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VT is the 13th ranked school in engineering. And also all TJ kids are there for engineering.  The kids I know who went had other options— but not other options worth multiples of the cost to get the 9th ranked engineering program instead of the 13th. [/quote]

I can only tell you why my kid did not choose VT (kid drove there on the admitted students' weekend. I did not go nor did I have significant input into kids' impression).
1) (#1 reason): was just not impressed with the student ambassadors.

[b]2) rankings. the #13th ranked school metric (USNWR best undergrad engineering programs) is often quoted here but when you look at the methodology (peer review consisting of 2 surveys asking for a rank from 1-5) that's simply just surveymonkey. VT is not highly ranked on other rankings: QS, THE, Shanghai. Neither is UVA for that matter but at least UVA ranks highly on the main USNWR[/b]

3) outcomes. looked at hiring/salary/specific company outcomes for VT as compared to flagships such as UVA/GaTech/UMich/UIUC/Purdue and there was a difference.

4) previous years incoming class profile e.g significantly lower SATs/GPAs/top 10% than flagships. Of course, I understand this is not an apples-to-apples comparison e.g. VT vs UMich/GaTech

Felt that VT had a beautiful campus. In a nutshell, thought that VT was a good school but not a compelling destination.[/quote]

USNWR undergraduate ranking is also based in part on surveys.[/quote]

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