| Virginia Tech (VT) is situated in Blacksburg, Virginia and | | | | cadets to women, in 1973. |
| is uniquely made up of nine colleges and graduate | | | | Two other titles that VT sadly holds onto are the |
| school. It boasts an impressive 60 bachelor's degree | | | | deadliest school shooting as well as the deadliest mass |
| programs alongside 140 masters and doctoral degree | | | | shooting by a single gunman in the history of the United |
| programs. The VT student body consists of more | | | | States. This violent act was committed by Seung-Hui |
| than 30,000 full-time students who are taught by a | | | | Cho on April 16th 2007 and the result was 32 people |
| team of professors, whose student to teacher ratio | | | | killed and many more injured. |
| average 16:1 in the classroom. Virginia Tech's beautiful | | | | Virginia Tech boasts many honors and awards which |
| main campus includes more than 125 buildings, 2,600 | | | | the following are merely a small example of. VT is |
| acres, and is one of the only schools in the nation to | | | | nationally ranked in the top 20 public colleges and |
| be furnished with an airport. Owing to an adjacent | | | | universities which offer a first-class educational |
| corporate research center, Virginia Tech is currently | | | | experience at an exceptionally low price, being one of |
| ranked 42nd in university research in the United States. | | | | the nation's best educational bargains, according to |
| Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 with a focus on | | | | Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Virginia Tech |
| agricultural and mechanical studies, and to this day, it | | | | was also ranked by U.S. News & World Report's |
| continues as one of the very few United States | | | | among "America's Best Colleges 2008" in the fall of |
| universities which maintain a corps of cadets. The | | | | 2007. |
| school was founded when the Virginia General | | | | This was just a small example of the many features |
| Assembly bought the grounds and facilities from the | | | | that VT has to offer and the reasons why it is such |
| Preston and Olin Institute using federal funds. After | | | | an astounding college. It has a unique campus, |
| being founded, Virginia Tech's first president, John M. | | | | foundation, and history, which have each shaped it to |
| McBryde, reorganized the academic programs to | | | | be what it is today: An outstanding university and place |
| resemble the more classic four-year college. Another | | | | where student learning and growing are of utmost |
| unique fact about VT is that it was the very first | | | | importance. |
| school in the United States that opened its corps of | | | | |