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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does the vibe at VT compare to UMD if youve been to both.

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VT is much better. A true college town and much more school spirit. It's sad how few people go to UMD football games. [/quote]

Clarify how “VT is much better”. If football is your only criteria for a college experience, ok.

DC is considering both of these options right now and we’ve recently visited both. VT is a beautiful campus, but it’s sprawling. Lots more buses around campus, more walking, more green space, etc. Corps of cadets was a difference we noticed. We were excited to try the food at VT since it was supposed to be top ranked. It was good, but didn’t knock my socks off. UMD food just as good at their new dining hall. Residence halls looked much nicer at VT. DC did not enjoy the drive to VT or its remoteness. DC noted less diversity at VT as well.

DC liked curriculum at UMD better. VT has students start off in foundational level intro classes, not necessarily in their major field - eg foundations of engineering. UMD would let DC hop right into classes in major field. Perhaps the difference of being directly admitted to CS at UMD? At VT you are admitted to College of Engineering and then apply at end of freshmen year to CS. Have to have 3.0 GPA to guarantee CS major but they will take everyone with 3.0 and adjust class offerings accordingly.

VT speaker for major area - speaker seemed like a great teacher but he was a teacher. - two masters (sp ed and subject area).  He did not have a PhD or do research. He wasn’t even sure what one of the areas the department was getting into was. And literally said it. At least look up the definition for the information session. Employers VT touted at info session were large DC area Govt contractors. DCs reaction to VT was that it was “mid”.

We were at VT for their “admitted” student day this week. After doing these now for two kids, I can say VTs was the worst I went to. There really wasn’t much to the “admitted” student day. Just a one hour session…I believe they have a more formal session this weekend, but our schedule didn’t accommodate for that and we thought the one day session would be sufficient. We didn’t know it would only be for 1 hour when we signed up because there was no planned schedule ever published. [/quote]

You definitely sound like you had a strong preference for UMD from the get go so your experience doesn’t sound or feel objective. Both are good schools but also have extremely different campus vibes. One is.not better than the other but their campus life is not an apples to apples comparison. [/quote]

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