North Carolina State University at Raleigh Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Casey

There are not any major stereotypes that I have heard of, although I tend to hear that students at State are only engineers or agriculture majors. There is little mention of other majors. This is partially accurate, although not completely true. North Carolina State University is mostly composed of engineering and agriculture majors, but also offers a wide variety of majors.

laura

NCSU is perceived as an agricultural school or engineering school.

Lindsay

rednecks

Caitlin

A lot of interested student are turned off when they realize how large the campus is and think it would be impossible for them to find anything. Also, as a large agriculture school, outsiders seem to think we're all just a bunch of country hicks with no diversity on our campus.

Cam

Stereotypes? there like 30,000 people here, we've got just about every kind of person you can imagine. Some examples: our computer and engineering buildings can be fun to watch as classes change because all you see are middle-easterners coming out (like 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of them). But, overal NCSU has a very diverse group of students, I can't even begin to think about listing any specific stereotypes besides maybe a little hint of southern influence overall.

Andy

They are rednecks, foreigners, or not as smart as UNC-Chapel Hills students.

Chris

It's been often said that NCSU students hate Carolina with a passion.

Owen

That we are all agriculture students and hicks.

Carey

They call us "cow college" and they think all students are rednecks who couldn't get into UNC. They say our campus is ugly and all brick. They say we have no rival, that UNC doesn't care about us. They say our male/female ratio is 60/40 and worse.

Erin

One of the main stereotypes is that NCSU that it is a "hick" school. Yes there are good agricutural programs at State and you have farmer boys but there are all sorts of people at State. You can find somewhere to fit in with no problem.

Steven

Some people call us a farm college since we've got an agriculture school and some 2 year degree programs that have... something to do with farming. Also, people say that there's no women or bad looking women around campus, since we're such an engineering-heavy school.

Lindsey

country, low class, no style

Laura

Hicks, farmers, homo-phobes

Catherine

Country

Hannah

Some people would probably stereotype NCSU students as being "red-necks" with big trucks and confederate flags on their cars.

Bobby

that we are not an accepting school

Jody

that they are rednecks

Paige

We have a stereotype as being extremely southern and conservative. We also have a stereotype as not being as good academically and athletically as neighboring schools.

sarah

I've heard people from UNC say that State is just a bunch of rednecks. Haha, I mean, we do have a big agricultural program here, but there is definitely a greatly diverse presence here at NC State.

Claire

Farmers, lots of guys, bad greek life, huge school

Alison

The sterotypes that I hear most often is that everyone is from a farm background, and that we aren't smart students

Hannah

rednecks

Cody

I have commonly heard that NCSU students "like to have a good time"..whatever it takes

Katie

I don't really know any. Maybe they are all farmers...I haven't heard any

Katie

rednecks, math and science,

Maureen

They are not as smart as students at UNC.

Shelby

farmers, farm school

Kelsey

some stereotypes are that states students are mainly fraternity/sorority types and farmers

erin

I am not from North Carolina so I am unfamiliar with many of the stereotypes about NCSU and the students. I suppose that alot of students are country hicks could be one stereotype.

Andy

We're all rednecks.

Sarah

Agriculture school, lots of rednecks

Mary

We're all country hicks who aren't very smart

alison

all rednecks

Carrie

mostly engineers

Emily

1. Students only go to NCSU if they don't get into Carolina. 2. NCSU is only good for engineering.

Emily

That our campus population is heavily composed of rednecks and farmers.

Nico

There may be stereotypes but I shatter them.

Erika

That the school only deals with animals, farm animals to be exact, and the students are all red necks who just want to learn how to take care of the farm animals.

Shelley

They are not as intelligent as those who go to UNC or Duke NCSU is made up of "rednecks" and "hicks"

Caroline

Hmm...well I heard that everyone thinks we're nothing but farmers...we are an agriculture school.

Whitney

Overly conservative, backwoods farm kids.

Erin

All engineering students. Greek Life sucks.

Erika

-That all of us are agriculture majors. -That we couldn't get into UNC-CH.

Erin

That if you can't get into UNC or Duke you go to NCSU, therefore were not as "smart" as the rest of them.

Harper

we are the "stupid" kids from NC because we go to the agriculture school; we attend "moo u"

Julie

That everyone is really country, the "farmers."

Quinn

We are redneck, country people that all grew up on farms

Jenn

NCSU is primarily an engineering and/or agriculture college. The guy to girl ratio is greater.

Ashley

All students are country and farmers. We are not as good as UNC Chapel Hill, and we have a boring campus. A lot of the students are engineers.

Nick

that we are dumb rednecks that couldn't get into UNC