UNC-Chapel Hill (2023-2024)

[inner quail]

I think it's similar for majors but limited to the core/major requirements

And not the additional reqs

[red dove]

ok gotcha that makes sense

[fluid matrix]

What is unc like workload wise

[inner quail]

Depends a LOT

[fluid matrix]

for science courses

[inner quail]

I'm trying to think of the best way to measure it

[fluid matrix]

like physics chem

[inner quail]

Chem is hell

No matter what

[fluid matrix]

yeah

[inner quail]

Hm

If you're taking intro level classes I would not rec doing more than 2 at a time

PHYS 118 isnt impossible but it's really hard if you don't have physics intuition

Calc-based mechanics

Hmm

I know for BIOL the upper level classes are much easier than lower

Yeah it really depends on department and class 💀

[fluid matrix]

Alright

[fluid matrix]

I’ve taken ap physics so not totally blind there

But yeah my major will only need physics/chem

[inner quail]

Which major?

[fluid matrix]

cs prob

[inner quail]

You don't need phys/chem for CS

You can do like

ASTR 101 or GEOL 101

[fluid matrix]

oh what

well that’s good

although I might still do physics just cause

[inner quail]

This is for the CS BS

Oh it's EMES 101 now

Same thing tho

[fluid matrix]

ah

Yeah chem is a nope for me

hard no

lol

[inner quail]

Yeah I wouldn't take it unless you have to

And if you have to I'd rec doing it somewhere else

LOL

[fluid matrix]

yeah I thought I had to take chem lmao

[inner quail]

Although it's a bit different if you're premed (since med schools want to see you take the UNC rigor)

Yeah lol

Any of the ones with the lil IDEAs symbol should count for the physical/life science req

[fluid matrix]

ah alright

[inner quail]

So PHYS 118, EMES 101, ASTR 100/101/103 & lab

All good

I would highly rec EMES 101 if you want a fun easy class tho lol

But if you want to do any of the physics stuff with electronics def do PHYS 118

[fluid matrix]

im pretty much mentally prepared to pick unc atp so im just preparing to know what ill do

[inner quail]

I love helping people plan <3

[fluid matrix]

Since all I have are extreme reaches left

well I’ll definitely need it lol

[fluid matrix]

So my plan is probably this and physics 118 or something as of now

[inner quail]

🔥

Are you interested at all in the electronics stuff?

No pressure I'm just curious bc I feel like nobody outside of PHYS dept knows abt it

[fluid matrix]

I mean I am but idk how it’ll be

like what sort of stuff is in that class

If you know

[inner quail]

Yeah

Tangent, this is a bit more restrictive than a physics minor, but there is an Energy pathway for the Physics BA

Although I think that's less ECE adjacent

[fluid matrix]

yea

Well I gotta see what minor I’ll do alongside cs

[inner quail]

These are from the PHYS department

• PHYS 351. Electronics I. DC and AC circuit analysis. Diodes, transistor amplifiers, analog devices, and signal conditioning. Boolean logic and digital logic circuits. Extensive practice designing and debugging circuits.
• PHYS 352. Electronics II. Introduction to digital circuits: gates, flip-flops, and counters. Computers and device interconnections, converters and data acquisition. Signal analysis and digital filters. Graphical (LabVIEW) programming and computer interfacing. Individual projects and practical applications.
• PHYS 471. Physics of Solid State Electronic Devices. Properties of crystal lattices, electrons in energy bands, behavior of majority and minority charge carriers, PN junctions related to the structure and function of semiconductor diodes, transistors, display devices.
  There are also some quantum physics & quantum computing courses

We also have a lot of ECE stuff in APPL

[fluid matrix]

Electronics looks interesting

I figure that’s a class that’s gonna sound cool until I take it ☠️

[inner quail]

APPL 240. Developing Your Sixth Sense: Designing Sensors and Electrical Circuits to Make Measurements. Learn how to analyze, design, and build systems. Model and understand how physical and environmental parameters of sensors work and interact with electrical circuits. Learn the basics of circuit design and analysis to amplify and "clean up" the signals with filters. Learn how to acquire these signals to a computer through data acquisition hardware and LabView software. Develop an entrepreneurial mindset to understand the economic, environmental, and ethical issues that affect your system design.

[inner quail]

I can look and see what profs teach it & what students say

I would def recommend looking at PHYS & APPL electives

[fluid matrix]

Well that’d be really helpful if you can do that

[fluid matrix]

Yeah phys for sure but I’ll have to decide on the second one

But this electronics stuff looks cool

[inner quail]

Ok so only 2 of the profs that have taught it seem to have been teaching recently

Like all the profs I could find for it last taught in like 2016 💀

So the "low rated" prof has 2 reviews that are mixed (one good, one bad), but he also hasn't taught since 2022

Which leaves the one prof who has been teaching the last like 4 sems or so

And she's got great ratings (but only one..)

This is the site from the low rated prof which includes a sample syllabus

[fluid matrix]

hmm

Well ig it’s good at least one of them has a good rating

oh welp

Which one does she have good rating s for

[inner quail]

PHYS421 (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics)

review says 5/5 4.0 rating

here

[fluid matrix]

ah

[fluid matrix]

so good teacher but hard class

[inner quail]

Yeah

[fluid matrix]

I’ll have to look closer see which ones are interesting and which ones aren’t

[inner quail]

Yep yep

You've got plenty of time too

[wheat lagoon]

Did anyone submit their global launch essay yesterday?

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 7 🤞

[trim bloom]

does unc send an acceptance package

Or a sticker?

[swift ginkgo]

they send a sticker

and i got a book too

and seeds

[trim bloom]

Isn’t that only unc honors?

I got a honors Carolina sticker but no unc sticker 😭

[ancient valley]

Ye i only got stickers for honors carolina

Wait omg the confetti are actual seeds that’s crazy⁉️

[swift ginkgo]

yeah

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 8 🤞

[graceful iris]

did you just cold call email the professors? i'm trying to get a research internship but i don't know the process

[paper bobcat]

manifesting ur unc acceptance day smth 🙏🏻

[inner quail]

Most if not all HS research is by cold emailing (if you don't have a connection), but I wouldn't worry too much about it

It's hard enough for college freshmen/sophomores to get research (which will likely be preferred over high schoolers)

[candid scaffold]

My main research internship wasn't by cold calling. My dad's friend is a professor

I did it under him

it's really about connections, but you can try cold emailing

[inner quail]

Oh shit

Daily offering advice moment

Send any questions :)

[graceful iris]

Do you think a 4.35w gpa is good for unc instate w a 1450 sat I got to a competetive school though I don't even know at this point

Or not good atleast a 50/50 chance

[inner quail]

I can't chance you lol

You'll probably be fine though

[quiet ledge]

Depends on your county and school, but you should be fine

[buoyant marsh]

any overall advice for early/middle college applicants?

