Closing the loop on our admitted students day at Virginia Tech, I did a write-up comparing the Hokie Focus sessions with their open house here: Virginia Tech Campus Visits: Share Your Tips & Recommendations - #6 by fuschiachop.
Like @OctoberKate , we got to see lots of students doing student things the night before we had our admitted students session, both on campus (the break room at the student center had kids bowling, playing mah jong and pool and poker and video games, as well as wooden sword fighting and spike ball gatherings on the drill field) and campus-adjacent (pizza and ice cream seemed to be just as popular as the bars, and we saw at least one spot with a long line of students waiting to start what I’m sure would be a fun Saturday night).
It was lovely, and made me feel like these kids were all very happy with their college experience.
After walking around campus on Saturday afternoon, we had to visit the bookstore (the one pair of shoes I brought had suddenly given me a heel blister, first time in two years of wearing!) and I wound up blowing $52 on a pair of nondescript crocs 
so I wouldn’t be hobbling around the rest of the trip. Of course, the bookstore has GOBS of school logo’s stuph, including a lounging robe, similar to one S25 picked up because it reminded him of The Dude’s attire in The Big Lebowski. I pointed it out to him, thinking I was just joking, and his response was, yeah I’m not buying that because I’m not going to VT. And then he apologized for making us go there for the weekend.
I told him we were ok with going on this visit. It’s all good information for him to really feel like he is choosing the school he wants to go to. It was ok in my mind, for us to visit another admitted students day, even if it was to confirm that he’s making the right choice.
And it was clear after the admitted students day sessions that VT wasn’t going to be his choice. I was initially surprised to hear him say that it wasn’t really the vibe he wanted anymore out of a school. It had been a year, and 9 other college visits, since he first stepped on VT’s campus. And he had done a lot of growth in that time.
Am I just rationalizing his decision? Maybe. But I’m ok with that. As we were listening to the great things being listed about the VT community and the VT experience during the admitted students sessions, I found myself saying that S25 could get all that at NC State.
So he hasn’t committed yet, but yesterday was weird, and he had an honors dinner, so we hadn’t had a chance to talk together as a family. I think dinner tonight should be a good time to see what he’s thinking timeline wise.