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Carolina or Finch? See Chapel Hill scenes from ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’

Photos by Andrew Lam, University Communications and Marketing
Published July 17, 2025

Tar Heels will notice some familiar views when watching the newest season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” The Prime Video show, based on the books by Jenny Han ’02, filmed parts of Season Three on Carolina’s campus in July 2024.

With the first episodes out, take a look at which places on campus made appearances on screen.

Side by side image: Lola Tung (Belly) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah) smiling at each other on McCorkle Place, with Graham Memorial Hall visible in the background. A photo of the McCorkle Place, featuring a grassy quad and brick pathways, with Graham Memorial Hall partially visible in the background, recreating the setting seen in

This scene featuring Lola Tung (Belly) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah) smiling at each other takes place on McCorkle Place, with Graham Memorial Hall in the background.

Side by side image: A stone pillar with a bronze-colored

The actual entrance sign to UNC-Chapel Hill was fictionalized to be the sign for Finch College.

Side by side image: Lola Tung (Belly) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah) walk on a path in McCorkle Place on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, with the Morehead Planetarium visible in the background. A view of the brick path in McCorkle Place on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, leading towards the Morehead Planetarium, recreating the setting from

This scene with Belly and Jeremiah is also on McCorkle Place, with Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in the background.

Side by side image: Lola Tung (Belly) is driving a silver car past Old East, a prominent brick building on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, in this scene from

Belly drives her car by Old East in this scene. On a normal campus day, she’d have to wait several minutes for students to cross the street.

Side by side image: Lola Tung (Belly) is seen from behind, facing Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah) and other students walking on a path in front of Old East on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, in

Belly is seen from behind here, waiting as Jeremiah runs down the steps of Old East.

Side by side image: A view of Swain Hall on the UNC Chapel Hill campus from inside a car window, as Belly and her family drive by in

This scene, from the inside of a car window as Belly and her family drive on campus, shows Swain Hall.

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