Freshman VTer's classes are posted

chuy
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:57:32 +0000

I’d just like to reiterate something I’ve mentioned in other threads before: I go to Virginia Tech (sophomore in Materials Science Engineering next year) and the people that you or your children will talk to at orientation know NOTHING about scheduling. The same goes for the advisors. They do not know the required classes, they give bad advice, just take everything they say with three metric tons of salt.

I was told by both the guy “helping” me schedule AND my advisor that I didn’t have to take any english classes because of my test scores. Then I was told over this summer that I couldn’t transfer into my specific college (all freshman engineers are in general engineering, then they transfer over to their concentration) because I had not taken the required english classes. Luckily I raised enough cain up the chain of command, all the way to the head of the College of Engineering, and they let me in. Anyway, moral of story, look up on the VT website what the requirements are, don’t trust the advisors for anything.

/end rant.

Great school though, love it there. :)