Was UK recently or even ever on academic probation? UNC should hang a banner.
*UNC-Cheat grad asking for a reference.........
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Was UK recently or even ever on academic probation? UNC should hang a banner.
Add me to the list of diehard UK fans that live in NC who will be THRILLED if my daughters can qualify for entrance to UNC. There's a very bold line between supporting a team for athletics and insuring a financially secure future for your children.
I'm not a UNC fan but how in the world is it mediocre academically? It's one of the best public schools in the country
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I really hope that some of you are kidding when talking about not hiring or reviewing resumes of a potential candidate based on them graduating from a rival school....but I cringe when I think some of you probably aren't.
I also hire Duke, UNC, and State fans regularly. It makes for a great atmosphere- they all give each other (and me) sh*t during bball and fball season.
The OP only said that he wasn't going to do a favor for a UNC grad. How is that any different than the opposite, which is very common, that someone puts in a good word for someone just because of where they went to school or what we call affinity hiring? It was another poster who said that he would trash a resume from a UL grad. Yeah, let's hope he was kidding.
John Wall, Bam and I’m sure there are other players who would be some of those thousands.
I don't disagree with that. UNCheat "cheated" and then lawyered up and played "chicken" with the NCAA (who turned away and lost).
But UNC is still a good academic school. Now stop making me defend those cheating bastards!
I give you the former director of the school of Ethics at UNC, the great Jan Boxill:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/unc-scandal/article12601562.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/unc-scandal/article12601562.html
Just give in and quit defending them. If they are willing to sacrifice their academic integrity for sports they are not a good academic school.
I am curious as well. What company attracts 2 million applicants a year? I bet I could advertise I am giving away $50 to anyone that will sit down and spend an hour filling out an online application for their dream job, and still not have 2 million do it.
Yep ^.
I live in Wake Co (next to Chapel Hill). And my understanding is that very few Wake Co grads can get into UNC because they have a per county limit in admissions. Although my son is currently in the top 2% of his class, so if he keeps it up UNC might be an option (if he could overlook his dislike of their basketball team/program, I've raised him "right").
But they are regarded as one of the top public schools in the country. You realize graduating with a degree from UNC as a non-athlete holds more weight than a UK one right?
You realize they are a school who was put on probation by SAC's for their academic lack of integrity right??
For athletes yes, not for regular students.
I don't know you keep mentioning athletics. It's not that hard to understand I'm saying non athletes UNC is head and shoulders above Kentucky academically.
I'd love to hear an argument with facts as evidence as to why Kentucky is a better academic school
Wasn't UNCheat's whole argument and the reason they got away with it because it wasn't limited to athletes and that common students took classes too? You can't have the best of both worlds. Either you cheated for athletes or you compromised your academic integrity and are not an elite university because you are willing to let any student take paper classes. They need to decide which it is because it can't be both.
Well for students not in the AFAM department, they weren't included in those paper classes. Im talking UNC is a better academic school than Kentucky, outside of the AFAM program which everyone knows is a joke and only small portion of students took.
Say for example a student in the Kenan-Flagler business school, it's asinine to suggest a degree from there isn't better than from UK.
Maybe to someone who went there but everyone else knows you have no academic integrity and your school is a sham. NC St fans look down their nose at your school now.
Man, that's harsh, but thanks for the info. My kids are entering junior high, and I wasn't aware of the county by county restrictions.
Good grief! Did you just really say that???? You do realize that UNC had spent millions of dollars and lot of time and energy promoting the idea that this had very little to do with athletics, don't you?
Blatantly false. Boxill was offering them in the ethics department.
I could be wrong, just what I've heard at work from other parents, making it tough for Durham & Wake Co kids.
I just looked on the UNC website. 46% of North Carolina in-state applicants are admitted. 14% of out-of-state applicants are admitted.
That statistic (admittance rate) is biased. Those % can depend on how many schools you apply to, and how much the cost is after considering scholarships & financial aid. But I do know that here in Wake Co, it is no where near 46%.
First-Year Students
Admission
40,918 applied
9,709 admitted (24% of all students applying; 46% of NC applicants; 14% of out-of-state applicants)
4,355 enrolled (45% of all students admitted; 61% of NC admits; 20% of out-of-state admits)
Lol to say NC State is a better school than UNC is laughable, even more so than saying UK is better.
US News and World Report ranking of national universities: (admittedly subjective)
UK = #133
UNC = #30
NC State = #81
Thanks. Like I said, UNC is objectively a better academic school than Kentucky and it's not close.
NC State is probably 5th best college in North Carolina and clearly behind UNC as well.
It's true. NC St hasn't compromised their academic integrity for sports like UNC has and neither has UK.
Weird that UNC is regarded as a top 5 public school in the country and at least top 50 overall.
UK is sitting back there in the mid 100's though.
Tell me again how UK is a better school than UNC? Only Kentucky fans believe that lmao
Sounds like a reliable source, "carolinasucks.com" -- but better than Kentucky hahahahahah
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