Virginia Tech Discussion
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In-state
December 20 2009
Accepted to VT, invited to apply to Honors Program
February 26 2010
still waiting for honors app
February 25 2010
invited to apply for Honors program
February 25 2010
Town resident, high school is given preference in admissions
February 24 2010
Safety Target: It's a great school, but touring the campus left me a bit unenthusiastic. It's also in Blacksburg, which is essentially a bowling alley and a pizza parlor.
February 23 2010
Was accepted into the Architecture program! Arguably the hardest major at VaTech..
February 22 2010
10 hours 16 minutes...$27,000 ...MAJOR: Enviromental Economics...MINORS: Environmental Policy and Planning, QOL= 95...93 green space..
#1 campus food
#15 Students Pack Stadiums.... Study in Italy through Consortium Institute of Management and
Business Analysis (CIMBA)
January 17 2010
jaymin
Applied Regular Decision 2010
Target- Both my mom and dad went here. They know the professor in the Biology Dept. Went as an intern with Dr. Sitz. Hopefully I get a generous scholarship.
EDIT: Dr. Sitz is one of the professors at VT (biological sciences)
January 9 2010
top choice
January 2 2010
In state safety (I hope!)
December 13 2009
Yreval
Applied Regular Decision 2010
A reach—but at least I'm a physics major and not an engineer—the physics department head told me when I visited that they offered admission to 140/180 physics majors who applied last year. I really like VT and can see myself there if I get in. I also have a legacy there through both of my parents.
December 7 2009
Will apply to.
October 6 2009
I will apply Virginia Tech in the fall of 2009.
July 27 2009
Going here on full tuition scholarship from US Army and $3000 a year from VT itself.
June 2 2009
VT jumped their standards a little too far. One of my friends got on the waiting lists for MIT, and accept to CMU, but denied admission to VT.
June 1 2009
accepted into honors program
April 11 2009
cflemer
Applied Regular Decision 2009
brother attends
March 24 2009
Denied admission to architecture; accepted to general studies.
March 17 2009
asked to join honors program
March 12 2009
dtc1102
Applied Regular Decision 2009
I have wanted to go here all of my life
February 22 2009
twalt09
Applied Regular Decision 2009
I wonder if i will get in
February 2 2009
Plan on applying early decision if not accepted to UK. Going for Wildlife Studies, and want to play music there also.
September 23 2008
I really want to go to Virginia Tech. i moved to Yorktown on my Senior year from Blacksburg, so I really want to go to there. i also Want to do Mechanical Engineering
September 17 2008
School of Architecture
October 5 2007
mfh390
Applied Regular Decision 2008
First Choice
December 11 2007
Invited to apply to Honors
April 9 2007
Invited to apply to honors.
February 16 2007
very happy to get in here
December 31 1969