Welcome to YOuniversityTV. I'm Ferrari st. Paul and I'm Jessica woody
We're here at North Carolina State University's very famous Brickyard where we found these supercool dog ears designed by the college of engineering
We can actually hear each other from more than 50 feet away
let's go check out what other cool stuff we can find at NC State North Carolina State is located in Raleigh the
Research Triangle Park and only a couple miles from downtown Raleigh
There's a lot to do because we are in the city, you know
The downtown is right down the street from this there's a lot of bands
I like to play downtown's a lot of fairs always come to Raleigh. The Durham Bulls is just a couple minutes away from us
So you can go see a baseball game. You can find anything to do around Raleigh
basically
NC State's large University sits on over 2,000 acres of natural
environment conveniently located near North Carolina's Outer Banks and the Blue Ridge Mountains
with a student enrollment of over
34,000 NC State is the largest university in North Carolina. The student body is made up of
55% men and 45%
women and you're so diverse from like this is the way they dress to the way they speak and the way they act it's
people from everywhere to stay it's so big and they all come together and
Become friends North Carolina State has a highly selective requirement process
competitive applicants on strong grades while taking a challenging course curriculum and also report
competitive standardized test scores
we do have to be selective in our review process to
To select students that we think are going to be a great fit and we want to put them in the best
Situation to succeed in state students can expect to pay around seventy eight hundred in tuition and fees per year
while those heading in from out of state will pay closer to twenty one thousand a year plus additional fees of
5,400 for room and rent and 3,000 for Mills will be expected from those living on campus
Need a break from the book take the infeed cake Krispy Kreme challenge
First you run the two miles from campus to Krispy Kreme
Then you eat a dozen donuts and run all the way back to campus but you've got to do all that in just an hour
NC State offers over 100 majors including mathematics
meteorology economics political science
Forestry physics and education some student favorites are engineering business and biology
Are we going to do a lot of cool hands-on things we mimic a production scale
Biopharmaceutical facility so we actually take students into our facility and they produce a biopharmaceutical product with over 2,200
Faculty members students are lucky to have a low student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1
Over 92% of the full-time faculty have their PhD or terminal degree. There's a big college
I'll say but if you take the town, so go talk to the professor
They'll take the time out and help you with what you need. So I've had very good experiences with all of my professors
Have I know them all on a personal basis the NC State Wolfpack compete at the Division one level as an Atlantic Coast Conference?
founding member, North Carolina State University
supports 23 intercollegiate varsity sports that have won eight national two NCAA
And to eight I a W championships game day is when you really see how big in sea state is
You really don't notice it until you go to a football game or basketball game because you see just everybody out
celebrating, you know for one cause to have us mourn but it's a really good experience 35 percent of all students live on campus in
One of 20 different resident halls or apartment style buildings. The freshman dorms are Hall style
So it's one long hall and then you share a big everybody every year
They have a competition between Tucker Hall and Owen Hall or they just go out play lots of games play volleyball and whoever wins gets
to name the beach NC State offers over 500 student organizations
250 study abroad programs 52 Greek organizations and over 50 clubs sports including the very popular
Ultimate Frisbee. Yeah, one thing we say here in the North Carolina the sky's the limit really you can do almost anything
We also have every type of intramural sport
Which is one of my favorite I actually play in the intramural basketball league
So we get to play other students and that's really fun that all kind of see the students and let me know that
You're around more than just in your professional setting agricultural week here in the Brickyard. I learn how to lasso
I also they have a cow here that has a hole on this side
That was interesting because you can stick your hand in there and fill the stomach
I would say that's something that I'll never forget cuz I've never seen that before in my life
time to shack up for a good cause
jackets on his NC State's Habitat for Humanity's annual fall fundraiser
Habitat for Humanity and many other student organizations
Take over the campus Brickyard by building shots for the students would sleep and study in for an entire week some people make people
Tables out of plywood things like that. They get creative with it. They make chairs
It was a very cool thing to see each brief raises money by collecting from people walking through the Brickyard
Shakka thon was started with one Shack
Survive I bet you didn't know that an NC State alum is the vision behind the plasma TV
You have inventor Donald Bitzer to think when you're watching your favors and high-def
so if you're looking for a university with a close-knit community and
educational challenges check out North Carolina State University at
NCSU
Edu, thanks for joining us here in Raleigh, North Carolina on our tour of North Carolina State University. I'm Ferrari st
Paul and I'm just kidding. We'll catch you next time