Virginia Tech or Virginia Commonwealth University

financiallylost
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:59:17 +0000

I have experience at both VCU and Tech.

VCU is more exciting if you want it to be, but there were alot of downsides to me.



My sister’s freshmen dorm is pretty nice and was way better than my dorm and I think that was the standard building for freshmen.

There is no standard dorm for freshmen. Each dorm is different, and you pay a different price depending on the dorm. The nicest one in my opinion is Brandt…suite style, and brand new. But not worth the money…which brings me to why I left VCU. Haha.

If you’re paying your way through college, or money-conscious, VCU is NOT the place to be. Part of the price students pay is because they live in the city, but a lot of what is paid to VCU is somewhat of a waste. There are a few nice dorms for freshmen…the rest are either comparable or worse in terms of condition and cleanliness. The problem I had was the cost…its over double what Tech’s dorms cost, and in some cases, more than people pay for homes or apartment rent. Plus, you’re required to get a meal plan…biggest ripoff ever. Tech is generally a better deal in terms of money and value. This is the biggest reason I didn’t want to stay.

You’re correct about education, but again, my personal experience with VCU made me transfer out of there. I got nothing out of my education at VCU, and not even because I didn’t try. This could be a rare case, but I made it out with all As and a B both semesters with minimal studying, and I was even taking upper level courses during second semester. I found that material being taught was not in depth at all, professors gave so many curves, and tests were easy. I’ve also had professors that DON’T take their job seriously. I had a professor that told us he cheated his way to his PhD…and this was a class that was junior/senior level. Probably a rare case, though.

I started off not liking VCU and the city, and i still don’t think city life is for me. I found my niche eventually, and experience stuff that could only be done in RVA. Now that I’m at Tech, I sometimes miss the parties and people (house parties > apartment parties)…but that’s why I visit! So I figured out a way to get the best of both worlds. Haha.

Anywayy, just my opinion. It’s really about what you’re looking for in a college that should determine where you go.