North Carolina State EA 2020

With decisions coming out very soon, use this forum to share the decision and your stats for future applicants:

Decision:
Accepted
Deferred
Rejected

Objective:
SAT:
ACT:
SAT Subject Tests:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards:

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
State:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them?
Will you go to NC State?
Advice for future applicants:

Decision:
Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT: n/a
ACT: 32C; 35E; 34R; 30S; 28M
SAT Subject Tests: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 4.48
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking at my school
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology 4; English Lang. 4; English Lit. 4; World History 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma Candidate
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL English, IB HL Global Politics; IB HL Theater; IB SL French, IB Math Studies, Theory of Knowledge; took IB SL ESS as a junior
Major Awards: AP Scholar with Honor; National Merit Commended; Ronald Reagan Student Leader Award; Optimist International Scholarship Winner

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS; French NHS (VP); Fiction Addiction Book Club (Pres)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Humane Society (2700+ hours); Supplies for Success, a school supplies salvage project I founded to help underprivileged students get school supplies
Summer Activities: NCSU Writing Program
Essays: good
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: n/a
State: Florida
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F

Strengths: A lot of community service involvement, relatively high test scores, relatively high GPA
Weaknesses: math; relatively low AP scores
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? UNC accepted; IU accepted; UK accepted; UNC-W accepted
Will you go to NC State? not sure, still deciding
Advice for future applicants:

Decision: ACCEPTED (In State)

Objective:
SAT: Didn’t send
ACT: 27
SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), AP Lang (3), AP Lit, AP Stats
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Honors Physics, AP Statistics, Honors Spanish 4, Dual Enrollment Sociology, Honors Pharmacy Technician

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 varsity sports, 2 major leadership activities, NHS, SNHS, Beta Club, HOSA, etc.
Summer Activities: Volunteered at a Hospital summer of Junior year
Essays: I thought they were really good.
Teacher Recommendation: Stellar.
Counselor Rec: Good
State: NC
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female

Strengths:
Weaknesses: ACT Score
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? UNC Charlotte (Accepted), University of Miami (Accepted), Chapel Hill (Deferred)
Waiting for Syracuse University, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of Southern California, and Pomona College, Wake Forest Univ

Will you go to NC State? Not at all sure.

Advice for future applicants: Stay optimistic.

Decision:
Accepted School of Engineering

Objective:
SAT:R670 M 670 W 610
ACT:31
SAT Subject Tests:none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75
Weighted GPA:4.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3 out of 250
AP (place score in parenthesis): not great
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 Ap, 2 honors, 2 dual, and chinese just for fun.
Major Awards:

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Cross Country Team,Tennis Team, Skills USA, National Honor Society, Academic Derby
Job/Work Experience: Americorp i teach robotics to elementary kids
Volunteer/Community service:400 hrs
Summer Activities: Multiple engineering camps, Boys State, Summer Ventures in Science and Math, 2 years as a camp mentor to the child of a wounded warrior
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: not sure
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
State: NC
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male

Strengths: Meaningful summer activities
Weaknesses:Some b’s, but i took 13 AP’s
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? Texas A & M Engineering, Accepted, UTA on Schorship
Will you go to NC State? Proabaly
Advice for future applicants: Not Sure, I was holding my breath

Decision:
Accepted
OOS

Objective:
SAT: 740 CR, 620 Math, 660 Writing
ACT: Didn’t send (29)
SAT Subject Tests: Physics 520, Literature 620 (didn’t send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (4), Gov (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Accounting, Jazz Band, Sociology, AP Lit, Pre cacl, AP Euro
Major Awards:

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross country (captain 12th), Student gov (vice pres 9 and 10), Varsity soccer (10th), JV: Baseball, Basketball, Volleyball
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Compassion Int.
Summer Activities: Flight school, cyber security camp
Essays: Great main common app essay, supplemental ok
Teacher Recommendation: none
Counselor Rec: probably generic, but my counselor is great
Additional Rec: none
State: Colorado
School Type: Public (public overseas 9th and 10th)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Strengths: Experiences (lived in third world country), grades
Weaknesses: Scores, especially math
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them?
Will you go to NC State? not sure yet
Advice for future applicants:

With decisions coming out very soon, use this forum to share the decision and your stats for future applicants:

