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The University of North Carolina - Charlotte

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB Faculty AccessibilityA+
Useful SchoolworkB Excess CompetitionC
Academic SuccessB Creativity/ InnovationB
Individual ValueC University Resource UseF
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA+ FriendlinessD
Campus MaintenanceD- Social LifeF
Surrounding CityF Extra CurricularsC-
SafetyF
Describes the student body as:
Afraid, Arrogant, Snooty

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly

Male
SAT1100
Not so bright
Lowest Rating
University Resource Use
F
Highest Rating
Faculty Accessibility
A+
He cares more about Surrounding City than the average student.
Date: Aug 14 2012
Major: Geography and Geosciences (This Major's Salary over time)
I transferred from Appalachian State University after my sophomore year and I got in easy because you need 2.0 gpa for undergraduate admission. I think this school sucks big time. Other than the pretty looking, well maintained buildings, getting a football team in 2013, numerous fraternity options, a lot of clubs/organizations, relatively low price, teachers are generally knowledgeable and work around any issues you might have, the research and graduate majors, this school is crappier than appstate, nc state, unc, wilmington, duke and even east carolina. This school lacks several big components that contribute to making it a sub par college. This college has a crappy social atmosphere (most people go back home on the weekend, leaving the kids who stay on the weekend to enjoy college their experience and be away from their parents because they are not in high school anymore, stranded in the middle of a huge campus). Safety on campus is not very good, there have been several robberies in the parking lots, the location of this school is terrible, it is located in the middle of a poverty sticken areas and obviously crime will be high. Since the school is in a poverty stricken area there are few clubs in sight for students so if you have a social life and wanna hang out outside of school because the school nothing going on during the weekends, there is very little unless you want to drive all the way to downtown and get mugged there. I've lived in charlotte for 12 years and not only do I not recommend this city as a whole but the school seems to correlate the city in that it is just as crappy and full of discrimination and segregation. I was apart of the Campus Activities Board for the school and although there are selective events like bingo and card playing during the weekday's there is nothing going on during the weekends. I wanted to go to a party in the student union and no one showed up. It was so sad, a dj blarring music in a huge room while nobody but the people who setup the conecert were there. If there are people which there are, there are only african americans. I'm not racist but where the heck are the white people in these parties. I didn't want to go to this school, and I thought this school was crappy even before going here, what you hear generally about a school what you think about the school is usually true. Definately true of UNCC. This school is very diverse in terms of the smart people vs still smart but not that smart. There are a lot of very smart people and a lot of not so smart people so what you get is a student population too diverse in terms of intelligence and one of the reasons for lack of unity among students. There is almost no school pride because everyone goes home during the weekends and thus you get a lot of commuter students. If you think about it you're in school 4/7 days a week maybe 4 1/2 if you're schedule is packed. That's 3/7 days (the weekend) where you don't devote any time towards having fun. This school sucks, that's the bottom line, at least from where I stand and compared to the school I transferred from, this school have zero fun. It's an all work and no play makes johnny a dull boy. It's a cliche expression but it's very true, dull social scene, dull sporting event, the weightlifting room is over crowded, dull surrounding area, and no student pride/unity.
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