<p>THanks for your congrats & responses KandKsmom, sevmom and VTAlumandMom. That’s quite a few Moms. My son is extremely excited to get started with VT and college. His older brother is an engineering major at another school and spent the Christmas break studying for next semester. He knows there is a lot of work coming his way.</p>
<p>We talked to our future Hokie son about the VT communication issue last night at dinner. He hasn’t received any follow up emails from VT at all. Zero, zip, zilch. I’ve “liked” the VT engineering facebook site to see what is going on campus. VT used to be one of my customers for 8 years, so I’m very familiar with their systems, campus, community and events. I have not been on the other side of the fence (as VT’s customer). We visited many schools with our middle son, and we knew VT was always at the top of his list. I’ve visited just about every college on the East coast & Mid-West for business or with my oldest son as a recruited athlete. You may of may not believe this but in our experience there are many other schools that VT competes with that do a better job of communicating. My son is going to VT because that is where he wanted to go. He did not hesitate with his decision. </p>
<p>In summary, here’s been our VT experience: we found out by total accident that VT changed the online Admission ED date. We were NOT notifed of this date change via email or postage mail. We logged onto the Admissions Early Decisions portal to find out if he was accepted. We immediately paid a $400 deposit and received a brochure package of general information (3-4 weeks later) which did quench our thirst for information at the time. My son told us there has not been any further emails. The fact that the school did not communicate the ED admisions ED date has not sat well with us, and we wonder if the school has some communication challenges. Nonetheless, he is waiting patiently for more information and instructions.</p>
<p>We’re looking forward to becoming part of the Galileo community and receiving the monthly news letter from the faculty. I did see on Facebook that now is the time to apply for merit scholarships…he did not receive an email about that news which irritates me. We’ll be looking forward tot he Spring Open House and HokieCamp. Based on your notes, I will give VT the benefit of the doubt that information is forthcoming. Thanks.</p>