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| Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Male | This person cares more about Friendliness than the average student. | Intelligence:
Bright | | ACT: | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating
Friendliness F | Describes the student body mostly as:
Friendly, Afraid, ClosemindedDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Arrogant, Unhelpful, Self Absorbed | Highest Rating
University Resource Use A- | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | C- | Faculty Accessibility | C | | Useful Schoolwork | B- | Excess Competition | B | | Academic Success | D- | Creativity/Innovation | D | | Individual Value | C | University Resource Use | A- | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A- | Friendliness | F | | Campus Maintenance | A- | Social Life | D- | | Surrounding City | B | Extra Curriculars | A- | | Safety | B+ |
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quality of your experience at UNC Charlotte is highly variable
depending on the department. The modus operandi here seems to
be that it's easy to gain admission and hard to
graduate (U.S. News has the graduation rate around 27%), which
I actually think is great, but perhaps this breaks the
morale of some of the more motivated students by lowering
the perception of incoming students (by professors and students alike).
There isn't much “school pride” to be witnessed, as you
will often see students walking around in other University-themed apparel.
I am local to the area, and almost everyone will
agreee that this is a commuter school (I never lived
on campus so someone else might be able to give
praise to the social setting). While there are some
generally whiny, entitled students who complain every chance they get,
I think rigor here is sometimes conflated with the “wash-out”
process that other students allude to (for example, I don't
think having 100 out of 200 students drop or fail
a class should be viewed as acceptable or normal). My
first two semesters of calculus were taught by probably one
of the best professors at the university, while the more
advanced mathematics classes were taught by professors from former the
soviet block, who are ,on average, incredibly bright but incomprehensible
at times. All of the gen-ed classes I took in
the English department were taught by flaky adjunct professors, two
of which ended employment before the end of the semester.
Undergraduate courses in the Computer Science department are pretty shoddy
with the exception of junior and senior level classes that
are very time-intensive and rigorous (a good thing). Student organizations
in the CS dept. from the time I enrolled, have
been weak until this year, but seem to be improving.
My first day at the university, I put in an
application and inquiry about the student ACM organization and did
not hear news until a year and a half later.
They did not have funds allocated for the ACM regional
programming competition, which was a huge disappointment to me (this
was a major reason I wanted to attend a four-year
university). I had two internships, which were found through the
schools career center, and have served me well (do this
regardless of where you attend). Every professor I had in
the Humanities was EXCELLENT. Overall I thought that the Math
and Science departments did a poor job of taking care
of their undergraduates, with the exception of a couple teachers.
If you are smart and resourceful, you will achieve regardless
of your current situation, so always do what you think
is best for you at the time. If you are
not paying in-state tuition and do not come from a
nearby area, I would advise another school. Take the reviews
on here with a grain of salt.
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