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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVa engineering grad here - if your kid is truly committed to being a working engineer, Va Tech is fine.  However, if a kid ever wants to do something different during school or after, the kid will be much better off at UVA.  A large number of entering engineering students fail out, and at UVA, these students can switch over to very well respected liberal arts programs.  Also, I have many classmates who have gone on to do amazing things outside of engineering (become lawyers, doctors, start companies, work on Wall street, etc.).[/quote]

+1. Do well at UVA and then go to an awesome grad eng program. [/quote]

Like Tech?[/quote]

Actually, graduate school for engineering isn't always needed to land a great job. Our son landed a pharma consulting position with just a Bachelors of Engineering. His backup plan was an MEng but luckily he didn't need it. PhD in Engineering is great if you want to do research of academia but may be overkill for a lot of applied positions in Engineering.[/quote]

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