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Admissions
For the fall 2006 freshman class, Virginia Tech received 19,046 applications and
accepted 67% of applicants (about 12,700). 39% of those accepted (approximately
5000 students) chose to enroll. Approximately 21 percent of the freshman class
was filled by early decision candidates. Average grades increased, but SAT
scores declined slightly. The typical fall 2006 freshman had a high school grade
point average of 3.74, with a middle range of 3.38 to 3.95. The average
cumulative SAT score was 1201, down two points from the previous year's average
of 1203.
Academics
Virginia Tech offers 60 Bachelor's degree programs and 140 Master's and Doctoral
degree programs through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the College
of Architecture & Urban Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences,
the Pamplin College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of
Natural Resources, the College of Science, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
offers the only two-year associate's degree program on campus, in agricultural
technology. The ten most popular majors for the incoming class of 2005 were
University Studies (Undeclared), General Engineering, Business (Undeclared),
Biology, Communication, Psychology, Marketing, Political Science, Animal and
Poultry Sciences, and Architecture.
Virginia Tech ranked 34th among national public universities and 77th among all
national universities. Its College of Engineering undergraduate program was
ranked 9th among engineering schools at public universities and 17th in the
nation among all accredited engineering schools that offer doctorates. Seven
different undergraduate programs in the College of Engineering are ranked in the
top 25 among peer programs nationally - the industrial engineering program is
ranked 7th; civil engineering, 11th; environmental engineering, 11th; mechanical
engineering, 15th; aerospace engineering, 16th; electrical engineering, 20th;
and chemical engineering, 23rd. Its Pamplin College of Business undergraduate
program is ranked 22nd among the nation's public institutions and 52nd among all
undergraduate business programs.
The architecture and landscape architecture programs in Virginia Tech's College
of Architecture and Urban Studies are ranked among the very best in America. In
its 2006 report, DesignIntelligence, the only national college ranking survey
focused exclusively on design, ranked the undergraduate architecture program 7th
nationally and 4th in the East. DesignIntelligence also ranked the university’s
undergraduate landscape architecture program 8th in the nation and 2nd in the
East.
The university's academic community has coined a word associated with the
distribution of old test and study materials, referred to as "koofers".
On January 3, 2007 Virginia Tech along with Carilion Health System announced the
creation of a new medical school that will be a joint venture between the two
organizations. The first class is scheduled to be admitted in either 2009 or
2010. The new medical school will have approximately 40 students per class,
making it a very small medical school. It will be located in Roanoke next to the
Carilion Health System hospital.
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