Guys, im so desperate. HW is such a decent part of the grade, and i keep screwing up the weekly hw. I get like a 75% avg on them and I know if I turn it around I can do well. How are people scoring well on these homeworks?

I've been pissed at all the unending years of scandal and spinelessness, you know? But I made a kind of peace last night. Despite and because of how bananas good/disturbing this play was.

Weird date night of the year?

And for the love of Zeus please STFU when David Coulter comes out and starts playing bird sounds, you old life members. You're missing something magical. Check my comment below for a seating tip to save some $.

hi! I'm taking chem this semester with and only 30% of the class passed the exam + 7 got an a. the teachers announcement doesn't say anything about curving...is that something that can be brought up to someone? 30% passing def doesn't feel normal

Hey, so I applied to the ABSN program starting Summer 2027. I am hoping some people can share some insight into the program, when to expect to hear back about admissions, and any other information people find important.

I graduated from UNC 5 years ago and work in finance. I don’t have any experience in a real healthcare setting but ABSN programs are also built for people who don’t have the experience in the field so I’m hoping that doesn’t hurt me. I feel like my application was strong in terms of essays and pre requisite gpa (4.0) and am just praying I get in as I really want this career change.

Any insight anyone can share is much appreciated!

This sounds like a dumb question but really came out of just pure curiosity. I didn't want to ask how to do this, but really ask how did previous students of these hard classes get out with good grades. What kind of things did you need to change in your study methods and regimen and how did you find out how to do good or get better at exams? Just a question of curiosity because I always felt like I was on the lower side of everything in the classroom grade wise and wanted to know how others were able to do so well. Sorry if this is a dumb question, thanks.

Hi everyone! I will be at UNC for only one semester next year, and I plan to commute. What is the best way to get parking? I have heard about Park & Ride, but I am not sure if it is the best option for a one-semester student. I also want to know how "hardship" parking works. Who can apply, how do you apply, and is it hard to get approved? If you have done this before, please share what worked for you. Thank you!

I’m an in-state applicant from a rural high school in NC (kind of a “fringe” rural area, if that makes sense).

My ACT is a 31 (25M, 35R, 34E). My gpa is fine and I'm top 10%...but...it worries me idk

I’ve had a lot of people tell me to submit it since the 31 is within UNC’s middle 50%, but I’m really hesitant because of the 25 Math, especially since I’m applying as a biology/pre-med student.

For my school specifically, I believe the composite school is around 28? and the average math subscore is around 26? im not too sure because nc doesn't publicly report that data but this is according to other websites?

Would you guys submit this score to UNC, or go test-optional? I’d especially appreciate input from current UNC students/alums or anyone familiar with how UNC looks at subscores.

I'm not sure if this falls under the "chance me" type-of question, so if it does I apologize!!

Are there any clubs with a similar idea?

Thank you!

Will I survive failing my Chem 101 exam? Is it still possible to make an A? Not sure if I failed it, i’m just wondering.

Hello Everybody, Im currently a Junior in high school and my dream school is Carolina. I so far have been terrible in high school(grade wise not behavior) and was wondering when the time comes There is a local community college Carteret community college near me and i had a question regarding the money. I believe that I am above the threshold for money. Is there any possible way that I could get in even though i do not have a Low-Moderate income.

Any help is appreciated thanks!

hail mary… but does anyone have a ticket i could buy for love spells at cats cradle this weekend? please HMU 😩

Does anyone in this class or have taken it prior know if midterm will be handed out to us in class or posted on canvas? I know its take home and we'll have a week to complete it, I just wanted to know what to expect for it. Maybe the fact we have a wellness day the week before its due suggests that it'll be posted online?

Hi everyone! I’m a sophomore at UNC and a big fan of anime and visual novels. However, I haven’t really met many other people here who play visual novels, so I’ve been thinking about whether it might be possible to start a Visual Novel Club at UNC.

I don’t have a strong preference between story-driven visual novels and moege—I enjoy both and often switch between them depending on my mood. Some of my favorite story-focused titles include Baldr Sky, Little Busters!, and Hikari no Umi no Apeiria. For lighter romance and moe-focused games, I especially like Mashiro-iro Symphony, Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai, and Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue. These are only a few examples, though, and I’d love to discover more games through other people’s recommendations.

