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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My LHS son is now a Virginia Tech Aerospace Engineering school graduate working at Boeing in Everett, Washington.  His agonized over choosing VT or Georgia Tech and in the end opted for Virginia Tech.  This makes me think Georgia Tech is very similar to Virginia Tech in the characteristics stated in the first post.[/quote]

I just want to make a comparison.... not knocking the PP at all.  A friend of mine went to HS with me at what would be considered an average US HS at the time (no AP classes).  Clearly a smart and motivated kid.  Went to Iowa St. for Aerospace eng.  Got his Bachelor's degree.  After working at the Jet propulsion lab in San Fran, got a master's in Mech. Eng. at ISU, ended up at Boeing.  After 6 yrs or so, left to be an   investigator at NTSB.  I just offer this as an example that you don't have to go to Langley or to Va. Tech. or find  "the best" substitute for Va. Tech or UVA to end up following the same path as those who went to Langley/McLean/Tech, etc.   I myself, went to ISU for undergrad, ended up at UVA for law and found myself among a lot of Duke, Princeton, Notre Dame, Harvard, and UVA graduates.  We all ended up in the same place (except that I paid a lot less than they did to get there).  I'm not saying that ISU is all that.  It's like a hundred other schools that offer a degree that can take you wherever you want to go -- but you have to provide the determination and inspiration.

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OP here.  Iowa Sate was on my list (not his) as I was born in Ames.  I am glad you had a great experience there.  I also like that it has rolling admissions so he would find out early.[/quote]

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