Upcoming Deadline, March 1: The FAFSA, everyone's doing it

Attention! This is important. Seriously, it's about money. The priority deadline for the FAFSA and Virginia Tech's General Scholarship Application is March 1. The sooner you complete these deals, the better it is for you. Even if you're unsure you'll end up in Hokieland, you should still complete both of these forms. And, even if you think completing the FAFSA is a waste of your time, it's not because some of our scholarships require a completed FAFSA.

To learn more about scholarships and financial aid at Virginia Tech, visit www.finaid.vt.edu. While you're there, check out the Scholarships Gateway to search scholarships at Virginia Tech.

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Virginia Tech: Think outside of the classroom

By Erika, a junior in the College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences

Major: sociology

Minor: psychology

Virginia Tech has an extensive selection of clubs, organizations, fraternities, sororities, and service opportunities to choose from.

In my career at Virginia Tech, I have been very active with the university as well as the community. I am President of the Sociological Association at Virginia Tech (SAV) and a Transfer Orientation Guide Leader (TOGL). Both of these positions allow me to hone my leadership and communications skills while having a good time! I have also gained great networks but best of all friends.

Although leadership positions and memberships to organizations are important, service learning and volunteerism is as well. Service learning and volunteerism are amazing learning experiences that everyone should have. I take part in the annual BIG EVENT, which is a community wide service project, which involves the students of Virginia Tech and the Blacksburg and surrounding communities.

Community outreach is significant at Virginia Tech but so is Virginia Tech's global initiatives. With all the options Virginia Tech has there should be no problem for anyone to find their place in the Hokie Family, while making great impacts in others lives as well as their own.

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James' Story: transferring to VT was a smooth transition despite obstacles

By James, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences

Major: sociology

Transferring to Virginia Tech has to be one of the best things that I've done in my life thus far. As a high school junior in 2002, I already had my sights locked on Virginia Tech, but a lack of doing homework on a consistent basis landed me with a denial letter and several dashed hopes during the last few months of my adolescent educational career. Deep down, however, I knew that I would be seeing Blacksburg again and that the title “Hokie” simply had to belong to me some day. Therefore, I made my decision to do everything possible to achieve that dream and enrolled in a community college. A few years of hard work later, everything paid off.

My best experiences with the transfer process had to be with the individual care and attention that I received throughout the administrative journey. In the spring of 2007, I received a personal telephone call from an admissions officer welcoming me to Virginia Tech. After I had finished bouncing off of my walls and ceiling with excitement, I sat down and began to realize the work ahead; transferring credits, moving, learning a new curriculum, the list goes on. I received a different kind of phone call shortly thereafter, however. This one had less than stellar news: I was being deployed to Iraq two weeks into my would be first semester at school. The understanding from both the admissions office and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences was phenomenal. With a few simple phone calls and emails, my transfer package was put on hold and I was issued a very heartfelt “Godspeed” by a staff member that I had never even met. I set my sights once again on Virginia Tech, but this time I had a year and a war to get through first.

As the fall of 2008 quickly approached, I was still deployed and out of communication with the “real world” for days and weeks at a time. This didn't hurt my confidence that, when I finally arrived home, things wouldn't all be in place and set for my first semester. Sure enough, when I arrived home 32 hours before my first class started, I, without any significant effort on my own part, had a housing assignment prepared, a complete class schedule with all syllabi waiting in my in-box, and several emails from professors and the Transfer Student Orientation team welcoming me home. Bear in mind that I had yet to meet any of the faculty or staff at Virginia Tech. Never had I felt so well treated or at home (when I hadn't even been there long enough to call it “home”).

I believe that my take-away from all of this is: Virginia Tech showed me that it really was worth it to pursue my goal of becoming a Hokie. The people that populate this great university's offices and classrooms really do care and are not afraid to go out of their way to show it. I received the personal attention that I would attest only to the smallest of schools (normally) and I will forever be grateful that I had all of these wonderful people that wanted nothing more but than to help me become the Hokie that I am today.

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Virginia Tech: A quality education at an affordable price

According to two recent notable sources, Virginia Tech offers students a high quality educational experience at an affordable price!

The Princeton Review ranked Virginia Tech #8 in its list of the 100 Best Value Colleges for 2010. According to David Soto, Director of Content Development for The Princeton Review, “[The schools named in the 100 Best Value Colleges list] are excelling at fulfilling the financial need for students, and the rigor of academics is still very high.”

The Princeton Review evaluated schools based on:

• Academics
• Costs, and
• Financial Aid

In addition to the Princeton Review, "Kiplinger's Personal Finance" magazine ranked Virginia Tech as #16 in its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges list, claiming that we “combine outstanding economic value with a first-class education.”

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Career Services at VT offers a variety of programs and activities for students

The Career Services team at Virginia Tech offers a variety of programs and activities for students, from help in finding the best major for you, to coaching for resumes and interviews. If you decide to transfer to Virginia Tech and become a Hokie, we hope you will take advantage of the many things Career Services offers students.

Specifically, Career Services assists current students with:

• Exploring careers and majors
• Getting experience through internships, externships, and co-ops
• Planning for graduate and professional school
• Job searching: from resumes to relocation

Many Hokies are able to secure employment after graduation through the various networks in place, which include: Hokies4Hire and the On-Campus Interviewing Program, career and job fairs throughout the academic year, and VT CareerLink. Check out the post-graduation report to learn what recent grads are doing.

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Application Deadline and On-Site Review

The application deadline for transfer students is right around the corner. If you are a Virginia Community College student we might be coming to your school for an on-site application review. To find out whether we have schedule an on-site application review at your Virginia Community College, click here.

If you are not a student at a Virginia Community College where we have scheduled an on-site application review, your application deadline is February 15. Once you submit your application, please note that you must create a Virginia Tech Guest Account.

When you submit your application, you will receive two important e-mails from Virginia Tech. The firs

t e-mail will be from "Virginia Tech Guest Management Service [PleaseDoNotReply@vt.edu]" and the subject line will read: "Virginia Tech Guest Account Invitation." We encourage you to add this e-mail address to your address book to ensure you will receive this important e-mail. This first e-mail will provide you with instructions for setting up your VT guest account. To set up your account, you will need your email address and you will need to create a password.*

The second important e-mail you receive will be from "VT Undergraduate Admissions [admiss@vt.edu]" with the subject line of "Virginia Tech Status Page." To access your application status page, you will need to use the e-mail address and password you entered to create your Virginia Tech Guest Account.

Completed the tasks outlined in the two very important e-mails you receive is imperative. Failure to set up your Virginia Tech Guest Account will result in:

1. You will NOT be able to view your decision on the application status page when the decision becomes available.

2. If admitted, you will NOT be able to accept our offer of admission online.

*PLEASE NOTE: If you think you may have already created a Guest Account, please check before requesting a reset of the invitation process. You may be able to establish your access to the online status page through a simple password reset.

To see if you have already created a Guest Account, go to:

https://webapps.es.vt.edu/gams/login.jsp

If your Guest Account has been created, you can request a password reset. If you get a message that your Guest Account is unknown, wait for a new guest invitation in order to create your account. Look at the bottom of your invitation email and if it was the third invitation then contact the admissions office at admiss@vt.edu.

To reset your Guest Account password go to:

https://webapps.es.vt.edu/gams/reset.do

A password reset ticket will be sent to the third party email address associated with your guest account (the e-mail address you provided to us on your application).

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