, there are plenty of coffee shops around Franklin Street to go hang out at, and people would hang out in each other's dorm rooms just to talk, watch movies, play games, etc. There are also movie theaters and performance theaters around, and sometimes just walking around campus at night can be really fun. Almost every night of the week some club will be giving a lecture, performance, party, or event that you can attend (and it usually supports a good cause of some sort). The gym (SRC) is open late as well, and a lot of people would work out at night because it was less busy then. I will say that if you come to UNC knowing absolutely no one, be prepared to have to try harder to make friends. A lot of the people that come here are in-state and usually know at least a few people beforehand, so it's a little less intimidating. All of my close friends in college I met through a few mutual friends that I had known previously.

There are pretty much activities for any kind of person at UNC. The university is pretty much like a little society, because there are so many different kinds of people, I don't think there's one category you could put a large group of people (though there do exist superficial categories like frat-boy, sorostitute, and jock).

Campus activities can suit your every need. It just depends on what your looking for. The most popular groups are somewhat politically related. Fraternities and Sororities are a large community, but they do not have an overwhelming influence on the campus. There are plenty of games and activities to do that are clean and fun on a Saturday night. There is an activity center in the Union, game night in dorms and various other activities.

Dorm life is really open - I met my best friends during the first week of my freshman year in the dorms. I can't count how many times the girls in our suite got together with the guys suite down the hall for movies, late-night pizza, getting ready for basketball games, or just hanging out no matter what time it was. Even though UNC is a pretty large campus, it's surprising how soon you start to recognize a lot of faces as you walk through campus. Towards the end of the year, it's hard to go anywhere without knowing someone!

You meet your core friends by surrounding yourself with people who share your passions. You get involved in a community that is working with something you care about. My sophomore year I tried out for a group of a cappella (voice-only) singers: Psalm 100, and made my best friends. I also got onto the UNC varsity fencing team and had another group of people I got connected with. By finding somewhere where people are doing what you love and diving in, you make your best friends and have people to walk the college path with you. Also... don't leave your dorm room door closed!

bars, frats, houses

Dorm life depends on which dorm you are placed in. The freshmen high-rises (Morrison, Ehringhaus, Craige, and Hinton James) are very social, with suites of 6-8 students. The hall-style dorms vary depending on the people on the hall. I had a hall-style dorm my sophomore year, and I didn't like how quiet it was and the fact that I didn't get to know many people on my hall. However, on one of my best friend's hall, they all went out to dinner all the time and played games together and joined intramural teams together. So it really just depends. It's your job to be proactive about being social. Men's basketball is by far the most popular sport on campus. Getting tickets to games is decided by a student lottery, and more often than not, you'll lose. But a determined student can ALWAYS find a way to go. Most people go to football games, but we aren't very good, so people usually go for the sake of getting drunk on a Saturday afternoon. Dating in college sucks. Some people get lucky and actually develop relationships, but most people I know just have hookups (I use the term loosely - it doesn't have to mean sex) and have people of the other sex that they are associated with but not necessarily in a closed relationship with. I don't blame Carolina for the lack of a real dating scene; to me this seems to be the trend at all colleges. Freshman year, most people's closest friends are the people they live with or the people they hung out with at orientation. For some people, this continues on throughout college, but for most people, new friend groups are formed as they no longer live in the same suite. I had various friends freshman and sophomore year, from dorms, clubs, etc., but my best friends were formed when I joined a co-ed business fraternity on campus. These friendships lasted because I saw those people more often (they were in my classes, etc.), because we had similar interests, and because the social scene changes a lot when you are able to go to bars (either because you are 21 or have a decent ID). As a junior or a senior, if I was awake at 2am on a Tuesday, there was a 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} chance it was because I was coming home from the bars. Tuesday is a fun night to go out, with lots of bars having great drink specials. The saying is that Tuesday is the new Thursday. Freshman and sophomore year though, I probably wouldn't have been awake at 2am on a Tuesday night, because I don't like to study late at night. If I had a big test on a Wednesday, I'd get up early that morning to study rather than stay up late the night before. Some annual Carolina events include Homecoming (lots of alumni come back for the football game, and there's usually a concert for students that weekend), Late Night with Roy (begins at midnight on a day in October - it's the first time the basketball team can officially practice and Stuart Scott hosts the event), Halloween (it's HUGE on Franklin St - get your costume ready!), and this year SpringFest, which featured Boyz II Men. Fraternities/sororities are far more important freshman and sophomore year than they are the next two years. Frat parties provide the main real party scene for freshmen, which gets old quickly, but once you are able to go to the bars, or your friends off campus start having house parties, you don't have to worry about that anymore. What can you do on a Saturday night that doesn't involve drinking? Chapel Hill has a great local music scene, so there are always concerts to go to. There's also an independent movie theatre on Franklin St. which shows great films if you don't want to see the blockbusters out at Southpoint. I guess a lot of people who don't drink become friends with others who don't drink, so they create their own fun, but I don't know much about that.

Dorm halls and suites are the basic social unit at UNC. That being said, not all halls or suites are particuarly tight. Franklin Street is the basic gathering place. You'll find bars and restaraunts that suit your and your friend's needs pretty easily. There's also Southpoint Mall in Durham for shopping. The arts scene is great. Please attend plays or concerts, either at school or at Cat's Cradle.

- Carolina Fever, which is the sports club, is extremely popular. - The social scene on campus is always fun. Whether it is big parties, athletic events, concerts, or even comedians there is something to do. - Parties are extremely fun at UNC. We kinda throw down. - The sporting events are a huge deal. Plus if we're playing Duke its even bigger.

Most students there first year live on campus, some live on campus their sohphmore year, but most people move off campus after their freshman year. One of the main activites on campus is UNC basketball. Everyone goes to the games or at least cheers them on from a TV somewhere. The dating scene is rare unfortunatly, most people 'hook-up'. MOstly girls hangout with girls and guys with guys (it kinda sucks). I met my closest friends through sorority and through club sports. People party every tuesday, thursday, friday and saturday night. Most people do go out. Sororities and Fraternities are inportant to those who are involved in them, but not to other people.

Athletic events are sometimes the reason people come to school here. Clubs and activities are in the 500s . Extracurricular activities are constant and always fun. Fraternities and sororities are everywhere and to some people very important. Most night life includes bars. We do have a movie theater and a mall close by. Dorms are chill but private. The dating scene is good, people getting together all the time and most importantly making friends everywhere. People party EVERY night!

There are so many activities at UNC to get involved with at UNC. The best thing to do is to attend Fall Fest before school starts and learn about all the organizations and attend their meetings.

If you can name something you do, there is a club for it at UNC. Dancing, singing, martial arts, sports, school subjects... everything. From traditional irish dances to the society of physics students, UNC literally has it all. There are a host of organizations and UNC does an excellent job of making every single organization known (check out Fall Fest, at the beginning of every school year!) Franklin street has food, movies, bars, shops, etc. There are socials, parties, interest meetings, dorm life (EVERYone should live in a dorm AT LEAST 1 year). 2-3 hours to the NC mountains. 2-3 hours to the NC beachs, athletics rules at UNC (revamped football team. top basketball team, top baseball team, top womens soccer, top womens field hockey... you get the idea)