Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Top Questions

Parking. We are not a driving school- students walk, bike, and bus around campus.

The worst thing about my school is that most of the kids at my university are from the Virginia area. I live in Connecticut and when I go home I am far away from all the friends I have at school. I guess that is what trains are for.

Virginia Tech football takes precedence over classroom learning. Professors cancel class on gamedays and parking for commuter students on campus becomes a nightmare.

The worst thing is probably the fact that once you get into the upper-class classes it is like impossible to get a class taht u want because they use some weird priority system that doesn't make any sense; I myself had to force-add 4 classes that are reqired classes that I registered for a secoond after the course request opened.

Too many students for the amount of space in the dining halls, and classrooms are something overbooked.

As a transfer student it was difficult to fit it and make friends. After being at the school for a year I still don't have many close friends.

My school experiences Antarctica weather. It gets below freezing in the winters with high wind chills. Luckily Virginia Tech buildings are close by to each other that it is still bearable to go to class.

I think that school security could be a lot better. The security system of the campus seems disorganized in that information relayed to students and faculty are delayed. Campus dormitry were only locked at night and so that gave anyone access to living headquarters. The campus could be lighted better at night since it is a large campus and gets dark earlier in the winter months.

The "country feel" of it

The worst thing about my school would be the work load. While it is completely manageable, it is extremley easy to drop the ball and become behind and very frustrated. Many teachers feel that their classes are the only classes you are taking, and therefore you should be able to do all that they ask in a short amount of time. This can be very frustrating. I find that my advisor has become a great utility of mine. He helps me with any and all questions that I have about my major and what my classes are like.