I am an out-of-state student applying to NCSU EA, here are my stats:
Male, White, Out-of-State
Intended College: College of Sciences
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.35 W (low GPA due to pre-HS standard classes)
ACT (1 sitting)
Composite: 34
English 32, Math 34, Reading 35, Science 34
APs:
AP Statistics (4), AP Calculus BC (4 with 4 on AB Subscore), AP Computer Science A (4), AP Macroeconomics (5)
Taking AP ES and AP Psych this year
Extracurriculars:
President of school Student Council (VP for 2 previous years)
President of NEHS branch (VP last year)
Vice President of Mu Alpha Theta
Member of Science National Honor Society (3 years)
Teaching programming and math to kids at library (5 years)
Volunteer hours (~150)
Awards (weak section):
AP Scholar with Honor
Distinguished Honor Roll
LORs: should be strong, I selected teachers that have known me since sophomore year
Here’s my thought. It’s not worth paying triple the cost for OOS tuition for the sake of “prestige.” The most you can take out in student loans for a 4 year degree is $27k. The rest has to be paid by your parents. No bachelors degree is worth that much. I recommend checking out scholarships. You qualify for the Presidential scholarship at the University of Alabama, which covers full tuition.
@DecideSomeHow I just moved from Mississippi to North Carolina. I contacted the admissions department and they said I would be considered out of state for this admissions year.
That puts you in a very interesting status. You should definitely do some research, and plan ahead for becoming in-state for tuition when you are eligible. https://ncresidency.cfnc.org/residencyInfo/
Something else you might want to consider is re-taking the ACT. Not necessarily for admissions (although it won’t hurt), but for course placement. A 33 on the English section gives you credit for the English 101 requirement.
@DecideSomeHow Thanks so much! Do you happen to know if ACT scores taken after I was admitted (e.g. if I took the ACT at the end of my senior year) would count for the English 101? I seem to be comfortably above the admitted class profile, but I wasn’t sure if my out of state status would hurt in the admissions consideration.
I generally try not to comment on anyone’s chances, but there is a cap on out of state enrollment at all the NC schools. So that does affect your chances. I don’t think NCSU is currently at the cap, but it is hard to quantify how this affects out of state students. I have never seen an in state vs. out of state acceptance rate, but some inference can be made from the freshman profile I linked earlier - 17000 in state applications and 10000 out of state applications. Out of state enrollment is capped at 18%.
You really should go to an open house and ask these same questions directly.
Recently toured N.C. State. In the presentation they said OOS has just as much chance as IS since they “never hit the cap”. I was surprised by that statement but encourage you to apply given your strong academic stats.
Took the NC State tour with one of our OOS daughters yesterday and the admissions rep we spoke to gave us the same answer about never approaching “the cap” because NC State doesn’t get the same volume of OOS applications that UNC does; even adding that it may be easier to get in depending on whether the applicant is from a state they are looking to draw from to better round out the pool of incoming Freshmen.
That said: data online for the 2017 class has 776 OOS students enrolled out of 4,725 Freshmen, so while that may not technically be at the cap, it’s pretty close
I am an OOS sophomore at NC State, and your stats are much better than mine were! After being here for a year I can tell you that state REALLY wants to grab those OOS students from UNC. Your stats would only be slightly on the lower end if you were applying for engineering, but for College of Sciences you should fall in the top half. I hope you join the wolfpack next year