[inner quail]

In order of importance (imo):

• Don't give up having fun and doing things you enjoy for college applications. If you're the kind of student UNC wants, it won't matter how many clubs you're on the board for. Plus, there are tons of things people do outside of schools that are perfectly valid extracurriculars; I used to do work for Minecraft servers (building/graphic design), and that was one of the ECs I put, lol.
• Do your best on AP exams to get 3s. Even if you don't get a specific course credit, every hour will help you later.
• Do your research and make sure that UNC is the school that you want to attend. Look at the majors you're interested in, look at the coursework for the major, look at the course offerings in general. Please just make sure that UNC is the right school before you start stressing about applying; you have no idea how many high schoolers I've seen work themselves up like crazy over UNC just to realize that UNC doesn't have engineering and they won't be applying.

[buoyant marsh]

bet ty, coincidentally i also put moderating a minecraft server as one of my ec's that i submitted haha

[inner quail]

People get really caught up in like "ECs have to be something """""valuable""""" like volunteering/sports/clubs/etc" but it really can be just doing stuff for fun

[quiet ledge]

this tbh

so many kids are obsessed with doing ECs they think will sound good to admissions

UNC and other schools see 1000s of applications from kids who "founded a non profit" or did something that sounds impressive but is really thin in reality

[red dove]

@inner quail out of curiosity do u happen to know anything abt how unc supports students who r trying to apply for fulbright/other similar scholarships?

[inner quail]

I don't, sorry :(

I can ask around :)

[swift ginkgo]

did u get into unc scholars? i would def ask the director of that bc they might have knowledge

or the honors carolina director

[graceful iris]

Do you know the weight admissions puts on class rank? I was looking at the common data set and apparetly ec's are weighed more than gpa and class rank?

[inner quail]

CDS is all I would know about "weight"

I would trust the CDS /shrug

[red dove]

thats ok!! would be great if u found someone who knows anything but no worries if not lol

[graceful iris]

Got it thanks!

[red dove]

oh yeah thats a good idea ill prob do that

[candid scaffold]

Wake or Mecklenburg, 4.35 is on the lower end.

honestly depends on the rest of ur app

well rounded ECs would be great

if u go to a feeder public school thats competitive being in the top 10% of ur class is necesary

to consider UNC a "target"

I had a 4.6 weighted and 1550+ sat and still considered UNC a target-reach

• in state because I'm from wake

[quiet ledge]

did you get in?

[candid scaffold]

Yes

I got into UNC, Umich, Virgina Tech CS, Purdue Engineering, NCSU engineering so far

Deffered Georgia Tech Engineering, Rejected UT Austin Engineering

[quiet ledge]

Congrats

I wouldn't consider UNC a reach instate with those stats

but definitely not a safety either

[candid scaffold]

only target-reach bc competitive county

otherwise i wouldve thought UNC as a safety if i was from a rural county lmfao

[inner quail]

Idk if things have changed much but idt it couldve been a reach

Unless you were coming from one of those like idk weird competitive schools in wake

UNC was a target for me with 4.41/33 in Wake

[candid scaffold]

yah like one of those three

so i proly wouldn’t use my stats as an accurate measurement for unc

unless similar situation

[buoyant marsh]

i have a 4.37 in a competitive county 🕊️

[inner quail]

You'll probably still be fine

Idt there's a huge difference between 4.37 and 4.4 lol

[fluid matrix]

Depends on class rank imo

[fluid matrix]

Similar stats and I basically put unc low target

I knew I had a very high chance of getting into unc so I didn’t apply to charlotte or other instate safeties (planned to in rd if things didn’t go well)

[inner quail]

(Note that UNC values rigor over both GPA and rank, and standardized scores the lowest of the 4 as only "considered")

(Most recent CDS)

[fluid matrix]

What throws me off is there’s people from my school with better rigor and ecs but a bit lower gpa that didn’t get into unc

[inner quail]

It probably wasn't the GPA that got them rejected then

Rigor & ECs, despite being more important then rank/GPA/test scores, aren't the only major parts of the application they consider

[fluid matrix]

Yeah true

College apps are just weird

They had a really bad admissions cycle despite everything looking normal (like essays and stuff)

But yeah like you said might be something i didn’t see

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 9 🤞

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting ur yale acceptance!

[paper bobcat]

manifesting ur unc acceptance day 9 (now js keeping up with u)

[inner quail]

It can be one or the other or both for sure

I had a friend who got rejected everywhere for MechE except for VTech

People incl. myeslf were shocked bc he was on the news for being the only person in our grade to get a 36

He was also active in orchestra & robotics and other clubs

[buoyant marsh]

hope so cause my buddy w/ a 4.4 in a less competitive county got wl’ed

[candid scaffold]

actually

my friend with a 4.45 got rejected

from my school

1500 ish SAT too

i was surprised

[buoyant marsh]

also had like enough DE for an associates

[buoyant marsh]

I guess we never know what these schools really want

[fluid matrix]

Yeah sounds like a similar situation

but college apps are like gambling

Just not as bad odds

Sometimes worse sometimes better

[quiet ledge]

I am living proof

I got rejected from ASU

[fluid matrix]

they reject ppl?

[quiet ledge]

They rejected me

[fluid matrix]

prob yield reject but idk

maybe you wanted a nice scholsrshup

can’t see why they’d reject

[quiet ledge]

No they probably didn't understand my non traditional transcript and didn't have time/feel like processing it

[fluid matrix]

ohh

[quiet ledge]

Didn't see a GPA and gave up

[fluid matrix]

yeah that might be something

well you’ve got Duke and gt so

not much to worry abt

You’re basically chilling for now since you have some top tier acceptances

[buoyant marsh]

Spin the wheel and see where you get in!

[fluid matrix]

spin the wheel might have better odds ngl

I’d probably live a few rounds of Russian roulette with the odds some of these colleges got ☠️

[quiet ledge]

I never had much to worry about, because of UNC and NCSU guaranteed

[fluid matrix]

ahh you’re ssm?

