Social Life at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Social Life” at VT/VPISU

By Gender

Males	B+
Females	B+

By Major

Accounting	C
Aerospace Engineering	A
Animal Studies	C
Anthropology	A+
Architecture	A
Architecture & Urban Planning Department	A-
Biology	B+
Business - Management and Administration	B+
Chemistry	A
Civil Engineering	C
Communications	C
Computer Engineering	A
Computer Science	B
Economics	B
Electrical Engineering	B-
Engineering Department	A
English	B+
Finance	A-
Geography and Geosciences	C+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	A
Industrial Operations Engineering	A
Interior Design	A+
Journalism	B
Math	A
Mechanical Engineering	A-
Naval Engineering	F
Other	B-
Physics	A
Political Science	A
PreMed and Medical	A+
Psychology	B+
Social Work	A+
Undecided	A-

Against similar schools

Social Life compared with similar schools in class.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B+
Average of All Schools
C+
Average of schools in class
B
University of Virginia
A-
Harvard University
B-
Cornell University
B
Princeton University
B
Stanford University
B
University of California - Berkeley
B
Yale University
A-
F
A+

Social Life

“... It's boring for most people, but I'm getting sick of psychology being referred to as a social science or liberal arts major; it isn't ...Read full comment

“... School-wise it is really challenging and social-wise it is phenomenal ...Read full comment

“... Your social life will be fantastic here, there is always something going on, sports events, parties, concerts, etc ...Read full comment

“... Virginia Tech has small clubs that allow you to create small social circle, but it is big enough so that you can move on with something else if y...Read full comment

“... The atmosphere promotes learning, fitness, and social activities ...Read full comment

“... There is little social life ...Read full comment

“... Alot of other schools in VA have a much better social life than VT ...Read full comment

“... Your social life will be fantastic here, there is always something going on, sports events, parties, concerts, etc ...Read full comment

“... Social life is great as long as you seek out people like yourself ...Read full comment

“... The social life here is pretty good ...Read full comment

“... The social atmosphere is great with the fall semester centered around football mostly ...Read full comment

“... The social lfe here is fun, but if you don't drink you better be pretty outgoing, or your not going to meet anyone on weekends ...Read full comment

“... Social life was great, sports were great, people were great, atmosphere was great, just about everything was great ...Read full comment

“... Social life is good, though it does focus on the bars and athletics ...Read full comment

“... I'm preparing to attend a top-ten ranked school for graduate social work because of my education in the VT Psychology Dept ...Read full comment

“... My first semester was tough, socially and academically, and I thought about transferring ...Read full comment

“... All I've done since I've been here is busywork and forced socialization with other students ...Read full comment

“... Social life is VERY strong around here, with parties every night of the weekend, and often into the week ...Read full comment

“... However, the social life is pretty good here at Tech, and Blacksburg is fun ...Read full comment

“... social life is great here i still find a way to go out and party every weekend even with the mass workload ...Read full comment

“... I'm not the most social person but this year I was still able to meet friends easily and date a bit ...Read full comment

“... The atmosphere promotes learning, fitness, and social activities ...Read full comment

“... Social life is great as long as you seek out people like yourself ...Read full comment