The University of North Carolina - Asheville

Lots of administrative hoops to jump through repeatedly as they tend to lose paperwork. No interoffice system so student is expected to run paperwork from department to department for signatures. If you get physically hurt do NOT bother with the student clinic - it is a joke! If you do get hurt do not expect anyone in authority to care.

1st Year Female -- Class 2015

Campus Aesthetics: A, Individual Value: F

I grew up between UNC and Duke, so I am used to a more intelligent, preppier, more basically normal environment than Asheville is. Unless you consider yourself a hipster, a generally strange person, social reject or you want to be a hipster then Asheville is not for you. Asheville is a very small school filled with a lot of very similar people who claim to be "open-minded," when in all reality they are extremely close-minded towards anyone that has any ideas that do not agree with their own. I came to Ashveille with the intentions of transferring to another private and significantly higher ranked school. After my first semester I was incredibly depressed. The environment drives people to do drugs. If you go there you will be constantly surrounded by people doing all sorts of drugs. It is completely normal for people to trip on a daily basis, and everyone smokes weed, CONSTANTLY. People are also very clique-ish and incredibly just strange. I hate this school with a passion and it really ruined my college experience. I was planning on dropping out after this semester and leaving the country because I was simply repulsed with the idea of ever having to be in a situation like this again. Thankfully I talked to my friends and they convinced me to transfer after this semester. I really liked the city of Asheville prior to my horrendous experience, and now I hate the ares. After this semester I will never again return to Western North Carolina unless I am forced to. I have never been so thankful to come home and to simply be surrounded by normal people who don't constantly do drugs and try to express their individuality by dressing like homeless people. I really just want to warn people who think that there will be diversity and that there will be normal people in Asheville, because there really aren't besides Athletes. They Athletes will not talk to you unless you are an athlete or they want to have sex with you so don't go in thinking that you are going to be an exception,you wont. The greek life is a sad joke and a disgrace to other greek life, it is filled with people that really just do not belong in greek life. If you are a weirdo and think you belong in Asheville then please go there I do not want you anywhere near me, but if you are a normal person and want any type of a future or positive college experience then don't go there. THE WORST SCHOOL EVER.

1st Year Female -- Class 2016

Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Education Quality: F

I am from WNC so I knew the Asheville area coming in. I screwed around in high school and ended up with a 2.8 gpa from never doing homework and studying for a test maybe twice. I had a decent SAT which got me another chance.

I was accepted to Alabama, FAU, FIU, and Arizona State and recieved scholarships from the last 2. I love the Crimson Tide and Bama was my dream school. However, after not trying in high school I felt I didn't deserve to go to such a place until I earned it. So in JUNE after graduating, I applied to UNCA and was accepted no problem.

The academics and professors here are actually very good. They make sure you learn and show it, I have had almost no multiple choice tests. The main problem with UNCA is the social life. People literally will avoid talking to you. Where I come from you say hi to pretty much everyone, hold doors for people especially women, etc. Here people just try to avoid all contact. I try to talk to people in louge areas and they get all uncomfortable. There have been 3 people that could actually have a conversation.

I lived on campus at first but switched to commuting because I was miserable (South Ridge is the most anti-social dorm). Also, school spirit is absent. Having no football team I can kind of understand it but even our basketball team gets almost no support. There are MAYBE 20 clubs, most of which are LGBT or other rights movements. The majority of people here are tree-hugging super liberals. I have no problem with liberals at all, but anyone extreme is just annoying. I wouldn't want to hang out with super-right wing people either. BTW the "diversity" people are so proud of here, is not diversity. Diversity means lots of differing people, here its just alot of wierd people.

1st Year Male -- Class 2016

Innovation: A+, Social Life: D-