[quiet ledge]

just thought ASU would throw money at me

[quiet ledge]

No

[fluid matrix]

o

[quiet ledge]

Accepted didn't attend

[fluid matrix]

wait how were you guaranteed unc/ncsu then

[buoyant marsh]

Well more like a roulette wheel since you did say gambling after all

[quiet ledge]

My school has a similar agreement

[fluid matrix]

ah

that’s interesting

didn’t know there was another school that did that

[paper bobcat]

^^

[swift ginkgo]

I’m not going to say yield protect

[quiet ledge]

You just don't hear about it, because my school is very small and is not open to the public for admission

[swift ginkgo]

But their loss!!!

[fluid matrix]

I’m a instate kid too so

[paper bobcat]

ahhh

[swift ginkgo]

cause idk

[paper bobcat]

me too !!!

[swift ginkgo]

You clearly were good enough to be accepted 😭

[fluid matrix]

so many nc kids here

[fluid matrix]

yea

[paper bobcat]

frrrrr

r most of yall like wake / meck?

[inner quail]

Love seeing NC kids here <3

[fluid matrix]

from the looks of it yeah

[paper bobcat]

icic

[fluid matrix]

lot of wake county mainly

is what I’m seeing

[quiet ledge]

Durham flex school also has an agreement iirc (don't know what its called)

[inner quail]

Wake > Meck any day

[fluid matrix]

lmao

[buoyant marsh]

Meck clears I’m afraid

[inner quail]

Why don't you back that up with a source :3

[paper bobcat]

im in neither 💀

[quiet ledge]

Sure one minute

[inner quail]

It's wild seeing ppl here from Wake ngl

Previous years there would be zero ppl

Which I guess was a good thing

[paper bobcat]

good ol' cabco 💔

[fluid matrix]

crossroads flex?

[inner quail]

Kids do not need to be on here 💔

This thread is chill tho

[paper bobcat]

yuhh

[fluid matrix]

that’s the closest one I can think of

[buoyant marsh]

We have a light rail and y’all don’t easy 1-0

[quiet ledge]

The one for like olympic athletes

I forget what its called

trying to find it

[paper bobcat]

ok that's kinda based

[fluid matrix]

i wanna say it’s crossroads flex but idk

[quiet ledge]

A lot of the very small and nontraditional schools have different agreements with the UNC system

[buoyant marsh]

Icl y’all are probably the best suburban Charlotte County

[fluid matrix]

since I know that school lets you focus more on sports with their interesting scheduling

[fluid matrix]

yeah

[paper bobcat]

fr??

[inner quail]

Bro says this like Meck has anything other than overdeveloped sterile corporate BS

One day at Umstead will fix you

[quiet ledge]

but generally they don't have public admissions or fill weird niches so they aren't like super advertised programs

[fluid matrix]

☠️

makes sense

[buoyant marsh]

I mean union county and Gaston are crazy so it’s not like the competition is there haha

[fluid matrix]

ssm is very public

[inner quail]

(I have no genuine beef with Meck btw I'm just being silly )

[quiet ledge]

Yes

[paper bobcat]

ok yeah fair 😭

[buoyant marsh]

yeah ofc just jokes

[quiet ledge]

I think a lot of the agreements say you are guaranteed admission to a UNC system school, but not Chapel Hill

and you don't get free pick like the NCSSM kids have

[fluid matrix]

yeah i think that’s what it is

There’s so many unc school system schools though

So guarantee to a unc school system school doesn’t mean much ngl

[quiet ledge]

It means a lot for students with unique backgrounds who might not get into higher-ed at all normally

[paper bobcat]

more opportunities are always better 🙏🏻

[quiet ledge]

Yeah its crossroads flex that also has an agreement, but I can't find the exact wording of it or if it still exists

let me look on wayback machine

[inner quail]

If it's any UNC school that isn't Chapel Hill, that's still pretty good tho

Like NCSU and UNCW 🔥

[fluid matrix]

what abt the other unc schools

that basically accept anyone with a pulse

[quiet ledge]

My school only guarantees UNC-CH under specific conditions

[fluid matrix]

the less known ones

[paper bobcat]

CHARLOTTE 🔥 🔥 🔥

[quiet ledge]

Not all graduates are guaranteed UNC-CH

[inner quail]

Tbf high AR doesn't mean bad school

[paper bobcat]

^

[fluid matrix]

true

[paper bobcat]

(im joking clt is cool)

[inner quail]

ECU has a super high AR and fantastic med/nursing programs

[fluid matrix]

clt, uncw, unc are three best unc schools imo

[quiet ledge]

No it definitely does not

[inner quail]

It's also ECU tho

[quiet ledge]

ECU 💀

I was told I should go to ECU once

[inner quail]

Where tf is state

[fluid matrix]

But I will say unc p, unc a are not very insane

[paper bobcat]

yeah but it's more like

unc

uncw

clt

[fluid matrix]

oops I forgot to put it there

[paper bobcat]

oh help

[fluid matrix]

(no hate to state)

[inner quail]

UNCW is getting pretty goated ngl

[quiet ledge]

Lets be honest only schools that matter are UNC-CH NCSU

[paper bobcat]

real

[quiet ledge]

Kidding

Mostly

[paper bobcat]

lollll

[inner quail]

I learned the other day that they're the first school to offer a coastal engineering BS

[fluid matrix]

what about unc pembroke

[paper bobcat]

charlotte is pretty underrated i'd say (?)

[inner quail]

Which I think (albeit niche) is super cool

[paper bobcat]

😭

imma be honest

[fluid matrix]

I didn’t know it was a thing until free college week 😭

[quiet ledge]

I thought that was a gradschool

[inner quail]

A bit underrated bc all the CS bros are like "yea I'll start at UNCC and transfer"

[fluid matrix]

yea idk much abt that school

[fluid matrix]

then they end up staying there

[paper bobcat]

i have nothing to say abt pembroke 💀 other than they emailed me fifty thousand times to apply and then i started it as a joke and never finished

[fluid matrix]

☠️

[inner quail]

Idk much about it as a school but I've talked to one of the profs there in a UNC class who was doing really cool enviro health research

[quiet ledge]

I have never gotten an email for a NC school except duke

[fluid matrix]

I’ve heard the campus is really small

[fluid matrix]

I get spammed by the entirety of unc system

[quiet ledge]

UNC is my favorite in state school, but they don't have an engineering department

[fluid matrix]

yeah

Duke is like the best balance of everything

[quiet ledge]

Did you get into Duke for grad/med what is your username

[inner quail]

I didn't lol my name is just for trolls

[paper bobcat]

out of curiosity what were y'alls lists

[fluid matrix]

lmao

[paper bobcat]

for schools

[inner quail]

I probably won't apply Duke for grad unless I get married & hella aid

[inner quail]

