Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Top Questions

The worst thing about Virginia Tech is the amount of people. Sometimes, it is nice to be surrounded by so many happy students, but it is difficult to realize that you are just one of 30,000 people in a small(ish) area.

The cold weather. Walking on the drill field when it is 20 degrees outside and 30 mph winds is just miserable.

Maybe the lack of diversity (probably not the best word?), don't get me wrong there's a good amount of people from different backgrounds here, myself included, but everyone seems to act the same and be interested in the same things and there are those rare different people that seem to actually be interesting. Which has actually made it hard for me to make friends because I can't find people with some of the same interests as me.

The largness of the student body and the parties, but the parties will be found at any school.

The worst thing about my school is the weather. Although this school is considered to be in the south, does not mean it is warm here. Blacksburg can experience very unpredictable weather becuase we are located in the mountains. One day the temperatures can be in the 70s and the next day we are getting 6 inches of snow. The worst part of the weather is the wind. In certain places on campus it can feel as though you are walking through a wind tunnel. When the weather is nice, Blacksburg is one of the prettiest places to be.

The worst thing about Virginia Tech is probably the weather. Located in the mountain of Blacksburg, Virginia, this university has very rough winters of snow and wind. The main quad of campus, the drillfield, is a treacherous place to cross on a windy snowy day. The drillfield separates freshmen dorms from the classrooms, so it was a frequent obstacle for me to cross.

How far away Walmart is.

Communicating within and outside of your major and ethinicity can be difficult because attending a large school can easily make a person feel out of place.

The worst thing I believe about Virginia Tech is just that it gets pretty cold in the winter. I've never really enjoyed cold weather so being in a place where it snows quite a bit and drops below freezing for large parts of the winter is not something I particularly like.

The long food lines in the dining halls. We have to time when to get food or we will wait in line for a while.

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.