Thanks. He would go to Northern Virginia Community College. They have a career center that works with the very large number of companies in the area to find internships for their students, so that’s pretty good. They seem to be more IT focused than engineering (particularly bio engineering) though.
Virginia Tech publishes a course mapping guide for the Virginia Community colleges so you know exactly which course will transfer, so that’s less of a concern. The challenge is Virginia Tech won’t let you go straight into a major when you transfer, you have to maintain a 3.0 for your first semester there before you can declare a major, and that can potentially put you off graduating in 4 years… from what I’ve read it’s still possible, but best to plan for a bit more time.
Another thought, my son will have enough AP’s that the cc will accept in the associate degree program he has to complete that he could take just 2 classes his summer after high school graduation and he could graduate cc and transfer to Virginia Tech after 1 year. I’d need to check to see if Virginia Tech would honor the guaranteed transfer with AP credits instead of just taking the courses, but then he’d be admitted as a junior into Virginia Tech only 1 year after high school – which means he could take a bit of time getting into his preferred major’s courses and graduate with his peers in 3 years.