Duke ED, UNC EA, NCSU EA, RPI EA (legacy)

[paper bobcat]

ahhh

[fluid matrix]

state, unc, Duke and then a few oos

[paper bobcat]

nice nice

[fluid matrix]

but not much

[quiet ledge]

I have no idea what the financial aid situation is for duke grad school

[paper bobcat]

uncc, u mn, uga, uw madison, unc, usc, neu, umich, bu, duke, stanford, yale

[fluid matrix]

did you get in uw Madison

[buoyant marsh]

unc, state, Charlotte, American, gw, wake, Marymount (va)

[paper bobcat]

yuh

[fluid matrix]

noice

[paper bobcat]

tyty

[fluid matrix]

I’m gonna be honest idk why I even applied there lol

[paper bobcat]

same 💀 uw m & neu idek why i applied

[inner quail]

I was thinking abt stanford & yale but ended up dropping them bc practically I couldn't be that far away even if I got accepted (and 300k in loans is NOT it)

[fluid matrix]

valid

[paper bobcat]

valid

i don't have a problem with distance and if net price is accurate i should be ok w money, that's the only reason i was able to apply to sm oos

[fluid matrix]

most stuff I applied oos is privates with solid aid

I don’t like that unc and state are inching toward that 30k mark tho

[paper bobcat]

yeahh

at least they stayed frozen this year

[fluid matrix]

ik it’s supposed to be 27 for next yr

[inner quail]

Inflation 🔥 money money money money

Damn

[fluid matrix]

wait rejected rhit?

[quiet ledge]

Yes

[fluid matrix]

they’re trolling or something

[swift ginkgo]

Are you intl?

[quiet ledge]

No

I'm from durham lol

[swift ginkgo]

oh

mk

[fluid matrix]

rhit cannot be rejecting you like that

[paper bobcat]

^^^

[quiet ledge]

I can't even remember everywhere I applied

[fluid matrix]

lmao

[paper bobcat]

i got in everywhere but usc and neu, which, fair enough 💀

waiting on the 4 RD at the end **

[quiet ledge]

I thought I was going to get rejected everywhere except NCSU and UNC tbh

[fluid matrix]

yeah rd is where the fun is

[paper bobcat]

yeahhhhh (no)

[quiet ledge]

Waiting on almost everything RD

[fluid matrix]

waitin for all those rejections

[paper bobcat]

ugh real

[quiet ledge]

They rejected me within 24 hours due to not having min reqs

[fluid matrix]

if I’m lucky I’ll get one acceptance rd

[fluid matrix]

ohh

see that makes sense

[paper bobcat]

i got deferred from USC because idek and i got deferred NEU because i didn't submit a portfolio after applying to camd 💀 i just stopped caring after i pressed submit and they were pmo

[quiet ledge]

Only issue was I had the minreqs

but I didn't care enough

[fluid matrix]

lmao

[fluid matrix]

Did you get the fee waiver?

[paper bobcat]

yes

[quiet ledge]

They said I didn't have chemistry because it was in a separate section due to being taken at wake tech

[fluid matrix]

I had a neu fee waiver but I was too lazy to do the app

the supps*

[quiet ledge]

I got a NEU fee waiver and I did the app

no supps

[inner quail]

Wake Tech mention 🔥

[paper bobcat]

there were no supps 😟

[fluid matrix]

maybe I’m confusing it with something else

I got a decent bit of fee waiver for some reason

[quiet ledge]

I would be very surprised if NEU didn't let me in

I got a personal email from an AO over there

[fluid matrix]

I would too lol

oh what

[quiet ledge]

I posted it in the NEU thread

I got a personal email from NCSU as well though

[fluid matrix]

like what did they say

phones glitching so I kinda can’t look for your pic

[quiet ledge]

Just that they would be excited for me to join there "diverse global community" and that I should schedule some time to talk to them

[fluid matrix]

ohh

[quiet ledge]

It was directly from my region AO's email though

[fluid matrix]

umd let it slide when I didn’t submit my stuff on time

the ao was like take ur time

I was like huh

[quiet ledge]

NEU

I did the SRAR 20+ days late

[fluid matrix]

wow

[quiet ledge]

The NCSU one just told me to apply to the honor college and CC'd my schools admin/counselor

[fluid matrix]

my friend forgot to do srar for uiuc and got moved to rd ☠️

after submitting everything else on time

[quiet ledge]

I couldn't figure out how to do some of the things on the SRAR

[fluid matrix]

Oh

[quiet ledge]

because of no GPA

[fluid matrix]

I kinda forgot to do that for state

since I applied to the full ride scholarships

I thought I’d be considered for honors as well

but apparently not

[quiet ledge]

I did it but only because I was personally asked

it is kinda useless

[fluid matrix]

yeah that’s why I didn’t care much

nicer dorms would be a plus tho

[quiet ledge]

I didn't know if it was one of those fake mass emails designed to look personal

but I assumed it wasn't since they CC'd my school

[fluid matrix]

prob is somewhat personal

[quiet ledge]

Yeah ik

but there are so many fake personal emails

like I got one that had Re: in the subject to make me think it was a reply to something (not from NCSU obv)

[inner quail]

lord help me

[fluid matrix]

That a map?

[inner quail]

kinda sorta

here ill show you what its like rn

it's a 3D model of polk place in sketchup

[inner quail]

Daily call for UNC questions :)

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 10 🤞

[fluid matrix]

Noice

[paper bobcat]

BOOST DAY 10

[inner quail]

Walkin by the planetarium

With the big boy sphere

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 11 🤞

[paper bobcat]

BOOSTING DAY 11

[wheat lagoon]

When are decessions coming out

[graceful iris]

Do you guys recommend a guided tour or self guided tour

I can't find any tour spots available

So should I wait orrrrrr

I live closeby around 25 minutes

[inner quail]

Depends on what you're looking for

I had a good enough time doing a tour self guided

Just getting to explore n such

But I've heard good things abt walking tours

[paper bobcat]

walking tours are nice, but also if youve been on a tour before then you'll basically know 90% of what they're gonna say

self tours are fun

[graceful iris]

Ok thankyou!

[quiet ledge]

Campus isn't that big

And it has this weird magic effect where you end up walking through the same 3 places regardless of direction

[inner quail]

Walking from south to north can be a pain in the ass bc of terrain tho lol

Like walking 1 mile across north campus is very different from 1 mile across south campus

[graceful iris]

How many years does unc recommend of language again? Is it fine if i only do 3 years and not 4

[inner quail]

Are you OOS?

