<p>You are welcome! I had few minutes this am and found this link, too, which gives more specific information to some of the programs’ accolades. </p>
<p>[Factbook:</a> Measures of Excellence | Virginia Tech Home | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.vt.edu/about/factbook/measures-excellence.html]Factbook:”>http://www.vt.edu/about/factbook/measures-excellence.html)</p>
<p>I also forgot to mention the new Human and Agricultural Biosciences I building that is about to open. (There will ultimately be 4) I think this building and the academic research that is going to go on in it, may be one to watch and would contain majors that are going to be highly sought after in the future I would think. Researching ideas to improve the world’s food source generation, developing new biofuels and biomaterials, food safety, etc. will be served well by these new facilities. If I were a kid who didn’t know what I wanted to do, and liked science, I would look into this school.</p>
<p>[Human</a> and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1 | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.cals.vt.edu/facilities/calsconstruct/index.html]Human”>http://www.cals.vt.edu/facilities/calsconstruct/index.html)</p>
<p>The thing that has most impressed me about VT is the opportunities for hands on research the students have here- even as undergraduates. Having the practical applications to go hand in hand with the knowledge they receive in the classroom is a real plus in terms of what they can learn and what experiences they have and can share with potential employers. I think they are ranked in the top 5 nationally by the National Science Foundation for research expenditures. </p>
<p>You can kind of tell I have been turned into kind of a VT cheerleader 
but really it is because, like you, I always thought of Tech as an engineering school, and they are so much more.</p>