Decision: ACCEPTED OOS

Objective:
SAT: 1700 verbal 530, math 610, writing 560
ACT: 25 composite (27M, 26E, 24S, 24R)
SAT Subject Tests: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t do unweighted
Weighted GPA: 97.11
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/355 (top 15%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards: AP Scholar with honors, presidential volunteer service award (four years in a row)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NCL, NHI, yearbook co editor and a bunch of other stuff
Job/Work Experience: tutor, work at local baseball fields
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours
Summer Activities:
Essays: amazing!!!
Teacher Recommendation: great!!!
Counselor Rec: great!!!
Additional Rec: great!!!
State: Texas
School Type: small public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female

Strengths: GPA, class rank,
Weaknesses: test scores
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? Accepted: Texas tech, Loyola Chicago, providence, Drexel. Rejected: UNC. Deffered: Villanova. Still waiting on American and Wake Forest
Will you go to NC State? Not sure
Advice for future applicants: apply even if you don’t have the test scores because I got in with low scores!!!

Decision: Accepted engineering/CS intent
OOS/white male
Sat 1340 C+M
GPA 3.71UW 4.17W
Top 10%
NTHS
ALL AP/GT/honors
FBLA officer, placed at county/state level computer problem solving,invited to Nationals
Competitive HS
Accepted for CS:UMD, Umass-Amherst. Deferred UMich, waiting on VT
Will decide after the dust settles

Decision:
Deferred In State
Not exactly sure why which is upsetting.

Objective:
SAT:
ACT: 33 Composite: 31 English, 35 math, 30 Reading, 35 Science
SAT Subject Tests: 700M2, 700 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25% out of 450
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in CS, APUSH, Phy1
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Phy2, AP CALC AB/BC, AP PSYCH, HON NETWORK Engineering, Hon english IV, Hon Spanish IV
Major Awards: Placed for FBLA Computer problem solving and for social media

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA Officer, Spanish Club Officer, NTHS, NSHS, Created website for school
Job/Work Experience: Ran some game servers and did jobs creating websites and programs
Volunteer/Community service: Cleaning up YMCA Camp
Summer Activities: Create websites and host game servers
Essays: I thought they were really good
State: NC
School Type: Top Public in NC
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Strengths: ACT, rigor, and extra curriculars?
Weaknesses: GPA?
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? UNC: Deferred. Streak of deferrals right now I thought I could atleast get in here but guess not.
Will you go to NC State? If i get in
Advice for future applicants: I guess keep your gpa high since nothing else matters apparently

Decision:
Accepted
OOS (Virginia) Computer Engineering Intent
Asian Male

Objective:
SAT:1890- 690M, 560CR
ACT:26 (did not submit)
SAT Subject Tests: 700 Math 1, 610 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.22
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6th of 331
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 APUSH, 3 AP Lang and Comp
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, Honors English, Engineerig Design Developmemt (PLTW Class), AP Government
Major Awards: 1st place group talent at Virgini Beta State convention, academic excellence awards 9th-11th grade

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club, NHS (treasurer), indoor/outdoor track, XC, piano, soccer, lacrosse, Academic quiz bowl
Job/Work Experience: Swimming Instructor at the YMCA during summer
Volunteer/Community service: Probably 150+ hours through beta club, NHS, and mainly through my church.
Summer Activities: Work, XC training, different camps
Essays: Very good and unique, talked about being Asian, hearing impaired, a runner.
Teacher Recommendation: Very good, I get along with my teachers and they like me.
Counselor Rec: Very good, all she needed was my resume, knows me well
Additional Rec: None
State: Virginia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Male

Strengths: ECs, class rank, recommendations, course load throughout high school.
Weaknesses: Test scores, not very good at them, average SAT and ACTs.
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? Duke - rejected, UMBC- accepted, CNU- accepted, ODU- accepted, UVA & Tulane - deferred, USNA & VA Tech- still waiting.
Will you go to NC State? It’s one of my top choices
Advice for future applicants: Have a balanced application. Take SATs seriously, if you’re not a good test taker then practice. Do good in high school (just do the work).