[graceful iris]

Nope i'm instate

[inner quail]

Nvm it doesnt matter

[quiet ledge]

I don't know anyone who did more than 2

[inner quail]

They require 2 units with no recommendation

[quiet ledge]

"The UNC System encourages students to select these courses in alignment with their academic and career objectives, and recommends completion of two sequential world language courses"

"2 additional units of English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, or computer science "

[graceful iris]

Ohhh okay thanks!

[inner quail]

On the CDS

[quiet ledge]

I was wrong I misread the thing

[inner quail]

You're fine lol

[quiet ledge]

didn't see the disclaimer at the top

of the "What are the minimum course requirements for admission? What if I don’t meet them?"

[graceful iris]

Oh bye 😭

[ancient valley]

I just got my financial aid offer with my css!! will the offer change a lot with fafsa or will it be around the same price to attend?

[quiet ledge]

I don't have any so guess I'm getting rejected

(I'm sure its fine)

[inner quail]

Idk how it differs for non-trad

[quiet ledge]

I know everyone from my school who has applied to UNC has been accepted and none of them had language (we didn't have it till last year), so I assumed they didn't require it

but they might just make exceptions when needed

[graceful iris]

Also on college confidential i found like this data set thing for NC has anyone else heard of it? Is it accurate?

[quiet ledge]

link it?

[graceful iris]

One sec

[inner quail]

Unrelated it's absolutely fascinating to see how the average test scores to UNC changed pre-covid vs post-covid

[graceful iris]

https://myinsight.northcarolina.edu/t/Public/views/db_freshmen/AppliedAdmittedEnrolled?%3Aembed=y&%3Aiid=1&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y

[quiet ledge]

Yes this is accurate

[graceful iris]

Was playing around with it and my jaw dropped at the increasing average gpa/sat and decreasing admits for. my school atleast for everything

[graceful iris]

Ok thanks!

[inner quail]

Here's the thing tho

One sec let me compile this

Like
2019-2020 cycle

• 69% submitted ACT
• 57.5% had a score 30-36
  2022-2023 cycle
• 32% submitted ACT
• 77.8% had a score 30-36

I don't think it's that the avg accepted student gets a higher score...

[graceful iris]

But i was also looking at it and confused because my school is "ranked" higher/more of a feeder school type to unc but still has a lesser admit rate that other schools according to this data, but when last year people were getting the results back for admission no one heard of anyone from that school getting in soooo idk maybe some are just underground

[graceful iris]

Yeah your right🤔

[inner quail]

It's possible that because you're ranked higher you're having more students from your school applying to UNC

[graceful iris]

oh yes that's true!

Just checked ours is like double the other school's applicant pool

[inner quail]

This tool is so cool lol

It's wild to think that the effective AR for my HS was 30% when I applied

[graceful iris]

I know right 😭

[graceful iris]

Ooh wow

[inner quail]

I wasn't a particularly insane applicant so I wonder like

Wtf were they looking for

Or who the fuck was applying

[graceful iris]

What year did you apply? But i'm sure they loved your essays and letters of recs if you submitted

Since i do hear they place a lot of emphasis on that

Essays atleast idk abt lor

[inner quail]

HS grad 2021 so for admission Fall 2021

[quiet ledge]

wow even my HS is on here

hey wait a minute

[graceful iris]

Omg also sorry last question I swear does anyone know based on past applicants/trend if unc cares more about well rounded or like kinda like a leaded/direct pathway for ecs?

[graceful iris]

Omg that's crazy

💀

no way

[quiet ledge]

No I'm saying nobody got rejected

so I'm confused why it shows that on this graph

[graceful iris]

Ohhhh

Huh

That's wierd

I had the same case for another school no one heard of anyone getting in from that school but on the data set like 80 out of 200 ish got in apparently

[quiet ledge]

You might have been looking at mine

if you were looking at all time

[inner quail]

Last year?

[quiet ledge]

so weird

[inner quail]

I mean when you say "we only had 2 people apply" did those people apply this past fall

[quiet ledge]

we didn't have 7 people apply to UNC last year

[inner quail]

I see

You might want to check where the tool sources its data from

[quiet ledge]

We've never had more than 3 kids apply to UNC

[inner quail]

That might explain it

[quiet ledge]

It sources directly from the colleges

oh shit

I know what is happening

I didn't filter by chapel hill

I fixed it

[inner quail]

Lol

Problem solved

[quiet ledge]

We love this graph

[graceful iris]

I'm trying to find it rn but i can't

Tried searching up but takes me to a unc page

[graceful iris]

I meannn atleast it's a 100% admit rate

[inner quail]

^

apparently

[graceful iris]

Ohhh

[quiet ledge]

It is 100% for all UNC system schools

[graceful iris]

Do you go to a school with guaranteed admission?

If you have a certain gpa

Idk

i heard there was something like that

[quiet ledge]

Yes

but we don't have GPA

[graceful iris]

Ohhh damn

[graceful iris]

How does it work then? Just grades?

[quiet ledge]

No grades

[quiet ledge]

Almost nobody gets rejected anywhere

[graceful iris]

Oh wow

That's craxzy

[quiet ledge]

Most kids I know got in everywhere

[graceful iris]

Damn😭

Private school?

[quiet ledge]

there is no agreement for them or anything

just very lucky

[quiet ledge]

Uh kinda

No tuition

Independent Non Profit School

[graceful iris]

Ohh

Yeah ofc🙏 Dw i don't know😭

[quiet ledge]

It is crazy the difference between AR at different schools

wait how tf are some people from NCSSM rejected to UNC

What happened here

Poor north carolina virtual schools

[inner quail]

Guaranteed admission to UNC is a relatively new thing

I also wonder how many had disciplinary things that got them bonked

Because I know NCSSM kids have issues with substance abuse

[quiet ledge]

Still weird that it is 98% instead of 100

[quiet ledge]

I thought they immediately expelled anyone for that

that is what I heard

[inner quail]

Maybe if they get caught

I've talked to NCSSM kids (incl current roommate) and substance abuse was pretty common in their experience

[graceful iris]

Yeah and it's pretty hard to maintain a 3.5uw gpa required for admission bc of the hard coursework

[inner quail]

Tbh I never really looked into the requirements I thought it was just "if you graduate from NCSSM you get in" 💀

[graceful iris]

Yeah me too at first 😭

I thought if you do the online thing you'd get in too

[inner quail]

No shame to NCSSM students but being out of HS and talking to NCSSM kids, I am forever grateful I didn't bother with it

[buoyant marsh]

