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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a Spartan and I wouldn’t trade my time at MSU for anything. That said, there’s something about the profile of your son that’s saying Tech. MSU is really big and he will need more than the honors college to make it feel smaller. Factor in flights, summer storage and clothing and the price difference is likely negligible.[/quote]

NP.  I am living in Michigan now and know many MSU grads.  I would say that for the Midwest, the MSU and VT degrees are respected and equivalent.  The auto industry employs both but people are more likely to work in a tighter radius of their school so there aren't many VT people here.  So the bigger question may be how easy it is for an MSUer to get a job in the Mid-Atlantic.  If your kid wants to return home.

MSU students are happy in general because it's a pretty easy path to get there, reasonably easy to stay in (don't know about engineering), and they may be surrounded by former high school friends if they so choose.  My kid is at Michigan but some of his friends are at MSU because the scholarships are so big.  They seem happy but are having typical student stumbles.  Luckily they are within a few hours of home. VT probably is going to be more intense because Michigan kids have nowhere near the competitive pressures of DMV kids.

I have a work friend who is an engineer married to an engineer who sent her two oldest kids through MSU.  But she's sending her youngest (engineer) to a smaller school because of his personality and study habits.  A school where her husband went, so she knows the product.  She thinks he needs more personal attention to focus and succeed.

It seems like both schools have some risks.  Talk about that openly.  Talk about the consequences of getting weeded out, losing scholarships, transferring, etc.  Talk about ways to make friends at a bigger school.[/quote]

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