What do you think about Virginia Tech? Is it a well known school in academic?
553063
yes...but maybe thats because i live in virginia, but i can justify why:\nit offers...Associate \nBachelor's \nMaster's \nDoctoral \nFirst Professional \n\nits in a large town with a rural setting on a residential campus\n\nsat scores and act scores that are accepted are generally high....for 2005.....Middle 50% of\nFirst-Year Students Percent Who\nSubmitted Scores \nSAT Reasoning Verbal: 540 - 630 98% \nSAT Reasoning Math: 570 - 660 98% \n\nbut it does select a large amount of those who apply (72%) so that doesn't truely mean that it is hard to get into\n\nSAT Reasoning or ACT Required (ACT writing optional), SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject Tests Required for Some\n\nit good if you want to major in agriculture.... popular major choices:\nAssociate Degrees\nAgriculture: 100% \nFor Bachelor's Degrees\nBusiness/Marketing: 22% \nEngineering: 18% \nFamily and Consumer Sciences: 8% \nBiology: 7% \nSocial Sciences: 7% \nPsychology: 5% \n\nits not too expensive around 7,000 instate\n\nand i know a few engineers who graduated from there and have successful jobs at my dad's transportation company\n\nit mostly depends on what major you are taking, how much money you have and how much you would like a rural setting (but it is a large town....10,000 - 49,999)
190597
Cornell is highly regarded in the academic circles. However the location of the school is very remote. Have you visited? Take a look around town too, not much for a student to do during off times. Not to scare you, but look into Cornell's suicide rate. Winters are hard there, nothing to do, difficult classes.
650539
I used to be. I graduated many years ago. Truthfully, if it hadn't been for the Honors College, my education would have been lacking. We had special lectures and challenging courses in economics, the arts and sciences and many other fields that simply weren't available to the rest of the campus (which I think, in retrospect, was a crime because everybody could have learned from them). I'm not sorry I did it, and would recommend it to anybody. You may end up not liking it and eventually make the choice to leave the program, but at least give it a try.
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Penn State is one of the most respected research univeristies in the nation.  There are plenty of research opportunities available in your desired field.  Penn State has the largest alumni network in the world.  Alum are lcated all over the globe, so finding jobs through networking should be relatively easier that @ UVA.  PSU has brilliant scholars as faculty and campus life is amazing.  There are plenty of bars, shops and restaurants across campus, and on campus, the HUB hosts many events on the weekend.  the Bryce Jordan Center has many famous stars has its visitors, for exampe, Linkin Park, Kanye West,Nelly, Michael Moore, Tracy Morgan and much more.\n\nUVA probably ranks higher on a US News Report ranking, but how can you beat a 100% tuition free school?  \n\nPSU may be a B school, but it is highly respected.\n\nPersonally, i think PSU is the way to go only because of its large network.  Afterall, nowadays its more like who you know than what you know.
650529
I go to CAU... and its the greatest thing in the world. CAU is in the top 20 for HBCUs and it isn't exactly in downtown Atlanta. Its the largest black school and its a wonderful experience.... Welcome to CAU!
642315
Being a graduate of UM I would say it a great school. High standards though.
209649
My school is actually very good. It's in a good area and has intelligent teachers.
1116531
Richmond, VA is gorgeous. Take a walk on the University of Richmond Campus.  Also nearby I'm pretty sure they do a lot of ghost walks at night, which are really neat...because they give you that small town history and excitement.
762027
i am studying a joint honours course in media arts with journalism and currently in my final year. personally speaking, i am enjoying the course but in regards to the uni, its not that good. frankly though i chose thames valley because it had the course i always wanted to do, plus i was familiar with the area of ealing myself. i was more interested in the course, as opposed to student life over there because i wasn't that interested and seeing as it is shite. a lot of negative stuff has been written about thames valley uni, or as i'd call it TVU, especially in the press but i chose to ignore it and decided i wanted to study over there. in regards to the lecturers and the standard of teaching, its so and so. you get some really great ones and not so good ones.  \n\ni know its in the bottom 50 throughout the uk, but frankly, i don't take any notice of uni rankings because they don't tell the full picture. therefore, because of the course i am doing, i like studying at TVU but in regards to student life overall, particuarly social life there, it sucks. but as i said i only went there because it had the course i wanted to do and as i used to live in ealing myself. rather than for those other reasons.
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yes, but it is the most expensive state school for an out of stater. UVM is also slowly taking over the city of burlington and as a result is getting bigger. good or bad? up to you. a dorm once burned down in the early '70's. I will also agree that it is best known for its med school.
583090
It is an accredited university. They are great for the few degrees they do, but they are also very expensive.
1170602
i dont atted their, but its a cool school, lots a partys, super easy to meet people, ive had friends that have gone to madison, you should be in good company
551185
its a good school especially if you dont have the grades to get into ga tech
667297
I think its not bad but depends on what u study there. why dont u research it?
914264
Is it a good school?  Let's put it this way -- US News & World Reports doesn't even bothering ranking it.\n\nIt is not selective.  And it awards lots of online degrees, which employers will not take seriously.
537648
It is really nice.  But you can spend plenty of money there.  I went with my school when i was in school, it is a lot better to go with a few friends and family on a weekend.  There is a lot of things there that they have on school days.
254045
Great school!  I think one of the best things about Reed is the attitude of the students and professors towards education.  We're not here for the diploma, but rather the education that goes with it.  From what I saw visting schools last year, that's fairly unusual.  We don't see our grades unless we ask (we still get plenty of feedback, though), so there's no competition around grades.  Also, since there's no graduate school, we're not completing with grad students for the attention of our professors.  After every paper we turn in for hum 110 (the required freshmen class - see the Reed website for details), we have a 1-on-1 meeting with our prof to discuss the paper (I know this sounds intimidating, but it's not).  Overall, we take our academics quite seriously, but we still find time to have fun.  For example, we're planning to make liquid nitrogen ice cream on Thursday.\n\nI few weeks ago I attended a workshop on underwater basket weaving.  If you look up underwater basket weaving on Wikipedia, you'll see that it is done by submerging the basket materials in a bucket of water.  At Reed, we jump in the swiming pool.\n\nSorry if that wasn't very coherent or comprehensive, but you should definelty keep Reed on your list.