Nah it’s just residential

[buoyant marsh]

https://www.ncssm.edu/residential/unc-system-guaranteed-admission

[quiet ledge]

I'm forever happy I didn't go to NCSSM (I got in)

didn't need that kind of environment

[inner quail]

My mom was thinking abt pushing for it when I was in middle school

Since she hated my MS experience (bc I was not the submissive doormat I used to be)

But yeah the environment wouldnt have been good for me either

Surprised to see its so light out but we have entered March

[graceful iris]

Omg that's gorgeous

[quiet ledge]

Definitely a good fit for some people, but if I had that much external academic pressure on me I don't think I'd be the same person today

I'd never have found any internal motivation to try or do anything

[candid scaffold]

@graceful iris if ur anxious abt UNC, u can talk to me - I was in the same shoes as u in Junior year. I applied EA this year and got accepted. My demographics are also similar to yours - In state, competitive county. I did a lot of research on UNC especially with recent admissions cycle!

as for language, I only had two years of spanish - however I did end up taking a third year just because they strongly recommended it

[candid scaffold]

many NCSSM kids who do online is likely to get accepted into UNC, considering they were competitive enough to even get into their online program (many also are top students who care about their academics). Dual Enrollment also is a major GPA booster a lot of kids here do. Not sure how college admissions will see that in the future.

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 12 🤞

[graceful iris]

Omg thanks! Do you mind if I dm you? I'd appreciate any help I could get❤️

[graceful iris]

You got this ‼️

[candid scaffold]

sure feel free to i think my dms are on

ill get back to u when i can - I'm taking a few APs so ill be studying every now and then

[graceful iris]

Yeah ofc, perfect

[jolly ingot]

Anyone know how/when waitlisted students are updated?

[acoustic iris]

Almost everyone in my school got into UNC for ea. So, many commited already

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 13 🤞

[languid sail]

Twin are you also waitlisted

[jolly ingot]

yea

[languid sail]

Are you in state or oks

Oos

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 14 🤞

[jolly ingot]

oos

[inner quail]

unc question time

ask me question

[buoyant marsh]

i understand that RD requires a mid-year transcript, do you know if the admissions office takes first sem grades super seriously?

[inner quail]

I don't know if they "weight" it more than other semesters (I'm sure more recent grades are prioritized over earlier/less recent ones)

But I would assume that they're considered

[buoyant marsh]

bet ty (kinda did an oopsie in my art class)

[timid escarp]

@inner quail can you double major in neuro with cs?

and can you finish uni in 3 years

and where can I read more about internship opportunities?

[inner quail]

Yes

[inner quail]

Probably not if you double major

[inner quail]

It's better to wait until you're enrolled and taking classes, your major listserv will email opportunities

Plus looking for UNC affiliated internships rn wont do you any good lol

They aren't interested in high schoolers

[timid escarp]

oh and do FAANG recruit from unc

[timid escarp]

fair lol

[inner quail]

Yes

But because all the SWE kids are fighting over FAANG I'd just look for local opportunities tbh

[timid escarp]

also what are some things most ppl dont know about UNC

[inner quail]

Hmm

[timid escarp]

like underrated stuff

[inner quail]

YoPo on Franklin St

Super good frozen yogurt

Hmm

[timid escarp]

lol i was wondering abt academic stuff but I will definitely keep that in mind as well lol

[inner quail]

Lots of departmental buildings have a little sitting area in the front where you can just hang out between classes if needed

If you're premed, take chem at UNC or another 4 year if you can't handle UNC chem, but not CC

[timid escarp]

nah im not pre-med

[inner quail]

UNC chem is hard as fuck so don't beat yourself up if you struggle

[timid escarp]

ah shit chem torture again 💀

unc is also ranked really high for neuro i was surprised lol

[inner quail]

UNC NSCI is incredible

[timid escarp]

yeah I hadnt looked at it in detail but the courses are cool

also are there any like restricted majors and like can you swap

i see there is something like that for BME

[inner quail]

Uhh

There are a handful of majors where you have to apply to get in

And I guess they lock you out once its not feasible for you to complete them before 4 years

I'm not sure exactly what youre talking abt with BME but restrictions and such for that would make a lot of sense bc its a joint program so UNC and NCSU make decisions on it lol

[inner quail]

Yeah this is not surprising

BME has a lot of specific reqs and it's unlikely that you could reasonably complete the major with the reduced time

[timid escarp]

tru tru

[robust sky]

When is rd coming out?

[graceful iris]

is business or comp sci a harder major to get into

@ unc

[fluid matrix]

def business

[timid escarp]

y

[fluid matrix]

just more competitive at unc

cause unc is known for it

[timid escarp]

oh hmm

not that i plan on entering business but can you apply after being admitted?

[inner quail]

Business probably

CS looks to admit the most ppl possible bc they added admissions to reduce strain on professors & make sure studsnts could grad on time

Althought acceptance rates vary based on semester for both

[inner quail]

You can apply to KF if you meet the prereqs and the app is open lol

[timid escarp]

gotcha ty

[coral agate]

damn im cooked

i applied to unc like 2 days late

idk if they care but they downloaded everything pretty quickly

[tranquil tartan]

where u get this data from

[fluid matrix]

did you just reply to a message from two months ago

[inner quail]

idk but it looks wrong

oh

its for their school only

yeah i wouldnt worry abt that

[tranquil tartan]

search goes crazy

[viral dagger]

who pinged me

bro i got rejected not tryna talk here

[tranquil tartan]

gya😭

how u even get in w a 2.0 the min to apply is a 2.6

[inner quail]

min to apply is a 2.0

i wouldnt trust random ass sites tho

22-23 CDS

21-22 CDS

[tranquil tartan]

what the fuck

no way 95% have a 4.0

[inner quail]

they report out of 5 i think

[tranquil tartan]

oh nvm

[inner quail]

i know theyre not supposed to but its implied by the fact the avg gpa is like "4.3/4"

[tranquil tartan]

i hope i get in as a instate

not looking forward to next year

[inner quail]

You'll be fine lol

Someone sent a cool thing for UNC system schools where you can look at stats by college, HS, and school district iirc

[tranquil tartan]

o

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 15 🤞

[fluid matrix]

it’s 95% w WEIGHTED gpa above 4

[tranquil tartan]

makes more sense

[fluid matrix]

Yeah unc is weird like that

[spark zenith]

when are decisions coming out?

[coral agate]

4.0 UW is like perfect what

btw

my mid year report doesnt show on my unc portal (even tho my school submitted it)

is it just me or do any of u guys have the same issue?

