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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a freshman at VT and has had a good year, no complaints. I'm on the VT parent group on Facebook and I'd say the main issues I've seen fall into three buckets -- math instruction (or lack thereof), how they handle accusations of honor code violations, quiet/introverted students having a hard time finding their group.

The last one is likely no more or less an issue than it would be at any college.

The honor code stuff seems like it's an issue of guilty until proven innocent and a really bad management process where kids are left hanging for over a year waiting for even a hearing, with graduations held up because they are informed at the last minute that they have to retake a class. Important to be really, really careful. Issues like if you are in a big texting group for a class and one student shares something they shouldn't, every person in the group is assumed to be guilty of cheating. You have to report even the smallest thing ASAP.

Math seems to be the most pervasive problem. Not so much an issue for engineering students, however, since they get actual in-person classes with teachers. But, non-engineering/math students have to take their math classes in online/self-taught classes and go to the "Math Emporium" to take tests and get tutoring. Their own data says this approach has improved pass rates but it does not work well for a significant chunk of students and many are advised to actually take their math classes at a CC. [/quote]

The last bit there is important.

Op go through the list of faculty in your dc's area of interest and try to get a feel for how impressive the professors are. Read some reviews on rate my professor type sites. Most everyone around us went to VT and we heard horror stories about how crowded everything was.[/quote]

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