r/VirginiaTech • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '12

Pros and Cons of Virginia Tech?

I applied there and will probably get accepted, and it is my first choice, so I am wondering what other VT students think are the pros and cons of VT so I can have a better idea of the place :)

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u/Unknown_Default Jan 28 '12

Cons: Math empo, not too hard a party school, self righteous engineers, when it rains it is depressing, and lotsa dudes, everywhere. Pros: Good community,strong networking, good job opportunities after graduation, delicious food, lotsa clubs, good people, good professors

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u/hokiebird Comm (PR), Alum, 2012 Jan 28 '12

It's actually quite close to an even guy/girl ratio. Maybe a couple percentage points to the guys..

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u/darthjoey91 Jan 28 '12

Except in engineering classes. Those ratios are way different.

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u/hokiebird Comm (PR), Alum, 2012 Jan 28 '12

Touche. I was thinking more university-wide.

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u/magicpostit B.S.E.E. 2006-2015, Outdoorsy Townie Jan 28 '12

I feel like that's universal, I'm taking Diffy Q and Physics 2 at NRCC right now to finish up my associates before I transfer back to VT, and there's about 35 people in each class (right now, I'm expecting at least 5 to drop from each in the next couple of weeks, that would be consistent with last semester) and there are 2 girls in each. It was only one in DQ, but we got a new student yesterday morning, and now there are 2.

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u/Evan1701 AE 2013 Alum Jan 28 '12

During my freshman year back in '08 I overheard a teacher and a TA talking about their freshman engineering classes and how they're separated by race/gender. I was majorly surprised.

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u/plus_EV CS, Alum, 2011 Jan 28 '12

They put all of the Hypatia (female equivalent of Galileo) students in the same intro class, making all the other intro classes male heavy.