<p>Try going to the Admitted Students days in April. My S and I went a couple of years ago when he was admitted to the COE at VT. Along with the general program, there was an engineering open house where we could go and talk to students and professors in each of the engineering disciplines. The students were so enthusiastic. The open house helped my son begin to feel like a part of the COE and also to start narrowing down which branch of engineering he wanted to pursue.</p>