North Carolina State Visitor Guide - 2025 - Magazine - Page 17
Academics
Undergraduate Admissions
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Finding Your Best Fit
Not Sure What to Study?
No matter your passion, we want to help you pursue it. And
Take advantage of Focus 2 Apply, a
you don't have to pick just one area of interest. With more
career assessment tool that will help you
than 100 majors and 120 minors, you have the opportunity
identify majors at NC State that align with
to create your own path. Explore your options at
your future goals. Discover your career
go.ncsu.edu/see-major-catalog.
path at go.ncsu.edu/focus2apply.
First-Year Programs
Transfer Applicants
NC State’s first-year programs are designed to help students
Over 20% of our students begin their
explore major opportunities before committing to a specific
college journey at another institution
discipline. About 66% of incoming students start in a first-year
before transferring to NC State. If you're
program, where they take common courses and work with
at an NC Community College, you can
academic advisors. This guidance helps them choose a major
take advantage of our Transfer Planner
that best fits their interests. First-year applicants can select an
to build your own unique transfer
intended major within one of five first-year programs. Learn
pathway into the major of your choice.
more at go.ncsu.edu/see-fy-programs.
Visit go.ncsu.edu/see-transfer-planner.
Application Dates and Deadlines
Fall Entry
First-Year
Early Action
Regular Decision
Deadline
* Nov. 1
Deadline
Deadline
Feb. 15
Oct. 1
Notification
Notification
** April 15
** Nov. 15
Jan. 15
Notification
Jan. 30
Spring Entry
First-Year and Transfer
Fall Entry
Transfer
Mar. 30
* Studio-based majors are fall entry only for first-year and transfer applicants. A complete
application includes a portfolio and an additional essay and must be submitted by November 1.
Learn more about other programs that are fall entry only at go.ncsu.edu/see-fall-entry-only.
** Beginning on these dates, notifications will be sent out on a rolling basis.
How
Ho
w to Apply
Learn about the information we consider in
admissions decisions, and see our application
requirements at go.ncsu.edu/see-application.
Submit your completed application through:
Common Application
go.ncsu.edu/see-common-app
Coalition on Scoir
go.ncsu.edu/see-coalition-app
NC State Transfer App
go.ncsu.edu/see-transfer-app