Decision:
Accepted OOS Engineering Comp Sci Intent

Objective:
SAT: did not submit
ACT: 30 c
SAT Subject Tests: did not take take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci, Calc AB, Euro, Physics (4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Calc BC, Astronomy, Eng
Major Awards: USAcademic Decathlon state math medalist, multiple medals in USAD,Eagle Scout, National Honor Soc, Math National Honor Soc

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scouting 11 years (Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow BSA National Honor Society Executive Committee Member), US FIRST Robotics team, USAD multiple State Championships
Job/Work Experience: Math and Science Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 1000’s of hours rebuilding community parks, rebuilding/ building trails for Nature preserves and BSA’s high adventure base in West VA
Summer Activities: see volunteering
Essays: solid
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec. excellent:
Additional Rec. none
State: Connecticut
School Type: public
Ethnicity: mixed race
Gender: male

Strengths: solid scores, focused extracurriculars with strong leadership

Weaknesses: gap
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them?
Alabama accepted -full ride, UMass Amherst- accepted, Purdue - accepted, UChicago - deferred, USC, NWU, SyrU, VT, UConn still pending
Will you go to NC State? Possibly
Advice for future applicants: NCSU is big on community and service, plus leadership. Seeing other students stats compared to my son’s vs those who did, did not get accepted, the only thing I can see is the fact that my son has exceptional leadership in a focused area that is also the source of exceptional community service.

@allogotor I am surprised you were deferred. Which college/major? Was it engineering or design? Good luck getting in soon.

Any word on when we will hear about financial aid and scholarships?

Decision:
Accepted ENG (Civil)
In-State
White Female

Objective:
SAT: 1870
ACT: 28
SAT Subject Tests:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/600
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Euro, AP Digital Electronics,
Major Awards: Study Abroad Scholarship

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (Captain), NHS, French Honor Society, Academy of Engineering
Job/Work Experience: Food, Retail, Internship
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: American Cancer Society Internship, Study Abroad (London)
Essays: Above Average
Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully good?
Counselor Rec: No Idea
Additional Rec: Great
State: NC
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Extremely White
Gender: Female

Strengths: GPA, Class Rank
Weaknesses: Test Scores
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them? Univ. Richmond, Boston U, William & Mary, Bucknell, Lehigh, Brown
Will you go to NC State? Hopefully not.
Advice for future applicants:

Hey guys, just to confess…i did not apply early…i applied on the jan 15 deadline date

Decision:
Accepted into first year engineering with electrical engineering intent(Im international)

Objective:
SAT: 1880— 720 math, 580 in other 2.
ACT: 30
SAT Subject Tests: 760 M2, 670 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Dont have GPA system
Weighted GPA: Dont have GPA system
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Dont rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): 32+1(1 in TOK/EE)
Senior Year Course Load: Math HL, Physics HL, Economics HL, Chem SL, French AB, English Lit and Lang SL
Major Awards: Math Olympics 2nd place(state level)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varasity badminton and basketball captian, Badminton state and national, Volleyball varasity team player, 2 MUNs winner, Co-Founder of Engineering Club in school, IAYP(International Award for Young People) silver award holder.
Job/Work Experience: 2 Week Internship at a 3-4 year old firm of electronic units like power factor relays…
Volunteer/Community service: all throughout high school i went to 2 places for 400+ hours total.
Summer Activities: nothing much
Essays: i think they were very good
Teacher Recommendation: glowing recommendation from physics teacher
Counselor Rec: did not see
Additional Rec: no additional one
Country: India
School Type:-
Ethnicity:
Gender: Male

Strengths: EC, ACT
Weaknesses: IB predicted?
What colleges applied to and admission decisions for them: Northeastern-accepted, Purdue-Accepted, Georgia Tech.Waiting for rest
Will you go to NC State? Probably
Advice for future applicants:

@BeastOfEarth - you applied on 1/15 and you’ve already gotten acceptance? Wow, I thought the 2nd round didn’t hear back until March.

@Trusting i dint even check my wolfpaw cause i wasnt expect it until mid march,
but i got a random mail asking me if i wanted my letter of acceptance shipped to me or speed posted and i thought it was just a ■■■■■ by one of my friends but the wolfpaw account confirmed that i had been accepted!!!

Can someone help me out about my other post:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/north-carolina-state-university/1857980-got-in-cant-find-their-conditions.html#latest

Much Appreciated