[inner quail]

conveniently didnt read the rest of the convo to see that UNC reports weighted

LOL

[coral agate]

whoops mb

[inner quail]

all good :)

[graceful iris]

anyone know the acceptance rate in state for ea? idk why i cant find it online

[inner quail]

like 40ish

[graceful iris]

oh damn tysmm

[inner quail]

using this tool the avg of the last 4 years is about 40%

[coral agate]

40? wtf

is ea that much better than RD

[tranquil tartan]

is the RD high for in state?

[tranquil tartan]

what was this link suppoed to go to

[inner quail]

oh did it not work

should be this site

its data collected from all UNC system schools

[tranquil tartan]

o

those numbers r good

[coral agate]

thats not unc tho

unc says 11% oos

😭

and 4.5 average gpa 1490 average sat

im so cooked

1430/4.35 average of APPLICANTS not even those accepted

[inner quail]

You're right, the SS is not UNC but you can change it to UNC

this is in-state data

vs OOS data

I'm surprised the OOS yield is so low tbh

Why apply somewhere OOS if you won't attend

[tranquil tartan]

i love how gpa has been going down but test scores been doing up

[red dove]

looking at my schools naviance page is interesting because last yr like 45 kids applied and only 1 got in which is way lower than the posted oos accepted rate

[inner quail]

Don't look at the common data set to see how many people are submitting test scores

[coral agate]

40%??? i thought it was 20%

[inner quail]

Spoiler alert: it went from like 70% submitting to 30% over 3 years

[coral agate]

or is 20% the average

between 40 and 11

[inner quail]

20% is AR total

[coral agate]

i mean thats not rlly the average but

[inner quail]

combined in state and OOS

[coral agate]

ahh

i see

so im cooked

woooooo

i sent 1450

like 20 points above the average score sent

for oos

[inner quail]

2019-2020 cycle

• 69% submitted ACT
• 57.5% had a score 30-36
  2022-2023 cycle
• 32% submitted ACT
• 77.8% had a score 30-36

[coral agate]

hopefully they appreciate my 790 math (business school)

[coral agate]

dayum

who submitted under a 30 tho thats crazy

[inner quail]

???

Why wouldnt you

[coral agate]

to chapel hill?

[inner quail]

Yeah?

[coral agate]

isnt 30 way below their average

[inner quail]

Average used to be like 31-32

Then test optional happened

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[coral agate]

wait 30 is a 1360

what the fuck

[inner quail]

That's the point I'm trying to make here

[paper bobcat]

nope

[coral agate]

ok thats fair then

[inner quail]

Thank you!!

[coral agate]

didnt realize 1370 is a 30

wowie

[paper bobcat]

from most recent class of 2027 data if i'm reading it correctly

https://admissions.unc.edu/explore/our-newest-class/#:~:text=SAT and ACT Scores&text=SAT — 1370-1500,ACT — 29-33

[inner quail]

Yeah

29-33 is middle 50%

So 25th and 75th quartiles

But you're going to see that shift higher and higher when TO is implemented

Because only people who have high scores will want to submit

People who feel iffy about their 29 won't submit and thus the stats for "submitted scores" will skew higher

[tranquil tartan]

why did you drop this link im a jr and imma be obsessing over this now 😭

[paper bobcat]

my b 💔

[inner quail]

You don't need to worry abt it

[paper bobcat]

yeah

[inner quail]

Like straight up it's just informational

Then stop looking 😭

[tranquil tartan]

🙄

[inner quail]

Also might want to cut out the left portion

Bc dox

[tranquil tartan]

troll

[inner quail]

You'll be fine

Your school has insane acceptance rates compared to what my HS had lmfao

[paper bobcat]

^^^

[inner quail]

I guess it really is a Wake County moment

I thought that "Wake is competitive" was just a cope ngl

[paper bobcat]

my HS for 2023 had 127 apply, 52 admit, 34 enroll

[inner quail]

Wild to think that like 1/6 of my graduating year applied

[paper bobcat]

omg we had like the same amount apply

[inner quail]

Slay

[paper bobcat]

well different years but

[inner quail]

Yea

[paper bobcat]

was there a big dropoff between 2020 and 2021 for u at all?

or not dropoff but like big shift

[inner quail]

Just that the ratio slightly changed I think

They usually accept 30-40 kids from my HS

So the AR only really shifts based on the number of kids total

[paper bobcat]

ahh i see i see

[wheat lagoon]

Where do u see this at

[paper bobcat]

@wheat lagoon

[inner quail]

Link

[tranquil tartan]

unfortunate they dont show this for hs specific

[paper bobcat]

yeah 💔

[inner quail]

Ngl this is so cute

UNC being a peer to UCLA, UCB, Vandy, JHU, and Northwestern

(I like this bc it's reassurance that the people who say "UNC isn't on the same level as Duke" are talking out their asses teehee)

[wheat lagoon]

Ty

[paper bobcat]

yessss

[inner quail]

Tbh JHU isn't surprising if you know how our school of public health compares to theirs

(UNC Gillings is ranked second to JHU)

[paper bobcat]

gillings is goated

i was thinking of entering their env health sci major at some point

[tranquil tartan]

is this data from last year or this

[paper bobcat]

up to fall 2023

[tranquil tartan]

fall 23 admission or srs?

[inner quail]

bro definitely has a 15 on the ACT science (this was mean i am sorry)

read your axes and table labels

[paper bobcat]

fall 2025, they predicted the future

jk

yes fall 23 admission

[tranquil tartan]

i meant like is it the fall admission cycle so this one thats going on right now or the people that would be entering college in the fall of 23 😭

[paper bobcat]

oh LMAO no it's the people who entered in fall of 2023

our admission cycle would be fall 24

[inner quail]

yop

its based on entering year

sorry LOL

i didnt mean to roast that hard 😭

[tranquil tartan]

all good lol

dyk if unc caps off admits based on region or school or is it like js if they think ur a good fit u get in

[inner quail]

I don't think they have hard caps in state

They try and get a good variety from every "group"

But generally if they think you're a good fit you'll be fine

[worldly aspen]

anyone whos finalist for css get their decision yet?

