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| - This is definitely a SECOND or THIRD tiered university. Take it from someone that went there... and wished I hadn't.
I'm sure some of these reviewers want to be portray their school in a favorable light, so the school has a good reputation, but I also think you need some honesty.
The engineering programs seem to be quite academic, basically due to the nature of the beast, but I can't say the rest of the of university really rates as such. I would not call this a professional university or "highly competitive." What a joke to call this "competitive" by any stretch of the imagination.
Basically, you can hand in any kind of paper and get an "A," because we wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I heard quite a few students make the same comment, "you turn in anything and get an A."
Too many professors use the podium as their soapbox, which I hate to break it to them, no one really wants to hear your opinion on politics or religion or Southerners, etc.. (especially when the class has nothing to do with that) it just lacked integrity. I guess they think they have a captive audience so why not basically "dump" on the students. Everybody has an opinion, yours is no more valuable than anyone else's opinion. It just showed me some of these professors really are NOT professors. I'm sure they "paid" for their degree at some place, double intendre intended.
I know one professor came to class saying that employers hiring students from UNCC said if they asked students basic questions like the capitol of some state, or where do you find the classifieds in the newspaper always answered, "it's not my major."
JUST SAYING, it might not be worth the trip to visit here if you're looking for a more traditional university (which this one has greatly changed in recent years, with the football team and all), so few events on the weekend, nothing really going on.
I know the VAST MAJORITY of students are the first ones in their family to attend college, so congrats on that. But this isn't as academic or traditional as Duke or Chapel Hill or Davidson, which of course, are top-tier universities. With that said, I'm sure UNCC is trying to offer a different experience, nothing wrong with that.
I found the student body and administration sorely lacking. Students who were "bad sports" throwing things at opposing basketball teams, blocking the doors during student council meetings, if you can imagine, if there was a disagreement about something; breaking someone's jaw during intramurals, lot of "put one over" type people; just bad sports and poor skills.
Administration, basically enjoy having a good time at the students' expense, arguing with students just to get their jolly's off. That's when you know jobs have become too cushy and the people really can't be fired. So they are having a good time.
Traffic office erroneously put TWO of someone else's parking tickets on my account, which they were going to drop my classes ( me a Senior and I had to have those classes THAT semester in order to graduate) even after I proved this wasn't my car nor my tickets. I actually thought I was going to have to hire a lawyer, do you know how much that costs? and for THEIR error? Just a lot of arguing and being "right" whether they are right or not. Just poor social behavior and knowledge, wink, wink.. if you can read between the lines.
NOTE: I transferred in and the evaluator actually missed 15 credit hours worth of academics. How does Old Testament Bible NOT transfer as Old Testament Bible? Someone really didn't care, so I had to appeal a half year's worth of credits that no one bothered to look at and didn't really evaluate properly, HEAD'S UP if you're transferring in.
The academics are there if you're willing to pursue it.
UNCC has made a lot of noise about their research facilities, so I'm not sure how much of that is just promo or real research.
I know they have had "consultants" come in and consult that the undergraduate program needed to be upgraded, but to no avail. UNCC seemed to be going for numbers. And there is a place for a university like this. It just wasn't for me, I was looking for something more traditional, and that's one of the things people like about UNCC is the fact it was different.
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