Did he apply for engineering or bio at NC State? What county are you in? I don’t think nobody values sports anymore…why do you say that? My kid’s app was sports heavy and she got into NC State and UNC. I think the GPA is what kept him out, not the sports. UNC has a 4.45 average GPA. If he wasn’t top 10% of his class and applied for engineering at NC State, that was likely the issue.