My personal statement talked about my goals and how they push me to constantly better myself. I discussed how my father took my brother and I to Cape Canaveral when I was younger to watch one of the final launches of the Space Shuttle. I decided at that moment that I wanted to go into science and math, and engineering stemmed out of that. My personal statement was crafted to say how my goals fell in line with the characteristics...

I had to take on loans my Freshman year, and they totaled around $7500. I applied for scholarships, but did not really get any when coming into my University. One...

Sports. Go to all the sporting events you can. Basketball, Football, even Volleyball. You...

This would have to be a Shakespeare course I took my Freshman year. I'm in engineering, so it was vastly different from all the...

I would not have put so much time into thinking of every single club I attended or did stuff with in high school. Honestly, the university cares more about what you...

I did not use a private admissions counselor, as I did not even know they existed. My...

So, NC State is in an upward trend. Every year, it is getting harder and harder to get into. This is both good and bad; it is good because the school is getting more competitive, but bad because many students who would have been admitted a year prior may now be below the standards. Due to this, it is good to stay on top of test scores and extracurricular activities. NC State likes to...

I applied to two other schools- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Georgia Tech. My family on my mother's side have always been Tarheel fans, and it made a lot of sense for me to apply there because I grew up a...

I plan on going to graduate school to get my Doctorate in...

It helps to do service work over the summer, a job, or to attend a summer camp at a university...