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 16🤞

[paper bobcat]

BOOST

[red dove]

@inner quail do u happen to have done any classes in/have heard anything abt the Languages Across the Curriculum program?

looking at the website im sorta confused by how u find out which classes could potentially have LAC discussion sessions/research components or if ur just limited to the options listed

[inner quail]

Wdym by LAC discussion sections

Uhh

I know of a handful of bio and envsci classes that are research focused but I've never heard of Languages Across the Curriculum

[red dove]

@inner quail idk i found this website https://areastudies.unc.edu/lac/

it mentiosn there being sessions that r complementary to certain classes

[inner quail]

It seems like classes specifically taught in the target language depending on course/dept

Most large classes have a recitation section that goes with it that isn't like, a separate class

But it seems like on the list of ones that are currently offered (or at least as of the last website update) none of them have any of the recitation sections

Since they all say "stand-alone" I would assume that, anyways

There's a link to reach out to Dr. Gravatt directly towards the bottom of the page

I think she'd be miles more helpful lol

[graceful iris]

has anyone looked at there unc admissions file who goes there? any good pointers or any tips how they look at your application and stats?

[inner quail]

I looked at mine lol

Tbh mine wasn't very insightful

My ECs were on the weaker end compared to my academics/rigor and essays (but that was expected because I didn't do a lot outside of school)

I know one of my readers left a very long detailed comment and made a weird statement about me not being first chair in the orchestra? And the other just gave a very short "squidly is X and Y and does well academically"

First reader was an accept but in the second reader they said "accept but I understand if we need to pull them back" (which ended up just being an accept anyways)

[graceful iris]

Thanks!

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 17 💀

[paper bobcat]

boost 😭

[inland snow]

boost 🔥

[inner skiff]

when's unc coming out?

[simple pewter]

March 32nd

[inner skiff]

omg thanks ^^

[quiet ledge]

is this weighted or unweighted wtf

[graceful iris]

weighted

95% admitted had weighted gpa over 4.0

if it was unweighted i would acc

[candid scaffold]

heres our county average

[graceful iris]

thanks!

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 18

[inland snow]

SIGNAL BOOSTING 🔥 🔥 🔥

[paper bobcat]

B OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!

https://tenor.com/view/lucio-overwatch-potg-gif-7818156

[inland snow]

OMG LUCIO

[paper bobcat]

YEAAHHHH

i cannot play him for hte life of me but i love him

[inland snow]

bro same im literally floorio

[paper bobcat]

i am a proud cass and d.va main

[inland snow]

i main ashe and tracer

i dont rlly play tank and support gets rlly frustrating so 😭

dmg for now

[paper bobcat]

i only played tank for a while before i realized how absolutely boring it is 😭

i have an orisa only account with like 14/20 wins and all of them POTG 💀

[paper bobcat]

support 😫

[inland snow]

omg i havent played orisa in ages

[wheat citrus]

mei best dmg

[inland snow]

https://tenor.com/view/sunakook-cat-screaming-gif-25279230

[worldly aspen]

is anyone else here a css finalist

[wheat citrus]

no but im a gm in overwatch

[inner quail]

I missed OW discussion IN UNC THREAD

This isnt fair

[paper bobcat]

sorry 😔

[inland snow]

rip 😔

[carmine glacier]

!unc

how does this bot work

[inland snow]

unc hasnt come out with an official decision date yet so it doesnt have a command

like mit has one bc they set a date

[tranquil tartan]

Dyk if colleges (unc specifically) look badly at a W in dual enrollment class

[inner quail]

no idea

im sure itll be considered if its on your transcript

if you take a W for particular reasons (ex. mental health, helping family, etc) you could always put it in additional info if you wanted to

[hearty wyvern]

manifesting unc acceptance day 19

[paper bobcat]

BOOOOOOOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/overwatch-overwatch-league-gladiators-la-gladiators-los-angeles-gladiators-gif-13488493

[inner quail]

https://tenor.com/view/testando-test-gif-26802346

[hearty wyvern]

W

[quiet ledge]

sup fellow MITer

lol

[inland snow]

BOOOOST

[robust sky]

When is rd coming out

Is information science hard to get into?

[inner quail]

Not really

Just do well in the prereqs and have a good statement of purpose

SILS is great <3

[buoyant marsh]

I mean it dropped on the 24th last year so if I was a betting man I’d put money on 22nd but that’s just a guess

[robust sky]

Thank you sm

How generous are they with aid and scholarships

[inner quail]

UNC or BSIS particularly?

UNC as a whole its pretty difficult (like merit aid & rel scholarships) but we do have work study

And if you're very low income, Carolina Covenant

[foggy steppe]

When can we expect UNC decisions pouring in

???

[inner quail]

I'm going to guess the 29th

If RD follows the same pattern as EA (last Friday of the month)

[inland snow]

man duke and unc on the same day is gonna be scary :(

my mom said they might not because that day is good friday but like idk if they take that into account

[inner quail]

Idk

[river totem]

I hope they do

[quiet ledge]

I mean everything is somewhat hard to get into

[late sentinel]

Congrats on MIT admission

Did you get into CMU as well ?

[quiet ledge]

still waiting

they are doing rolling

[late sentinel]

Cool, good luck

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc day 20

[hearty wyvern]

Manifesting unc acceptance day 21

[foggy steppe]

Doesn't matter cuz u got into MIT.

[inner quail]

Big available day for me so send questions

(I am bored)

[robust sky]

How’s the weather and the dorms?

[inland snow]

What are lab classes like?

[inner quail]

We have all 4 seasons, usually gets to about mid-high 90s in the summer (heat index ~110F) and probably around the 30s for the winter

Fall and spring are absolutely beautiful, but springtime pollen is pretty bad

Dorms aren't anything special but they're usually not bad. Most of the "ick" factor ime came from floormates being gross, but I never stayed in a suite so I can't speak to those as much

[inner quail]

Depends a bit on department & class. The only "core" lab I had to take was BIOL 101L, which wasn't too bad; the lab itself was long and I struggled with memorization but generally it didn't feel miserable. I have NOT heard the same about CHEM 101L/102L

The other labs I've done (BIOL 562 (embedded) and BIOL 528L) were much better

Because it was just "work on project" time lol

[winter peak]

When do the pink flowers blossom?

[inner quail]

Cherry blossoms should be blooming around now :)

We have a lot of different plant species around campus that bloom and such at different times

[inland snow]

Ohh thats good to hear bc i want to major in bio or envisci. Do you do labs in the class or do you work on projects?

Wait i think i have to take chem too if i major in bio 😭

[inner quail]

Depends on the class! I know BIOL 101L was very much lab-y

Also I am a bio/envsci double major!!!!

:D

[inland snow]

omg nicee I wanna major in datascience and bio

is double majoring difficult?

like how many credits do u have per sem

[inner quail]

Definitely depends on the double major but I haven't had much issue between bio & envsci

Since almost all of the "additional requirements" overlap btwn them