Virginia Tech gets 1,000 more freshman than last year

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^is it still “a great deal” if you don’t have housing and your classes are crowded and you’re treated like cattle???

Serious question.

Aren't you jumping to hyperbolic conclusions? How do we know they won't have housing? Tech could be bringing in air-conditioned trailers as we speak. How do we know they will be treated like cattle? One PP says "a friend of a friend" had to stand in line in dining hall. Oh the horror! When we toured we ate at the terrific restaurants that have pizza, sushi, Japanese teppan, etc. etc. The food is amazing at Tech. Why don't you wait and see how Tech decides to handle it.

Back in the 80's when I attended Tech the food was awful but freshman were required to live on campus and if you wanted to live in a dorm in subsequent years you had the option to do so. The campus was (and still is) beautiful, the town was fun and the nearby mountains and New River - gorgeous.

The idea of them housing students in trailers parked around the campus is kind of sad. Might as well turn the drill field into a tent city and the gym a public bath house.

I'm sure that they will figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^is it still “a great deal” if you don’t have housing and your classes are crowded and you’re treated like cattle???

Serious question.

Aren't you jumping to hyperbolic conclusions? How do we know they won't have housing? Tech could be bringing in air-conditioned trailers as we speak. How do we know they will be treated like cattle? One PP says "a friend of a friend" had to stand in line in dining hall. Oh the horror! When we toured we ate at the terrific restaurants that have pizza, sushi, Japanese teppan, etc. etc. The food is amazing at Tech. Why don't you wait and see how Tech decides to handle it.

Back in the 80's when I attended Tech the food was awful but freshman were required to live on campus and if you wanted to live in a dorm in subsequent years you had the option to do so. The campus was (and still is) beautiful, the town was fun and the nearby mountains and New River - gorgeous.

The idea of them housing students in trailers parked around the campus is kind of sad. Might as well turn the drill field into a tent city and the gym a public bath house.

I'm sure that they will figure it out.

I'm sure they will figure it out too. They'll encourage some of the students to take fall semester off and work or take classes abroad. They will actively cull out the students who played during the last semester of high school and cut them from the class and tell them to reapply. They will make arrangements with hotels and motels downtown (my SLAC did this). They will take away housing from the upper class students as GMU had to do when it was oversubscribed. Students that don't want to be in this situation can ask for a refund of deposit and make other plans or take a year off.
Everyone in Higher Ed knows about this so I don't see how a gap year would hurt. I know for a fact they are hiring more faculty. It's a huge school so they will accommodate by offering more intro classes. You do know that VT is rated for no. 1 food in American colleges and universities? And I would mind a bit being in a nice A/C trailer - Tech's dorm rooms are tiny. Parents of children who are actually affected by this should be talking to the admissions office and Housing. There is a lot of discussion going on on College Confidential.

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Who ranks the food at colleges?
We went on literally 22 college tours in the past few years, and I swear half of them say they’re ranked #1 for food, but VT literally never shuts up about it. We ate at two locations while we were there and it was fine. Not great, but fine. It’s a college dining hall. They’re indistinguishable.

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Anonymous wrote:Who ranks the food at colleges?
We went on literally 22 college tours in the past few years, and I swear half of them say they’re ranked #1 for food, but VT literally never shuts up about it. We ate at two locations while we were there and it was fine. Not great, but fine. It’s a college dining hall. They’re indistinguishable. [/qu




Google it. VT is famous for its food

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My DD just finished a rough year in an engineering school -- happens a lot to freshmen. Good thing she isn't at tech or she'd be discarded.

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Surprised no one has mentioned the Coalition App. VT Science is a safety for my kid, who is a junior. The plan next year is to apply early in the fall for Pitt rolling, Case EA and Wooster. He should be in the zone to get merit. Only if none of these work out admissions and financially will they complete the Coalition app over winter break and apply to VT. Because it’s one more thing to do. We’d like to avoid it if possible.

I imagine that we aren’t the only people trying to avoid having to fill out the Common App and the Coalition App. I’m wondering if VT didn’t account for the fact that the kids who apply are more likely to seriously be considering the school if they go to the trouble of filling out the Coalition App too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who ranks the food at colleges?
We went on literally 22 college tours in the past few years, and I swear half of them say they’re ranked #1 for food, but VT literally never shuts up about it. We ate at two locations while we were there and it was fine. Not great, but fine. It’s a college dining hall. They’re indistinguishable. [/qu




Google it. VT is famous for its food

They really do have a ton of food options right there on campus and have for awhile. I visited the campus after being away for 15 or 20 years and I was really surprised by how much the dining options had changed. Back in the 80's we were served scrod. GMU had way better food choices than VT did. Times have changed.