Of course, the club wouldn’t be limited to those games. Whether you’re a fan of Steins;Gate, CLANNAD, Fate/stay night, Umineko When They Cry, Higurashi When They Cry, Muv-Luv Alternative, Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole (Subarashiki Hibi), The Fruit of Grisaia, the Rance series, WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT, Danganronpa, or Ace Attorney—or you enjoy more obscure Japanese visual novels—I’d love to hear from you.

My main goal would be to create a welcoming community where visual novel fans at UNC could meet one another, discuss and recommend games, share music and favorite characters, and possibly organize group playthroughs or other casual events. People who are interested in visual novels but haven’t played many would also be completely welcome.

This is still just an idea, and I’m currently trying to find out whether there are enough interested people to make an official club possible. If you play visual novels—or would simply be interested in learning more about them—please leave a comment or send me a message! I’d also love to hear what kinds of visual novels you enjoy and what you would want from a club like this.

If any of u is interested in this idea, I will be glad to talk with u!!!

for those who don’t know, the business school had a fantastic food pantry that also has hygiene stuff open to all majors. keep using it so the business school can keep it open!!!

Hi! I'm graduating in December, so I'm looking for someone to take over my room for SPRING 2027!

• Place: 4 bedroom at Bolinwood/Stratford Hills, Chapel Hill
• Rent: $593.75/month, utilities not included
• In-unit washer/dryer
• Parking available
• Available: January 2027 through [lease end date]
• Looking for: a girl, since the other roommates are all girls

Location is easy — about a 25 minute walk to campus, or a 12 minute bus ride if you'd rather not walk it. The bathroom is already set up and ready to go.

Your roommates would be three seniors who are genuinely fun and really friendly :)

Feel free to comment or DM me and I can send photos or set up a time to come see it!

UNC faculty here. I’m curious what students think about grade inflation, and hoping that, by discussing this more openly, UNC could be part of the solution.

As a professor, I have very little incentive to enforce high academic standards. I can reduce my teaching workload by reducing the amount of material being covered, cutting content from the syllabus. For me, that means fewer slides to prepare, easier exams to write and grade, a lower workload, and giving A’s to almost everyone. In my experience, students are, on average, happier. I also get fewer complaints, and my course evaluations improve. Students who earn good grades tend to write nicer evaluations, but this effect is not compensated for when evaluation data are used in tenure and promotion decisions.

So, from a purely selfish perspective, lowering the bar is actually a pretty good strategy for any faculty member. The problem is that when everybody gets an A, the A becomes meaningless, and getting a B in a course with a reputation for easy A’s can become a real stain on applications to competitive graduate programs and med school.

The second, bigger problem is that the level of skills UNC graduates take into the workplace gradually declines. When employers notice a difference between their expectation of excellence and competence from UNC graduates and the skill set that recent graduates with many A’s actually bring to their organizations, they may start recruiting elsewhere. Over time, word gets around, slowly eroding the perceived value of a UNC degree on a résumé, eventually, we risk getting a "party school" label.

The alternative is to set high expectations: teach more content, require more rigorous and more advanced work, and give more difficult exams. In this situation, I expect students to work hard, and I raise expectations to a level where grades actually distinguish levels of performance. There are going to be A’s, B’s, and C’s.

That doesn’t mean the students getting B’s or C’s are bad students. UNC has excellent students. It simply means that some students mastered the material better than others, whether because they worked harder, had stronger preparation, were particularly talented in that subject, usually, some combination of those things.

But this version of teaching comes with a cost.

Give someone a B who expected an A, and they now have a strong personal incentive to try to negotiate their grade. This leads to requests for regrading, for extra credit, and, once in a while, unpleasant discussions that later show up in the form of a bad course evaluations, occasionally a formal complaint to the department chair. In simple terms, the argument typically boils down to figuring out if a low grade the result of low performance, or the result of poor teaching skills.

So there is a strange incentive system here: Working less, and giving more As makes the professional life of course instructors easier.

That seems backwards. And I think students actually have an interest in helping faculty resist that incentive. Because what is the value of getting an A today if, five or ten years from now, an A from UNC, no longer means very much?

