He is indeed. I’m in the parent’s facebook page, as well, but didn’t think to search there. Thank you for the suggestion.
@HokieCrazy The moderators are a bit tyrannical on that page, and you’ll see some impressive helicopter parenting, but it’s also a good place to search for information.
@rbc2018 Is the page with the tyrannical moderators the main Parents page or the one for the class of 2024?
@sevmom The main page. It wasn’t so bad a few years ago. Now they have some very overzealous moderators. You can post a pic of your dog but any kind of information that isn’t unicorns and rainbows will get blocked. It’s like they are a PR arm for the university, which is weird and makes the group less substantive.
Thanks. I had a strange exchange with a moderator there a few months ago so was curious. It is not associated with the university so hope they start doing a better job of representing VT. A page like that should be welcoming, in my opinion.
@sevmom , the main page? What was the issue?
on the parent page click files on the left - then scroll to second page (more) and its the first item currently at the top called
Dorm Info 2019-20 Updated 07032019.xlsx
Thank you! Very helpful. I think this is what surprised me, because it isn’t noted on the older floor plan, and made me believe that the new West AJ floor plan is different from the old: Residential College / double w/ bath (private)
@rbc2018 Yes, the main page. It says it’s for Hokie Parents, so months ago I tried to join the group. Had to put down son’s name, year of graduation. Did not hear back for days so I contacted a moderator. She said I would not be approved because son had already graduated( meanwhile the page was started in 2008, before son even started at VT- are they throwing those older parents out of the group?). She said they were restricting membership because there was a lot going on with the over enrollmemt issues last year. I suggested they change the wording then if they are not going to accept parents of graduated kids. She said I had a very good point but the wording hasn’t changed.
By contrast, I decided to see what would happen with other son’s parent page(UVA). Also had to put in his name, graduation date, but was approved within about a day. And parents are discussing lots of topics, including some concern about tuition if lots of classes remain online.
I just thought the VT exchange was very strange ( especially when Hokies are known to a pretty welcoming bunch )!
@sevmom Yes, that is weird, considering they accept a lot of people whose kids are only considering VT or haven’t even been admitted yet (there are occasional posts by people asking ‘why should my kid go to VT’, etc.). There are a lot of moderators, so I’m sure many of them are normal and reasonable, but some clearly are on a power trip based on how high-strung they seem to be with the language and frequency of their comments. Ironically, a lot of the moderators don’t even have students there anymore.
That was what I thought was weird too. They seem to accept people who will have no ongoing connection to VT whatsoever if their kids don’t even end up attending. I saw no logic in it whatsoever. We still have fond memories of VT, have stopped through Blacksburg a couple times since graduation, enjoy rooting for them in sports. I still don’t get it. Even though they are not affiliated with the university, it sounds like the moderators could be representing Virginia Tech better from what you’ve described. Of course, I’ll never know firsthand what kind of things they are saying and posting, since I’m not in the group! 
Likely 25% memes, 25% reasonable discussion, and 50% who want to speak to a manager.
@ShenVal18 You forgot the category which includes 1) pics of my dog wearing a Hokie bandana/hat/scarf, 2: pics of my dog missing his/her Hokie, 3) pics of flowers/food/random things in Hokie colors, 4) pics of my Hokie asleep on the couch while home for break. (The group really isn’t allowed to have meaningful discussions anymore.)
I think my request to join may have come in at a time when they were dealing with a bunch of disgruntled current parents with the overflow options with dorms/hotels… After 4 or 5 days with a join request still showing as pending, I decided to message a moderator ( thinking maybe I needed to do something more or they somehow did not receive the request). The response was very unwelcoming. We appreciate you but you cannot join because of all the current stuff going on. Just very strange since the moderator’s own daughter seemed to have already graduated. I am a Hokie parent, have a child that actually graduated from VT, yet that was not enough. My Facebook is also very innocuous, nothing political, and certainly nothing anti VT. A truly strange experience. Once a Hokie parent (which is part of who they say the group is for), becomes apparently NOT a Hokie parent once your kid graduates. But, I still love Virginia Tech!