Similar Schools to Virginia Tech?

[Anonymous]

NC State. Similar in size to VT, but it is a more urban campus.

[Anonymous]

Grew up in Massachusetts and 2 classmates went to
Rochester Institute of Technology (in NY)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (in MA)

Don't have personal experience, but on the surface, they might fit the bill for your son

[Anonymous]

maybe RPI?

[Anonymous]

Clemson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has similar interests and is looking at U Delaware, U Michigan, Clemson, U Georgia and Purdue.

and Indiana, Illinoiis and Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

Penn State

[Anonymous]

Penn State is more difficult to get into than Virginia Tech -Georgia Tech harder than VT too. I second Clemson, and NC State as a good possibles. May not meet your son's criteria, but I like to mention Michigan Tech. They need students, remote location and they get -alot- of snow. Out-of-state students can get a very sweet deal. Well ranked engineering school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Penn State is more difficult to get into than Virginia Tech -Georgia Tech harder than VT too. I second Clemson, and NC State as a good possibles. May not meet your son's criteria, but I like to mention Michigan Tech. They need students, remote location and they get -alot- of snow. Out-of-state students can get a very sweet deal. Well ranked engineering school.

In my experience having 3 kids graduate from a strong public Va high school, VA Tech is harder to get into for these kids. For whatever reason, Penn State loves them.

[Anonymous]

True it seems for NOVA kids, PennState is easier to get into than Va Tech - at least based on the kids from DS's school that went to each.

[Anonymous]

GMU has an excellent, huge engineering department with multiple engineering degrees and advanced engineering degrees but I know of kids whose scores weren't high enough so their counselors steered them elsewhere for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Re Engineering at GMU. Good luck! http://volgenau.gmu.edu/

[Anonymous]

West Virginia has a similar feel.

[Anonymous]

Definitely a male oriented school - 60/40 male/female ratio.

70% acceptance rate, so it's a good safety school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn State is more difficult to get into than Virginia Tech -Georgia Tech harder than VT too. I second Clemson, and NC State as a good possibles. May not meet your son's criteria, but I like to mention Michigan Tech. They need students, remote location and they get -alot- of snow. Out-of-state students can get a very sweet deal. Well ranked engineering school.

In my experience having 3 kids graduate from a strong public Va high school, VA Tech is harder to get into for these kids. For whatever reason, Penn State loves them.

OP here, this is my concern. He has the grades and extra curricula (scores haven't come in yet) to get into Tech - on paper, but I keep hearing the stories of kids getting into far better (on paper) schools out of state and being wait listed or rejected by the in-state schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Penn State is more difficult to get into than Virginia Tech -Georgia Tech harder than VT too. I second Clemson, and NC State as a good possibles. May not meet your son's criteria, but I like to mention Michigan Tech. They need students, remote location and they get -alot- of snow. Out-of-state students can get a very sweet deal. Well ranked engineering school.

In my experience having 3 kids graduate from a strong public Va high school, VA Tech is harder to get into for these kids. For whatever reason, Penn State loves them.

OP here, this is my concern. He has the grades and extra curricula (scores haven't come in yet) to get into Tech - on paper, but I keep hearing the stories of kids getting into far better (on paper) schools out of state and being wait listed or rejected by the in-state schools.

The stories are probably true. The this is where your school's Naviance scatter gram has very useful data. The posters here saying Tech with a 70% acceptance rate and is a safety haven't applied with a kid around here. Local kids going to Va Tech average about a 4.0 GPA and around 1300 SAT. (Much higher than Tech's entering class overall). But Naviance will give you the data for recent applicants from your kid's high school.