Virginia Tech and Clemson

bandgy
Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:12:42 +0000

My S also looked very closely at VT and Clemson. He received an OOS scholarship from Clemson so it was very tempting. After visiting several times he decided that VT would offer more in name recognition and recruitment processes along the east coast (we are from PA). He sat and spoke with Clemson advisors regarding recruitment and decided that VT had the edge regarding engineering (not sure about other majors). He also felt more at home with Tech’s campus. I think you need to visit both a few times to make an informed decision (I know its far). My S is a current freshman and is very happy. He is working hard, loves the campus/food/football games etc. I was surprised to hear how much non-partying there was going on. It seems as if most freshman mainly go out (party) on weekends and that there are alot of other non partying things to do as well. He said if you want to party you have to seek it out, but that it was not the focus at the school. If you were saying that your S felt more comfortable at Clemson then that would be different but if he is considering engineering then I do think VT is the better choice.