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People on here talking about cafeteria food at VT like that will make up for the extra 1500 they are cramming somewhere. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who ranks the food at colleges?
We went on literally 22 college tours in the past few years, and I swear half of them say they’re ranked #1 for food, but VT literally never shuts up about it. We ate at two locations while we were there and it was fine. Not great, but fine. It’s a college dining hall. They’re indistinguishable. [/qu




Google it. VT is famous for its food

I googled it.
One single website, Niche, has them listed as #1 for food based on student ratings.
So it’s kind of like then you ask a third grader what their favorite subject is and they say “lunch.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who ranks the food at colleges?
We went on literally 22 college tours in the past few years, and I swear half of them say they’re ranked #1 for food, but VT literally never shuts up about it. We ate at two locations while we were there and it was fine. Not great, but fine. It’s a college dining hall. They’re indistinguishable. [/qu




Google it. VT is famous for its food

I googled it.
One single website, Niche, has them listed as #1 for food based on student ratings.
So it’s kind of like then you ask a third grader what their favorite subject is and they say “lunch.”

No. I have many reservations about Va Tech, but they do have an exceptional meal plan. Sure, Bowdoin and UMass are great too. As are others. But the choices are unusual and even include food trucks parked outside the science buildings some days, which is great between lectures and labs.

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Almost every college we toured, even small liberal arts colleges, had a variety of dining options. Dining hall, food court, food trucks, small specialty places, fine sit down reservation only dining where you can use your meal plan, etc.

VT has more places because they have so many people, but it’s nothing unique.

We toured one college where all the food we tried was horrible, and that was University of Rochester. Everywhere else had good food.

It’s pretty sad that the food is VTs only strong point.

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Surprised no one has mentioned the Coalition App. VT Science is a safety for my kid, who is a junior. The plan next year is to apply early in the fall for Pitt rolling, Case EA and Wooster. He should be in the zone to get merit. Only if none of these work out admissions and financially will they complete the Coalition app over winter break and apply to VT. Because it’s one more thing to do. We’d like to avoid it if possible.

I imagine that we aren’t the only people trying to avoid having to fill out the Common App and the Coalition App. I’m wondering if VT didn’t account for the fact that the kids who apply are more likely to seriously be considering the school if they go to the trouble of filling out the Coalition App too?

Pitt, Case Western, and Wooster all take the Coalition application, just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^is it still “a great deal” if you don’t have housing and your classes are crowded and you’re treated like cattle???

Serious question.

Aren't you jumping to hyperbolic conclusions? How do we know they won't have housing? Tech could be bringing in air-conditioned trailers as we speak. How do we know they will be treated like cattle? One PP says "a friend of a friend" had to stand in line in dining hall. Oh the horror! When we toured we ate at the terrific restaurants that have pizza, sushi, Japanese teppan, etc. etc. The food is amazing at Tech. Why don't you wait and see how Tech decides to handle it.

NP: I’m with you, I am. But, Tech also instituted the Math Emporium as a solution to educate the masses. So, my confidence in the institution is kinda meh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one has mentioned the Coalition App. VT Science is a safety for my kid, who is a junior. The plan next year is to apply early in the fall for Pitt rolling, Case EA and Wooster. He should be in the zone to get merit. Only if none of these work out admissions and financially will they complete the Coalition app over winter break and apply to VT. Because it’s one more thing to do. We’d like to avoid it if possible.

I imagine that we aren’t the only people trying to avoid having to fill out the Common App and the Coalition App. I’m wondering if VT didn’t account for the fact that the kids who apply are more likely to seriously be considering the school if they go to the trouble of filling out the Coalition App too?

Fair warning, my high-stats D just went through the process, and merit from Pitt and Case Western has noticeably became more rigid and competitive over the last devastating cycles. Don’t count on it. Check CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one has mentioned the Coalition App. VT Science is a safety for my kid, who is a junior. The plan next year is to apply early in the fall for Pitt rolling, Case EA and Wooster. He should be in the zone to get merit. Only if none of these work out admissions and financially will they complete the Coalition app over winter break and apply to VT. Because it’s one more thing to do. We’d like to avoid it if possible.

I imagine that we aren’t the only people trying to avoid having to fill out the Common App and the Coalition App. I’m wondering if VT didn’t account for the fact that the kids who apply are more likely to seriously be considering the school if they go to the trouble of filling out the Coalition App too?

Fair warning, my high-stats D just went through the process, and merit from Pitt and Case Western has noticeably became more rigid and competitive over the last devastating cycles. Don’t count on it. Check CC.

Agreed. My dd with a 4.3 gpa (full IB diploma) and 34 ACT got $10k merit. It didn’t bring it down to a comparable level.