| Location: | Mid-Atlantic |
| Setting: | Large Town Setting |
| Type: | Public |
| Size: | Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Hokies |
| Nicknames: | Virginia Tech, VT, VPI |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to be among its strongest.
Founded as a military college, Virginia Tech is one of the few public universities in the United States which continues to maintain a corps of cadets (a full-time military training program). Virginia Tech is one of the six senior military colleges (five are public, one private) due to the nature and presence of the corps of cadets.
The Virginia Tech campus is located in the New River Valley in the Valley and Ridge physiographic region of the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern Virginia, a few miles from the Jefferson National Forest in Montgomery County. The campus and school received increased international attention due to a mass shooting by a student on April 16, 2007.
In 1872, the Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school in rural Montgomery County with federal funds provided by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. The Commonwealth incorporated a new institution on that site, a state-supported land grant military institute called the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Under the 1891–1907 presidency of John M. McBryde, the school reorganized its academic programs into a traditional four-year college setup (including the renaming of the mechanics department to engineering); this led to an 1896 name change to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. The "Agricultural and Mechanical College" section of the name was popularly omitted almost immediately, though the name was not officially changed to Virginia Polytechnic Institute until 1944 as part of a short-lived merger with what is now Radford University. VPI achieved full accreditation in 1923, and the requirement of participation in the Corps of Cadets was dropped from four years to two that same year (for men only; women, when they began enrolling in the 1920s, were never required to join).
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| Percent of Students International: | 7% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 35% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Atlantic Coast Conference) Basketball (Atlantic Coast Conference) Baseball (Atlantic Coast Conference) Track (Atlantic Coast Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 6,378 | $ 17,837 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 4,959 | $ 16,298 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 1,419 | $ 1,539 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,029 | 11% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,363 | 18% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 1,884 | 27% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 4,138 | 40% | |
Any Aid: |
70% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 72% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 98% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 540, Math: 570 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 660 |
| Application Fee: | $ 40.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Not Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Virginia Tech?
I am going to be applying at Virginia Tech, and I am just wondering since i am getting my AA transfer degree will i transfer to V-TECH? I love in Washington state. So i am trying to figure out if i can transfer to a university outside Washington state
13 months ago
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I would call up Virginia Tech and ask them. This admissions # is 540/231-6267. They can direct you to the appropriate counselor to talk to about the possibility of transferring. You'd probably have an easier time transferring than most, because VT is very picky about what classes transfer in many departments (Architecture, Sciences, Engineering), but AA I think will be less strict.
I have never been to Washington State, but if you haven't visited Virginia before, you may want to do this before you commit. The weather is ENTIRELY different from what I understand you are probably accustomed to (I had a friend in lived in Portland Oregon, and I would assume the weather is similar). The people at VT are awesome though, the sports are even better, and the town of Blacksburg is the best town in America-- I left Blacksburg after I graduated, worked for a year about 1/2 away, and missed it so much that I went back for another 3 years to live up there before my new job made me HAVE to leave. If you do attend, plan on getting sucked in and not wanting to leave because it is extremely hard once you get there. Either way, good luck!
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VA-Tech question....College question?
I had apply to 3 colleges along the east coast and down south. Including Virginia Tech, University of Delaware, and University of Miami.
My first choice was Virginia Tech. When I found out i was excepted there i was THRILLED!!! I sent in my housing right away and pretty much told them I was coming back in I'd say Feb. By Feb. everything was in.
Now after the recent shootings I'm not really sure if i want to be attending Virginia Tech anymore...I know even by next year not everyone will be done healing and the grieving process will still be going on for some. I'm not sure if i will be able to handle that. I really don't know if this was the right decision that I had made.
Do you think there is any way that I can "change my mind" after already telling Virginia Tech I will be attending there school in the fall of 2007 and after everything has already been complete?
what can i do!
please help!!!
15 months ago
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What happened at Virginia tech was horrible. I can definitely understand that you will feel uncomfortable going there. you can probably change you mind, the only thing is that you won't get your money back or they may charge you an extra fee. I attend University of DE and i love it here, i've also visited VT many times cause my best friend goes there. I like VT alot. I say you should follow your heart and called the admissions department at VT and ask them about withdrawing. Good luck!
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state university of new york envrionmental school in syracuse
or Virginia tech?
either of thoes..or any others in the east?
23 months ago
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Virginia Tech Hokies! I'm an engineering grad there (though from the Industrial Engineering field). VT has a great all around engineering program. I've taken classes in the CEE (Civil and Environmental Engineering) department and they were great with good professors. Plus Blacksburg is a great town, and the football games are a lot of fun.
Your NY school may help you if your looking to work up there when you get out, but VT's engineering network for finding jobs is great throughout the east coast and particularly in the Washington DC area.
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hey help me with my college picks, 'kay?
i've narrowed it down to 7, so if you go to any of these, maybe you could e-mail me so i can get some first hand answers or just tell me what you like about being there.
-u of illinois at urbana-champaign
-psu university park
-u. of pittsburgh
-michigan state
-virginia tech
-purdue
-u. of illinois at chicago
and i live in pa and the tuition for psu isn't any different to that of msu or va tech, oddly enough. because pa is ridiculous like that.
25 months ago
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virginia tech is good for computer science majors. A lot of tech jobs are in virginia. They have a large supercomputer on campus and a strong government recruitment base.
Here's a tip...pick a school where you want to live and work there.
Chances are, your college friends will stay in the area, you might fall in love with a local, or your college intern job becomes your career.
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