<p>Ignore every response that bashes one over the other or claims one to be superior.</p>
<p>I was admitted to both for engineering and I had to make the same decision. I plan to major in either biomedical or chemical engineering. I chose UVA for a few reasons.
1)smaller classes
2)closer to professors/other students
3)grounds</p>
<p>notice I really didn’t mention anything about the academics. This is mainly because I saw parallels with both schools programs.</p>
<p>You need to go and visit both schools, talk to professors and students. In my experience, the profs and students at VT made it seem like (and I agree) their mech and aero dept is unbeatable. In other programs, such as comp sci, systems, elec and comp, and chem eng, I saw no great distinctions. At UVA, the professors PRAISED the comp sci, systems, biomed, and chem programs, and elaborated on the ability to get a better understanding of the basis of the programs and possibility of expanding education.</p>
<p>the decision is yours</p>