How is communications in NCSU?

[cindydreamus]

Hi im new here! Greetings to everyone first!

I have received offer of admission from MA in Comm from NCSU, and with fundings! But still wait for results from other schools I applied for.

Anyone here know this program or this university? And anyone here has been to Raleigh? I'm not living in US, hope you could give me some ideas. Thanks!

BTW, I know the weather there is pretty fine, and it is said that North Carolina is one of the best places for living and working in US?

[siamesecat]

I went to NCSU for my undergrad. Anything you want to know I can help you with! I enjoyed my time there, NCSU is a good school with great professors. It is a huge school though so it is easy to get lost in the mix of all the students. I'm not entirely familiar with the communications department, but did take one class in it and loved the professor. NCSU is broken into 'schools' and communication was in the same school as sociology (my undergrad major) which is called CHASS (college of humanities and social sciences). I really enjoyed my professors and the university but like I said, atmosphere wise, you need to be comfortable being in a huge university in a bity city. If that's for you, then NCSU is perfect. Definitely not the small liberal arts type school though...definitely math/science/technology oriented.

As for Raleigh, it really is an awesome place to live. I've lived in NC my whole life and I'm partial but if you're not from the US, NC is a great place to be. Raleigh is smack in the middle of nearly everything you could ever want and NCSU is a convenient drive to nearby cities such as Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Durham, Apex, Cary, etc. My brother in law has a post on all of the food/outings/places to live in the 'city guide' section, his username is Gadheyln or something like that. His post was geared towards UNC Chapel Hill though, but I definitely know of all the good areas to live near NCSU if you do decide to go there.

Any other info you would like, just ask, or PM me, I've seriously grown up in this area all my life and spent the past five years living five minutes from NCSU.

[cindydreamus]

I went to NCSU for my undergrad. Anything you want to know I can help you with! I enjoyed my time there, NCSU is a good school with great professors. It is a huge school though so it is easy to get lost in the mix of all the students. I'm not entirely familiar with the communications department, but did take one class in it and loved the professor. NCSU is broken into 'schools' and communication was in the same school as sociology (my undergrad major) which is called CHASS (college of humanities and social sciences). I really enjoyed my professors and the university but like I said, atmosphere wise, you need to be comfortable being in a huge university in a bity city. If that's for you, then NCSU is perfect. Definitely not the small liberal arts type school though...definitely math/science/technology oriented.

As for Raleigh, it really is an awesome place to live. I've lived in NC my whole life and I'm partial but if you're not from the US, NC is a great place to be. Raleigh is smack in the middle of nearly everything you could ever want and NCSU is a convenient drive to nearby cities such as Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Durham, Apex, Cary, etc. My brother in law has a post on all of the food/outings/places to live in the 'city guide' section, his username is Gadheyln or something like that. His post was geared towards UNC Chapel Hill though, but I definitely know of all the good areas to live near NCSU if you do decide to go there.

Any other info you would like, just ask, or PM me, I've seriously grown up in this area all my life and spent the past five years living five minutes from NCSU.

Thank you so much, Siamesecat!!! I also heard that people from NC are very nice! You r the one!! Your information sounds interesting and it helps~ Since you have lived there for your whole life, do you know sth about the media or communication industry in NC or Relaigh? Is it developped? Actually, I am concerned about the job. You know, NC is a not a big city, and many industry is tech-oriented, so how about the job market for sociology majors?

[siamesecat]

No problem! People in the south are generally very nice, especially in smaller towns outside NC where everyone knows your name, hehe. I'm not too familiar with the communication area in particular, but I do know that the Raleigh area is a booming place for jobs..it's always ranked very high up on places to work/live/be happy so I'm sure that the media world is included and you would be able to find plentiful opportunities here. Sociology is a whole different story since the liberal arts don't hold too many opportunities with just a BA...but you can certainly find something (though you won't be in the Bachelor's boat since you're going for grad school obviously). If you mean graduate majors from sociology, there are plenty of job opportunities in the research field with companies around the area.

So in general...I wouldn't rely on my expertise in the specific field you're in, but as a rule of thumb Raleigh is pretty good for having job opportunities available to graduates I hope that helps somewhat! If anything you'll love living here if you've never been somewhere like here before!

[cindydreamus]

haha yes it hellps! I think I will favorably consider NCSU for my final decision~ Thank you again! Very nice talking to you!!!