<p>Bensky, I assume my S has same issue as yours – not admitted to engineering but rather to University Studies. We were in Blacksburg last week and investigated how he might get to New River Community College without a car. Blacksburg transit (btransit.org) does have a loop that goes to the mall/NRCC. According to their website, it’s about a 30 minute ride (with stops and all) from the library to NRCC. That seems long to me based on our visit, but … We also visited admissions to have them tell us exactly why S wasn’t admitted to engineering directly. We asked about taking the course at NRCC and the counselor told us that the engineering exploration course was really a weed-out course and that it may be easier at NRCC. She suggested trying to register for the course at VT for the spring (much easier commute!) and if S doesn’t get it through VT, then try to get it through NRCC in the spring. She said the second course could be taken in the first session of summer school, which is only 6 weeks long, from the end of May til July 1 or so. Does this jive with what you know, Chuy?</p>