North Carolina State

University

Fast Facts

• Red and White• Located in Raleigh, North Carolina

• 2,859 miles away from Sonoma• Nickname: Wolfpack

# of Students

• Today, NC State has an enrollment of more than 33,000 students, making it the largest university in North Carolina.

Campus

• Architecturally, Main Campus is known for its distinctive red brick buildings. Because of oversupply, odd brick statues dot the landscape, the University Plaza, colloquially named "The Brickyard", in Central Campus is nicknamed for its paving material, and most sidewalks are also made from brick.

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Bell Tower• The Memorial Bell Tower serves as the signature of NC State. It was constructed as a monument to alumni killed in World War I.

• As a tradition, the Bell Tower is lit in red at night immediately following athletic victories and certain academic achievements. The Bell Tower, however, does not actually have a bell.

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Getting In…

• Considered a more selective university, NC State accepts more than half of those who apply for undergraduate admissions. For the class of 2012, 59% of about 18,000 applicants who applied for admission to N.C. State were accepted.

• The mean GPA for freshman entering fall of 2010 is 4.23.

Sports• The athletic teams of NC State, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports.

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Top Majors

• NC State is known for its programs in agriculture, design, engineering, veterinary medicine, and science. The textile and paper engineering programs are notable, given the uniqueness of the subject area.

• NC state offers over 100 majors.

Habitat for

Humanity

• The Shack-A-Thon, an NCSU tradition since 1991, is NC State's Habitat for Humanity's annual fall fundraiser. Habitat for Humanity and many other student organizations take over the Brickyard by building shacks that the students live, sleep, and study in for an entire week. Each group raises money by collecting from people walking through the brickyard.

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Wolf Says…

• NCSU may not be for those who do not like big schools.

• The majority of the population constantly shows a school spirit that cannot be matched.

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