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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone compare Mines vs Virginia Tech? Thank you![/quote]

11:03 again.  DD dismissed Tech.  I'm sure it's a great school but it wasn't what she was looking for.  Mines is small.  DD knows a lot of kids and professors.  She's just comfortable there.  It's about 45 min west of DIA.  The flight home is roughly 3.5 hrs.  Since IAD and DIA are both UA hubs, flights seem to go all the time.  It's relatively easy to get to the airport from campus.  Mines does have a football team, but football isn't a big deal.  There are a few frat/sororities on campus but not an overwhelming greek culture.  The town of Golden is adorable and the school and the town are tightly integrated.  Many of the Mines kids went to the HS homecoming parade to cheer on the kids.  DD loves to bake and there's a small shopping center across the street from campus with a Safeway.  She's always running to the grocery store to pick up eggs, milk, chocolate etc.  There is a kitchen in her dorm that she uses.  As I said earlier, it does have a nerdy culture but it's also very inclusive.  DD has felt welcomed into every activity she has tried.  It helps if your kid likes the outdoors.

Mines does an amazing job with freshman orientation.  It's the week before classes start and includes a 2 night overnight off campus.  At the end, there is big hike.  Freshman get their hardhat and the upperclassman throw paint at them as they climb.  Call it the induction ceremony if you will.  It creates a sense of unity and belonging.  One of people DD met on the hike was the president of the university.  She and he chatted.  To her, he was just another adult.  But she mentioned that she was interested in a specific company and a program they offered on campus.  He told her to email him the next week to set up an appt to discuss it further with him.  She has her summer internship lined up as a result of that conversation.

Classes aren't overly challenging.  She had AP Physics, Chem, and BC.  Most of this semester has been a review.  She could have opted into higher level classes but chose not to.  Many of her friends also chose to repeat the AP material.  Freshman fall courses are fairly standard.  She was given her course schedule even before she got to campus.  Both programs are ABET so academically there probably isn't that much of a difference.  [/quote]

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