He has applied to a number of colleges, engineering major, and has heard back from all but 3. He submitted all his applications in early/mid October. During his visits we made sure to go to all the open houses, not the basic 1 hour tour because we have found that you get more out of the visit. For example the VT open house we attended was on a Sunday and it was a 4-6 hour event. Presentation about admissions, school, lots of good info. Post presentation he talked to other engineering student’s in every major, saw dorm rooms, food, tour with a guide, classrooms, etc. We never took the basic tour at VT but sounds like it needs to improve based on this thread. Highly recommend open houses, we tried to do those at every school he applied. He said that helped him tremendously in helping him make a decision. The open house at VT was better than all the other schools In addition, when the schools came to visit his high school or the recruiters were in the area for county/college open houses, he made sure to talk to each school’s recruiter. We were surprised as much as anyone else about the 25% offers from VT. We have found every college handles their admission process differently as you would expect, some better than others.. We received about the same amount of information from VT, GT, NC State, JMU, Tenn, but would say the only school that stood out was South Carolina. I felt they reached out a lot in email and send more stuff in the mail than other colleges. In comparison, GT hasn’t sent him 1 thing - lol. ** Edited by Key West Hokie at 1/10/2024, 5:44:51 PM ** Edited by Key West Hokie at 1/10/2024, 5:45:39 PM