Consider visiting us this spring

Spring has arrived in Blacksburg, Va. Hokies are eagerly finishing their spring semester. This time of year, you often see a lot of activity on campus, be it Hokies feeding ducks at the Duck Pond; biking, walking or jogging the Huckleberry Trail; or enjoying the many other recreational activities on campus or in the surrounding areas. You'll almost always find some sort of activity on the Drillfield – Hokies playing sports, the Marching Virginians practicing, a special event, or people simply studying while sunbathing.

For those of you who are contemplating whether to apply to Virginia Tech in the future, we hope you will consider visiting our campus. Many choose to visit during their high school spring break. Others decide to visit during one of our fall Open House programs (October 20 and 21 and November 10 and 11). However, we accept visitors most any time of the year. If you do decide to visit, please take a minute or two to register so you can be sure to reserve a space in one of our admission information sessions as well as one of our student-led campus tours.

(Note: For those of you who have applied for the fall of 2012, you are most likely waiting to learn of your admission decision. Those who applied will learn of their decision no later than April 1 – the national notification date.)

We hope you decided to check out our campus this spring. However it's really hard to pick a bad day or time of year because Blacksburg truly is a beautiful and welcoming place throughout the seasons.

Come and see for yourself

By Jonathan Schramm

Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admissions

I’m lucky enough to have an office that overlooks the Drillfield, arguably Virginia Tech's most recognizable landmark. Not only is it at the geographic center of campus, it's the center of activity too (the Drillfield, not my office; although, it too can get pretty busy). There's so much activity in fact that it can sometimes overload the senses.

I can see the sun dipping behind clouds, and hear birds and crickets chirping, and smell the fresh-cut grass. I watch students with their books walking to their classes, while others run. Our marching band, The Marching Virginians, practices its signature songs, horns and drums alerting my ears to their presence. The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets shouts over the noise in unison. People throw Frisbees and kick balls. All the while a bicycle, or the occasional car, encircles the scene.

College campuses are places of learning of course, but many of them are also quite beautiful. I would rank Virginia Tech high atop that list, with its buildings of gray-stone (PDF 1006KB) and stately trees, its duck pond and horticulture gardens. I can see why so many students choose to apply to VT after they've visited our campus. It makes sense really. You can look at all the high-gloss pictures you want to, and read all about academics and student life, but until you're actually here to take it all in, you never really know...

So come visit us! We’ve got three tours a day, and two information sessions. Some departments run their own special sessions, so check that list out too. See you when you get here!