Help choosing? (Alabama or NC State)

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<p>Hi everyone I'd just like some extra input on my college decision. This is my first post but I've been reading CC for a while. Sorry in advance if my post is hard to understand or has jumbled thoughts. </p>

<p>Anyways, my college list has come down to two universities, NC State and University of Alabama. I'm a resident of NC and will be majoring in engineering. I received a huge scholarship from Alabama (full tuition +2500) and am waiting to hear back about scholarship money from NC state, but I expect to get at least some (3.86 GPA and 1460 M+CR). I will not get any financial aid and my parents would be comfortable paying for either place. I have visited both campuses and like them both. Alabama seems to roll out the red carpet for excellent students. Both schools have brand new engineering buildings. I plan on participating in Greek Life. I think I would be happy at either Alabama or NC state. </p>

<p>If anyone can help me make this decision that would be great!</p>

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<p>Go to the very popular Bama forum here on CC for help…</p>

<p>[University</a> of Alabama - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-alabama/]University”>University of Alabama - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>My younger son is graduating from Bama this May with his degree in Chemical Engineering. He’s been accepted to 3 US MD med schools so far. :)</p>

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<p>For engineering, the variance from school to school, especially the like of Alabama and NCSU, is not that big a gap. The technical job market in NC is definitely better than AL. But Georgia is the neighbor next door so I suppose the Atlanta market must be accessible to AL grads. I’d go with the lower cost option if I were you.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks I will!</p>

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<p>The technical job market in NC is definitely better than AL</p>

<p>?? What the heck?</p>

<p>The state of Alabama is home to the second largest research park in the NATION…Cummings Research Park. </p>

<p>*Major industries in CRP are aerospace, defense, engineering, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, software development and information technology.
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<p>I doubt that the technical job market is better in NC.</p>

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<p>Are you sure about the size? According to the Wikipedia, RTP is the largest in the world. ;)</p>

<p>“The Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the world.[1][2][3] It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina.”</p>

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<p>Yes, RTP is the largest in the US and CRP is the 2nd largest. That doesn’t mean that the job market in RTP-NC is “definitely better” than that of CRP-Alabama… That’s ridiculous. </p>

<p>It’s like saying someone with a $5.1 billions dollars is “definitely a better business person” than someone with $5.09 billion dollars. If a girl was looking for rich guy to marry, and her dad said, “oh, forget the second guy, the first guy is definitely better” that would be silly.</p>

<p>And…CRP is growing. new tech companies appearing all the time…so that means…JOBS.</p>