I can't recommend this school in good conscience.
Only go to UNCSA if you're a sick individual who either wants to abuse and manipulate others or you're a masochist. Everyone, and I do mean everyone (including me) was a part of a horrific cycle of politics, abuse, lies, and exploitation. Some drank the Kool-Aid by the gallons; some were sneaking in sips in private.
This school only makes promises. They're a business like any other, so they'll entice naive kids with outrageous claims like "We're preparing you for the real world, deal with it," or "You're guaranteed a job in your field when you graduate, just play by our rules." No university in their right mind will ever say "Don't give us your money," so they'll make these outrageous claims that any 18-year-old (or minor) will believe.
Faculty members at this university were known sexual abusers who still got their paychecks even after being outed. A recent settlement changes nothing. Chancellor Brian Cole still wants people to believe that the school has changed since the 80s and 90s. I was a student from 2014-2018. Nothing has changed, Cole. With how much Cole was quick to defend and protect actual pedophiles who ran a pedophilia ring at this university, he might as well admit he was participating in their twisted perversions. This is not a defamatory statement; this is common sense. Only abusers protect abusers.
Speaking of which, I am disappointed with how spineless many of my fellow alumni are. Many continue to reap the mediocre benefits of being associated with UNCSA. Then again, I'm not surprised. I worked with classmates who have sent death/rape threats and have verbally abused other students with some of the most heinous slurs imaginable. All over what, you ask? A student film that no one, no one, has seen. And who encouraged this behavior? The same faculty that invited us to their homes, who told us they were "preparing us" for a "real world" that didn't exist, who only looked out for themselves and their gratification. Maybe some of the classmates were invited to the pedophilia ring too, who knows? Again, this isn't defamatory. Entire Title IX cases were thrown out at this school. "Sorry you feel that way," the case managers would say straight to victim's faces while simultaneously babying the abusers. This school will do anything for its image that it's criminal.
The petition I started to rename the dining hall in Hector Lopez's name is now being twisted as a PR move for UNCSA and its enabling alumni, which was far from my intent. I only did what I thought was the right thing to do to honor a person's life. For some godforsaken reason, I naively believed UNCSA and their lapdog the Winston-Salem Journal couldn't possibly stoop so low as to use an employee's death to rebuild their image. I was wrong. Cole might as well have stepped in front of the cameras with a shit-eating grin and said, "See? We listened." Furthermore, complacent alumni and faculty are going to point to this and say "Hey, the school is changing for the better!" No, it's not. As long as this school exists, the pattern of abuse will continue. Remember who protects abusers again? I'm angered about how this school ruins everything it touches. I'm also embarrassed at myself for foolishly trusting this school with something.
This is a learning moment, trust me. I now want absolutely nothing to do with UNCSA anymore. I refuse to lift a finger for them or any alumni except for a specific few (and you all know who you are). Many of you barely knew my name anyway, and it's for the better. None of you cared for your victims either.
That's all I've got to say.
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