<p>Those are both great schools to have to choose from. Son is a junior in engineering at VT and has done very well there, Dean’s list every semester. No major problems getting the classes he needs. Only had potential issue with getting one class so far but did a force/add type thing and it worked out.Likes VT alot.Kids seem pretty down to earth in general. Enjoys the football and basketball games. He did a week long volleyball camp at Penn State when he was in high school so we saw Penn State then. Both schools have very nice campuses. VT has a smaller , more compact feel to me than Penn State. VT seems pretty manageable in getting around. Good luck with the decision.</p>