<p>Would any of you go to NC State on a scholarship if you were accepted to Carolina without a penny.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t because I only applied to State as a back up school since it’s not strong in my area of interest. I’d say it depends on the hardship UNC will cost you (And you don’t even know if you haven’t gotten aid from UNC yet) and how well your passion fits into either school (State isn’t strong on the humanities and that’s what I’m interested in) If you’re a math/engineering based Major then I’d say go for State but it’s up to you really.</p>
<p>I know of a boy from our area that was accepted at UVA, UNC (without scholarships) and at NC State with a Parks scholarship. Even though his family could easily afford costs at any of the schools, he chose State as he felt the Parks would open doors for him.</p>
<p>Only if you were interested in math/engineering/agriculture.</p>
<p>Otherwise, there is really no comparison.</p>
<p>Careful heathergee, we live between unc and ncsu and from 1st hand experience I can say each school offers programs that are vastly superior to the other and they go far beyond just the 3 you mentioned @ ncsu. For snoz’s benefit, it would help if we knew what are those things about the college experience that he’s most interested in…academics/which degree program, social, athletic, university community,etc. </p>
<p>btw snoz, congrats on getting a scholarship to ncsu</p>
<p>I agree with hardknox1149. NCSU has some very strong departments with outstanding faculty-- and definitely not all in engineering/agriculture. In fact, their English dept is excellent, and they offer a strong (and well-known) creative writing MFA. They also have a world renowned linguistics professor there (who is also heavily involved in the Duke graduate program in linquistics). They have a terrific theatre/performing arts program, along with a theatre company that is very active-- all made up of students-- and an excellent student dance company. They also have a pretty amazing Crafts Center (currently under major renovation, to be completed in 2009), and that offers pottery, photography, weaving, furniture building, etc.-- and students get first pick of all classes, which are also dirt cheap for students. There’s lots going on there.</p>
<p>Don’t know what kind of scholarship you were awarded, snoz, but I also offer my congratulations. I’ve known several students over the years who were/are Park Scholars, and they were/are very happy there.</p>