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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because [b]you[/b] didn't get in?

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It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old.  They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate.   So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes.  Of course a FEW people do every year.  But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."  [/quote]
Curious why this is important to you. [/quote]

Because I'm surrounded by it.  Neighbors, coworkers and even a few family members.  It's very annoying.  Wish VT alums could just be comfortable with who they are.  But instead they're always comparing, justifying and embellishing.  It gets old.  [/quote]

Honestly, I see this as well and have been following this thread because my DS is interested in Va Tech (waiting for his EA decision). But this complex leaves something to be desired. I wonder if this is because of each person's self-view and desire to make themselves feel better about themselves, or is it something that the school pushes  that we are "just as good".

The decision is pretty much up to my kid and we want him to choose the best fit for him, but as a parent I don't want him surrounded by a culture like this - to become a person like this. I know this is not the case, but it makes it seem like they are trying so hard to justify the school that it isn't all that good of a school at all. :(

I guess we will see.
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