Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 20:54     Subject: NC State
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:NC State is more practical, less fun. That’s not the DCUM crowd.


How is NC State different from Clemson, VT or Auburn? They are all land grant engineering schools with a blue collar vibe.


Huh? A “blue collar vibe”? I don’t get that at all from those schools.
DP


Agriculture schools are also known as cow colleges


Only among rubes who don’t know any better.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 09:28     Subject: NC State
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NC State is more practical, less fun. That’s not the DCUM crowd.


How is NC State different from Clemson, VT or Auburn? They are all land grant engineering schools with a blue collar vibe.


Huh? A “blue collar vibe”? I don’t get that at all from those schools.
DP


Agriculture schools are also known as cow colleges
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 23:41     Subject: NC State
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Anonymous wrote:Because people see it as a boring state school with nothing special about it. That affects the number of OOS applicants, and the low OOS admittance rate affects the ultimate number of attendees.

That said, my BFF in NC says it's a well respected school over there with an unusually spirited alumni base. It's almost identical to what Tech is to Virginians in many ways. There's no reason for a Virginian to go to NC State when they have VT.

This.

~VA born, NC raised, NCSU grad, back in VA

This is not true. My son is considering NCSU because they offer a major that’s not offered at any Virginia schools.

Ok. I’ll rephrase the quote I highlighted to account for your son. For the vast majority of Virginians, there is little reason to consider NCSU when Tech has SO many overlapping majors. They are essentially, but not exactly, the same. As always, YMMV.

Textile Sci/Engr? If so, those kids were wicked smart in my day — as good as the ChemEs and often had a creative flair too. Even with most of the mills gone (or overseas), there’s still a need! Go Pack!


Clearly we have an NC State booster here who has a kid majoring in… textiles. Or perhaps she herself has a major in… textiles. Either way.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 23:36     Subject: NC State
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because people see it as a boring state school with nothing special about it. That affects the number of OOS applicants, and the low OOS admittance rate affects the ultimate number of attendees.

That said, my BFF in NC says it's a well respected school over there with an unusually spirited alumni base. It's almost identical to what Tech is to Virginians in many ways. There's no reason for a Virginian to go to NC State when they have VT.


Is VT a boring state school?


Maybe not to you or other Virginians, but it is to many OOS-ers.


Funny how many OOS-ers apply to VT then - and how you claim to speak for all of them. This year’s freshman class was 40% OOS.
DP
https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/e19_report.asp
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 23:28     Subject: NC State
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NC State is more practical, less fun. That’s not the DCUM crowd.


How is NC State different from Clemson, VT or Auburn? They are all land grant engineering schools with a blue collar vibe.


Huh? A “blue collar vibe”? I don’t get that at all from those schools.
DP
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 23:25     Subject: NC State
Ugh you don’t want to go there unless you are recruited for sports. They call non athletes there NARPS =Non athletic regular people.

And I would not recommend the girls soccer coach. He’s got a great reputation from the soccer industry for building their program but he’s a terrible coach/mentor.