Virginia Tech offering incoming freshman $1000 not to come

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those are creative and appealing offers- saves a significant amount of a 4 year degree.

$1000/year is a significant savings? Tuition is $23,000.

The community college credit would save quite a bit of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are also offering to pay a student’s community college tuition in the form of a tuition credit once they transfer to Tech OR take classes this summer for free, but leave for either the fall or spring semester.

What happens if they don’t get many takers?

They need to start stressing to these incoming Freshmen how miserable life will be due to overcrowding.

I've been in this situation and it is NOT fun. Two person rooms had a third squeezed in; four person suite style rooms had a 5th and sometimes 6th person squeezed in; practically no one got a single unless there was an extreme medical reason. The study rooms that could be reserved for small groups of 8 people were turned into dorm rooms. The larger common rooms that had couches, tables & chairs, and TVs were set up to house students in a barracks style situation. "Desks" (really tables & chairs set up) lined the two of the walls and the bunk beds were clustered in the middle of the room. A third wall was lined with armoires that had to be shared for clothing. Students housed in hotels and bused back to campus.

Classes that had fixed seating had chairs brought in and placed wherever they'd fit and you just had to take notes on your lap. You sat on the floor to take a test and used the chair as your desk. Classes that had desks had extras brought in but it never failed that desks would migrate out of the room and you'd end up with a few people having to just sit on the floor.

There was always enough food but never enough seating in the dining hall. Getting a student football ticket was nearly impossible as a freshmen because they used a point system and freshmen got the least points at the start.

[Anonymous]

And I thought snowflakes were a recent phenomenon...

[Anonymous]

So glad my son wasn't accepted. Dodged a bullet there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$1000? Pathetic

How about firing their admissions director. They are either absolutely overfilled or underfilled ever year.

This is the new admissions director.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it will work like an overbooked flight and the financial offer will be better the closer it is to the first day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those are creative and appealing offers- saves a significant amount of a 4 year degree.

$1000/year is a significant savings? Tuition is $23,000.

The community college credit would save quite a bit of money.

so does just going to community college... they should offer special housing. The point is to make friends and connections.

[Anonymous]

In other news there are 20 new job openings at Tech -- all in the admissions office.

[Anonymous]

Won’t they be getting $4,000? $1,000 per year for 4 years. Or did I misunderstand the article?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Won’t they be getting $4,000? $1,000 per year for 4 years. Or did I misunderstand the article?

You are correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those are creative and appealing offers- saves a significant amount of a 4 year degree.

$1000/year is a significant savings? Tuition is $23,000.

The community college credit would save quite a bit of money.

so does just going to community college... they should offer special housing. The point is to make friends and connections.

They would attend community college for a year, get transfer credit for the classes AND they would get credit in the amount spent on the community college off of their sophomore year tuition at Tech.

That is a good deal.

[Anonymous]

It looks like this deal is only being offered to engineering, bio and university studies majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are also offering to pay a student’s community college tuition in the form of a tuition credit once they transfer to Tech OR take classes this summer for free, but leave for either the fall or spring semester.

What happens if they don’t get many takers?

They need to start stressing to these incoming Freshmen how miserable life will be due to overcrowding.

I've been in this situation and it is NOT fun. Two person rooms had a third squeezed in; four person suite style rooms had a 5th and sometimes 6th person squeezed in; practically no one got a single unless there was an extreme medical reason. The study rooms that could be reserved for small groups of 8 people were turned into dorm rooms. The larger common rooms that had couches, tables & chairs, and TVs were set up to house students in a barracks style situation. "Desks" (really tables & chairs set up) lined the two of the walls and the bunk beds were clustered in the middle of the room. A third wall was lined with armoires that had to be shared for clothing. Students housed in hotels and bused back to campus.

Classes that had fixed seating had chairs brought in and placed wherever they'd fit and you just had to take notes on your lap. You sat on the floor to take a test and used the chair as your desk. Classes that had desks had extras brought in but it never failed that desks would migrate out of the room and you'd end up with a few people having to just sit on the floor.

There was always enough food but never enough seating in the dining hall. Getting a student football ticket was nearly impossible as a freshmen because they used a point system and freshmen got the least points at the start.

What college did you attend, PP? Just curious. That sounds awful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their acceptance rate will be below 55% next year, guaranteed.

Calm down. It is still a sub par school. They are just admitting more poor people on pell grants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those are creative and appealing offers- saves a significant amount of a 4 year degree.

$1000/year is a significant savings? Tuition is $23,000.

The community college credit would save quite a bit of money.

so does just going to community college... they should offer special housing. The point is to make friends and connections.

They would attend community college for a year, get transfer credit for the classes AND they would get credit in the amount spent on the community college off of their sophomore year tuition at Tech.

That is a good deal.

For parents. Not for the kids who want the freshman experience