I forgot to mention one last thing. If your family is in a position to, I strongly recommend attending Summer Academy. It’s a 6 week summer program for freshman and transfers. The students take classes (you get a choice of tracks I think) and live in the dorm. At the end of the program, the kids go up to a retreat at a lake kind of like summer camp. My kid made lots of friends and learned all about how things work at Tech (how to eat at the dining hall, where everything is, how to do his laundry on campus, etc.). Added bonus, you get to move into your dorm a day or two earlier than everyone else (hope they haven’t changed this!).
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