North Carolina State University at Raleigh Top Questions

There are not any major stereotypes that I have heard of, although I tend to hear that students at State are only engineers or agriculture majors. There is little mention of other majors. This is partially accurate, although not completely true. North Carolina State University is mostly composed of engineering and agriculture majors, but also offers a wide variety of majors.

Like many other stereotypes, yes and no. I was in CHASS and found it underfunded, due to the attention that engineering and the sciences get, but the faculty in the liberal arts were outstanding.

not really- some people are, but for the majority I really don't think so.. people just say that because of the agriculture program.. they tend to forget that state is most well-known for its engineering program

These stereotypes are very inaccurate. Personally, I love the large campus. Sure it makes for a longer walk to class but, finding the buildings for your classes is all made easier by maps located throughout campus, maps online and fairly large signs posted beside each building with the buildings name. And as for the country hicks idea, people couldn't be more wrong! Our students are very diverse, making classes, extracurriculars and just living the college life way more interesting.

No

These stereotypes are completely inaccurate. NCSU is one of the biggest schools in North Carolina. It provides one of the best educations to my knowledge in the State. I went to an all girls private school, and it definitely challenges me to a whole new level. You meet so many people. And it is so much fun. As for the Carolina / NCSU stereotype, it is simply not true. Carolina is a liberal school that does not offer engineering. NCSU students are more math and science oriented, and from my experience, less judgemental and more friendly than those students at Carolina (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). My best friend goes there, and she always tells me NCSU students are much nicer people.

On behalf of all true Wolfpackers, yes it is.

No. While the school was founded on princples of agriculture, the college of agriculture and life sciences is only one of the many colleges present on our campus. Even within the CALS program(college of ag. and life sciences), many students do not participate in any agriculture-related studies, as the college includes majors in biology, zoology, and others. The students involved in agriculture are not all stereotypical hicks either, they just happen to have a passion for agriculture studies.

We do have a lot of students who come from farming communities, since a lot of the state is farming. Many NCSU students could get into UNC, and some did and chose to go to NCSU. The campus IS all brick, but it's not ugly. We have a rival: UNC. ECU thinks they're our rival too but we don't generally agree. Our M/F ratio is more like 55/45.

Every once in a while you'll see a farmer around campus, but really it's a small part of the university as a whole. Also, not only do you see plenty of girls around campus, but we're extremely close to two women-only colleges.