Hi guys! I was recently accepted to NC State and I visited for the WISE Spend-A-Day. I’m really struggling to decide between two schools: George Mason and NCSU. My big question is about research opportunities at NCSU. GMU is very close to DC and I was admitted to the Honors College so I know internships and other research opportunities are abundant there, however I like the overall environment of NCSU better than that of GMU. I am trying to figure out if there are a lot of research opportunities in the field of microbiology and other health/medicine related fields because that is the only thing holding me back from being wholeheartedly NCSU. Anything helps, thoughts please!!!
Congrats on your acceptance!!!
Reasons Why NC State is the perfect place:
- We are located within the Research Triangle Park---- http://www.rtp.org/why-rtp/ (check out this link for more info)
- NC State is a research based school ---https://www.ncsu.edu/about/
- NC State loves innovation! --- http://www.ncsu.edu/innovation/
- NC State has an office just dedicated to Undergrad Research (you have the ability to study anything and everything)--http://undergradresearch.dasa.ncsu.edu/starting
- The College of Sciences gives many opportunities to research the field you are interested in---https://sciences.ncsu.edu/research/highlights/
I hope this information helps!!! Good luck 