<p>Hey bandgy - hope you got my private message. But just in case I thought I would post here as well. As ouknow our daughter made the same choice between PSU and VT. She was accepted to RPI, Tulane and UMass Lowell (full ride) as well. She chose VT because of the way the women in engineering reached out to her, the civil engineering program had a great reputation, the down to earth feel of the place.</p>
<p>Its all worked out very very well so far. She has made great friends, and really enjoyed the football games. She called home the other day to tell us about the 1000+ students engaged in a huge snowball fight on the drillfield. She is not a partier - no at all- but still has tons of fun. Reports that the meals are good - healthy options available. Also told us that 4 years wasn’t going to be enough time at VT - she’ll have to stay to get a masters there too!</p>
<p>From an academic viewpoint, its harder for us to assess but I know she is challenged, works hard, has easy access to academic advisor, has used the tutoring services for chemistry and has adjusted to the online math courses with ease (something we worried about). She has participated in 2 job engineering only job fairs - primarily to gain experience with researching companies and getting comfortable with the process.</p>