Some questions on VT

chuy
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:23:27 +0000

1) No. VT also has one of the best Vet programs on this side of the US, but the other programs are well respected as well. There is a new med-school that VT recently opened up as well which can only help the pre-med track. In general pre-med is an absolutely awful major, while bio/chem/etc with a focus on pre-med is good, so keep that in mind wherever you go.

2) If you’re from Jersey the weather won’t be anything new to you. It changes a lot and the wind sucks in the winter (especially walking across the drillfield) but I’m spoiled from SoCal beach weather now and probably wouldn’t have complained so much a year ago. Get two box fans and the dorms are pretty comfortable, especially at night which is the only time you really need them to be. The summer gets really hot but by the time classes start that’s just about over anyway.

Actually now I kind of miss seasons and weather. looks outside and it’s sunny and 75, as always Nevermind, I’m good.

3) The dorms are pretty bad, but there are fewer bad ones than there were back when I was there. Even the unairconditioned dorms (which is where you’ll be freshman year most likely) aren’t THAT bad if you have the box fans. They’re small, you probably won’t have great access to a kitchen and there’ll be some other dude sleeping 10 feet from you but all in all, not too bad.

4) Roommates: You can find your own via facebook/orientation and if you both request eachother you should get eachother. I went random freshman year and it ended up great. It’s really just luck of the draw. Looking up someone in a facebook group probably wouldn’t be a bad idea though, so you could at least find someone that wants to party/etc about as much as you do.

Then again I say that and think about the answers I would have put on a survey had I been given one to find a roommate and then how freshman year actually went… people’s ideas about college change substantially between two days before they move in and two days after. Finding someone still wouldn’t be a bad idea to filter out people that you absolutely wouldn’t get along with, but don’t count on it too much. You might end up being best friends with your roommate (my freshman year roommate and I got along fantastically, hung out through college and still keep in touch) but even if you’re just able to co-exist with them and have your own lives, that’s fine. There are literally thousands of people on campus that you can hang out with, one of them doesn’t necessarily have to be your roommate.

Also relax. You’ll be fine.