Any VT engineering alumni here? Any thoughts on the engineering department.
Just wondering your thoughts on the current status of the College of Engineering. Is it attracting and holding onto good professors? Is it able to attract top students? Does it seem to have any current agendas that are taking away from the college? Will Mitchell Hall be a game changer for some departments within the college? What would be the best thing the college could do now to produce better engineering students? Any thoughts on the College would be appreciated. I am not involved with the college, but very interested in its "progress", under the current dean. Really would like to hear the opinions of others. I have this dream that someday it will be able to compete (be recognized with) the likes of Purdue, Illinois, GT, Cornell, and others. That is a big order. Not that US News rankings are all so accurate, but according to them, the college is being passed by many other university engineering programs. TIA
Posted: 10/30/2022 at 04:57 PM ET
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Any VT engineering alumni here? Any thoughts on the engineering department.
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-- pine52x
Oct 30, 2022 at 04:57 PM ET
pine52x
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10/30/22 04:57 PM ET
88 grad, so no idea what's going on today**
-- MrBayAreaHokie
Oct 30, 2022 at 07:16 PM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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10/30/22 07:16 PM ET
My thoughts are outside of Virginia nobody distinguishes a
-- jdkhokie
Oct 30, 2022 at 06:37 PM ET
jdkhokie
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10/30/22 06:37 PM ET
n c state has always had a decent engineering program and ranked similar to
-- VaTechie
Oct 30, 2022 at 08:53 PM ET
VaTechie
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10/30/22 08:53 PM ET
thanks! Interesting observations. NCST is good. great location too.
-- pine52x
Oct 30, 2022 at 07:06 PM ET
pine52x
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10/30/22 07:06 PM ET
In my law practice, I represent engineers who get sued for malpractice
-- Spudnut
Oct 30, 2022 at 06:13 PM ET
Spudnut
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10/30/22 06:13 PM ET
Always said I had a sound fundamental education**
-- TomTurkey
Oct 30, 2022 at 06:16 PM ET
TomTurkey
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10/30/22 06:16 PM ET
I recruit Hokie Engineers for my company...
-- Rinoki21
Oct 30, 2022 at 06:09 PM ET
Rinoki21
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10/30/22 06:09 PM ET
Thanks for your reply. That says a lot about the VT engineering program. **
-- pine52x
Oct 30, 2022 at 07:19 PM ET
pine52x
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10/30/22 07:19 PM ET
As the father of one recent grad and one current student
-- Hoke
Oct 30, 2022 at 05:11 PM ET
Hoke
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10/30/22 05:11 PM ET
Gasp! We encourage hard work? Congrats to your kids.**
-- IB4TECH
Oct 30, 2022 at 05:39 PM ET
IB4TECH
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10/30/22 05:39 PM ET
US News ranks VT undergrad engineering #16. Not sure they're getting
-- BAMRising
Oct 30, 2022 at 05:07 PM ET
BAMRising
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10/30/22 05:07 PM ET
What ACC engineering schools are ranked ahead of us per US News?
-- EDGEMAN
Oct 30, 2022 at 05:13 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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10/30/22 05:13 PM ET
I should never have mentioned rankings. that threw everyone off.
-- pine52x
Oct 30, 2022 at 05:51 PM ET
pine52x
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10/30/22 05:51 PM ET
ok, you want links for answers from VT itself
-- VaTechie
Oct 30, 2022 at 09:10 PM ET
VaTechie
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10/30/22 09:10 PM ET
I think you can go through the first 41 and they are all solid
-- turkeywinghokie
Oct 30, 2022 at 08:35 PM ET
turkeywinghokie
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10/30/22 08:35 PM ET
6 schools tied at #16, and VT has the lowest tuition, thus...
-- EDGEMAN
Oct 30, 2022 at 07:04 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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10/30/22 07:04 PM ET
Duke tied w us at 16. fWIW**
-- BAMRising
Oct 30, 2022 at 06:52 PM ET
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10/30/22 06:52 PM ET