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VT is the 13th ranked school in engineering. And also all TJ kids are there for engineering.  The kids I know who went had other options— but not other options worth multiples of the cost to get the 9th ranked engineering program instead of the 13th. [/quote]

I can only tell you why my kid did not choose VT (kid drove there on the admitted students' weekend. I did not go nor did I have significant input into kids' impression).
1) (#1 reason): was just not impressed with the student ambassadors.

2) rankings. the #13th ranked school metric (USNWR best undergrad engineering programs) is often quoted here but when you look at the methodology (peer review consisting of 2 surveys asking for a rank from 1-5) that's simply just surveymonkey. VT is not highly ranked on other rankings: QS, THE, Shanghai. Neither is UVA for that matter but at least UVA ranks highly on the main USNWR

3) outcomes. looked at hiring/salary/specific company outcomes for VT as compared to flagships such as UVA/GaTech/UMich/UIUC/Purdue and there was a difference.

4) previous years incoming class profile e.g significantly lower SATs/GPAs/top 10% than flagships. Of course, I understand this is not an apples-to-apples comparison e.g. VT vs UMich/GaTech

Felt that VT had a beautiful campus. In a nutshell, thought that VT was a good school but not a compelling destination.[/quote]

You are probably right on the USNWR engineering rankings, but note that the USNWR undergraduate ranking also has had inputs from counselors and administrators that are pretty much the same as surveying engineering school deans.  Most probably don't really know much.  [/quote]

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