By Tyler Murphy 2009 Graduate 2009 Admissions Advisor
Off campus housing may as well be considered on campus housing. Blacksburg is a small community and living within the immediate area, the farthest I ever had to travel was approximately 2 miles. With the Blacksburg Transit bus system, getting to campus was easily accessible and time efficient.
In fact, I quickly found that I was filling my gas tank a couple of times every few months. I rarely needed my car even living off campus because of the options made available to me. If public transportation isn't your thing, you'll find people biking all over town. And trust me, there is a bike rack every few hundred feet so no need to worry about where to put your bike once you arrive to your next class or other destination. Even the Blacksburg Transit buses have bike racks on the front.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: when you transfer to Virginia Tech, you're a Hokie. No "T" label for transfer students. Nope. You're a Hokie, simple as that.
One thing that is slightly different for transfer students is housing. When you're a transfer student, you don't have guarenteed on-campus housing. You can sign up for an on-campus lottery (a transfer housing waitlist), but you should check out off campus housing.
Virginia Tech does a couple of things to help students find off campus housing:
Each year, Virginia Tech welcomes nearly 1,000 transfer students to campus. About one half of our transfer students come from the Virginia Community College System, the other half transfer from other four-year or two-year schools. In order to be considered as a transfer student, you should have attempted 12 or more credit hours at another college or university after you graduated from high school.
Once you transfer to VT, you're a Hokie. As a transfer student, you have access to plenty at Virginia Tech. For starters, Virginia Tech offers a great education with award-winning faculty, research opportunities, a beautiful campus, more than 600 clubs and organizations, and great food. Not to mention, the opportunity to be a Hokie! (Wait, I may have already mentioned the Hokie deal, but it's a big deal -- worth multiple mentions. If you become a Hokie, you'll get what I mean!)
Now for the nitty-gritty…
Shelter
I’m going to be real with you here. When it comes to living on campus, housing for transfer students it is limited. On the flip side, there are many off campus housing options. To learn more, visit our off campus housing website.
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As for the food, that's another story. There is no limit there! The food is good, it wins awards, and there's plenty of it! Really, the bottom line is that you need a dining plan.Read more...
Transportation & Parking
If you do land a dorm, then you can get a resident parking permit. That doesn't mean that you will score a parking space directly in front of the buildings you frequent for classes each day. That simply means that your parking permit will have a big "R" on it to indicate that you are a "resident student." If you live off campus, the same deal applies -- no reserved parking. Or shall I say, no desirable reserved parking. Instead, your parking permit will have a big "C" on it for "commuter student."Minus the fact that areas of campus can be hilly, this is a bike and pedestrian friendly campus. Oh, and with Blacksburg Transit (the bus that gets you around campus and the Town of Blacksburg), you might not even need your car. Should you choose to go green and not bring your car to campus, consider participating in the FREE Bike, Bus, & Walk (BB&W) program.
Virginia Tech is dedicated to providing transfer students with a quality education that builds upon prior academic experience, rather than duplicating it. The steps you will need to take to become a transfer student at Virginia Tech are outlined below. We hope to see you at Virginia Tech soon!
Off campus housing may as well be considered on campus housing. Blacksburg is a small community and living within the immediate area, the farthest I ever had to travel was approximately 2 miles. With the Blacksburg Transit bus system, getting to campus was easily accessible and time efficient.
