As the father of one recent grad and one current student
They were challenged in classes by the material and forced to learn. They were not handed "A's", unlike other programs that I'm aware of -- just to produce students with high GPA's.
They also have a lot of prominent employers recruiting at the school. And they had their choice of job offers at high salaries.
As a parent I care about the two things above -- not rankings.
Thread Replies (23)
Any VT engineering alumni here? Any thoughts on the engineering department.
-- 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
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-- 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