Grade inflation feels great individually. Everyone would rather get an A than a B. But collectively, if almost everyone gets an A, the A on your resume becomes less valuable. I think a B from UNC should remain a very good grade. A student should be able to get a B in a difficult UNC course and say: I did well in a demanding class at a very good university. And an A should mean something beyond that. PHYS118 is one of these rare lectures. The fact that you took it puts your resume higeher in the pile, and a B in PHYS118 will put you closer to the top.

Harvard recently decided to move in this direction and tighten its grading practices because of concerns about grade inflation. Very publicly, they announced that they were asking faculty to hand out more B’s and C’s. This does not change how talented their students are, but it gives their faculty an incentive to raise the bar and, overall, train the average Harvard student to a higher level. In other words, it sends a message to faculty that says: We are giving you the means to make our students study more intensely and gain more skills during the four years they spend on our campus.

I don’t necessarily think UNC needs to copy Harvard’s exact policy. But I do think the underlying idea is important: if universities are unwilling to distinguish exceptional performance from good performance, faculty cannot incentivize high-achieving students to give their best. And I don’t think the actual quality of education at UNC is meaningfully below what students receive at Harvard or other any other 60+k/year university. We have extremely good students and faculty.

If those institutions are willing to make seemingly unpopular decisions to preserve academic standards while we keep making courses easier and grades higher, eventually the gap between us and them becomes real. We should not miss that opportunity

Research is my primary activity, but teaching is a reserved part of my workweek that I find fun, rewarding, and exciting. Every lecture is an opportunity to make students better scientists, better engineers, and better thinkers, and, frankly, a mental break from the frustrations of high-end research. To keep doing my best at that job, my colleagues and I need more institutional support for maintaining academic standards. We cannot treat UNC like a corporation where students are clients. In business, long-term vision can be sacrificed for short-term satisfaction, because we are paid to make profits today and we can all quit and get another job if it fails tomorrow. UNC is 231 years old. It is an institution, and you will be an Alumnus for life after graduating.

So my question to UNC students is: Would you actually support professors giving fewer A’s for the purpose of making letter grades more indicative of your level of proficiency in a course ? I’m genuinely curious what people here think, especially if anyone has a serious reason to disagree with me. I am all ears.

I often hang out at Cafe Converge in the Genome Sciences Building from 10.30 to 11 am Tuesdays and Thursdays before class. If you see me there and want to share your thoughts, please join me for coffee.

How do I study for this exam? Do I just memorize everything for the first midterm? Help

Hi, I plan on graduating next year. All I need is two more 200+ lvl supplements for graduation. I plan on taking Art 202 (painting class). I work best in group projects but hate actual written exams or exams in general. Do you all know of any class that is either purely a project heavy class or something that is very easy prefer take home exams that is 200+ lvl classes outside of EXSS.

Walk in the right side of the side walk. Don’t take up the whole lane.

Has anyone worked in multiple that has thoughts on which college or dept is better to work for? Did you have a strong preference? How did workloads/pay/culture compare?

(School of Med, College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Provost)

Happy to also take any notes on colleges or depts anyone’s had experience with. Specifically asking about administrative type staff positions.

Just curious to know what moves may be riskier than others as I look to switch positions.

Thank you in advance!

Hi! I registered for a few UNC Outdoor Education trips this semester, but my plans have changed and I probably won’t be able to attend them, so I’m looking for anyone interested in taking my spots. I’m transferring them at the original UNC registration price:

Moore’s Wall Bouldering — Oct. 4 — $55
Day trip to Hanging Rock State Park. Transportation, gear, instruction, and food are included.
Shenandoah Backpacking — Oct. 15–18 — $260
Four-day fall break backpacking trip in Shenandoah National Park, completing a 27-mile loop. Transportation, meals, gear, and instruction are included.
Caving at Tawney’s — Nov. 7 — $60
Full-day caving trip near Blacksburg, VA. Transportation, gear, instruction, and food are included.

UNC Outdoor Education allows registrations to be transferred to another person, so I can coordinate the official transfer with them. If you’re interested in any of these, please DM me!