Letter saying he's a competitive candidate

jjcddg · 11-30-2007, 02:22 PM

My DS got a letter today saying he's a competitive candidate for admission and that they are sending his file to the design school for consideration. Did anyone else get one of these letters?

It also says he'll be contacted in January from the College of Design for a review. Anyone know if this is a phone interview or what???

PackMom · 12-01-2007, 07:40 PM

I'm no expert but I thought all candidates for the School of Design had to have an interview and present a portfolio of their work.

jjcddg · 12-01-2007, 09:26 PM

Oh that's right. My DS realized what it meant, but communication is not particularly strong at this point. Now I realize that this was one of the schools that he didn't have to send a portfolio to when he first applied. So there are other schools we will hear the same thing from. Wow this is like applying twice.

PackMom · 12-02-2007, 11:32 AM

yes, my S's good friend is a landscape architecture major. I hear that the interviews are very important as the number of spots available is limited.

LizfromNC · 12-06-2007, 07:20 PM

I got a letter in mail today dated 12/4 saying "thanks for completing application..."NC State has much to offer outstanding students such as yourself, including extensive study abroad experiences, University Honors Program, University Scholars program.....etc....We look forward to providing you with a formal response to your application soon." Did anyone else get a letter like that? It looks like a 'form letter' but not sure. I'm applying as Biology/Chemistry Major.

momhippo · 12-06-2007, 07:23 PM

Liz, S got one today and he's applying as an engineering major. Did you apply for Park?

cs08carolina · 12-06-2007, 07:56 PM

I got a likely letter from UNC but nothing from State. Hmm...maybe something will come later this week?

Cubsfan23 · 12-06-2007, 10:22 PM

I got the same letter Liz. I'm pretty sure it means you're in because it says stuff like "NC STATE has much to offer outstanding students such as yourself" and like "We look forward to providing you with a forward response to your application soon".

Goheels81 · 12-07-2007, 10:30 AM

My son got the same letter today. He's applying for engineering.

LizfromNC · 12-07-2007, 03:05 PM

Momhippo -- I did not apply for Park Scholarship - guidance counselor said I need to be in top 3% of class to be competitive for that one. I'm 29/273 in my class; GPA 4.27 W; lots of community svs/volunteer stuff; SAT 710 v, 660 m, 670 writing. But, I did apply for the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Scholarship and got an email a few weeks ago that I'm one of 33 that made it to the next round - so keeping my fingers crossed! I've also applied for Navy ROTC Scholarship. The sense I get (from talking to staff @ NCSU open house & other events) is that unless you're in top 5% of class very few merit scholarship opportunities.

momhippo · 12-07-2007, 04:42 PM

Liz, Congrats on making it to the next round for the leadership scholarship. Thanks for the info on the class rank percentages for the scholarships - didn't know that.

PackMom · 12-08-2007, 09:30 AM

Everyone should look for merit scholarships on the homepage of their department major. They are sometimes be easier to qualify for than the big general scholarships.

My S1 is an example. He graduated h.s. in 2005.. 6/435, gpa 4.65w,SAT 1400(old). He won a NROTC scholarship (good luck to you Liz!) and also applied for a University Merit scholarship and a scholarship from his major dept (worth almost full tution!). We would never even have known about the Departmental scholarship if we hadn't just stumbled upon it under a tiny "scholarships" heading on his dept. homepage.

In April of his senior year, he got a letter saying he didn't get the Univ. Merit scholarship ("many qualified applicants" etc). Then in June, he got a letter saying he had gotten the Merit scholarship ($2500/yr). I called to question it and was told that some who originally got the scholarship decided not to come to NCSU so they just gave the scholarships to the next "runners-up" on the list...yah. Then later in June (after h.s. graduation), S1 received a letter from his major dept. saying he would receive their scholarship also....yah again.

So all of this is to say ....look carefully at all dept. pages and click on anything that says scholarship. Apply for them all. You never know what might happen!

KLLeader · 12-08-2007, 11:27 PM

I agree with PackMom. Apply for all of the scholarships that you can especially departmental scholarships as they are easier to get than general ones. It is very hard to merit based scholarships from NC public universities but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.

Don't forget to look for outside scholarships because they are way easier to get. Every year a lot of money goes unclaimed because no one applies for the scholarships. A lot scholarships put together can equal full tuition so be sure that you look out for these small outside scholarships.