thenextTopGun
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#1 dining halls in the country . Heck, one of them even serves fresh lobster!I'm am a bit biased as my name tells you but while UT Austin is an amazing school that I would have gone to, the people are not particularly military friendly (many protests against US mil action), however, Texas A&M has a legendary corps of cadets that I would wholeheartedly recommend taking a deeper eye into.My DD loved the tour of Va Tech last week. We saw Texas A and M, University of Texas-Austin, University of New Orleans and Va. Tech. Next month, We are seeing Va. Tech for a 2nd time and also seeing Ga. Tech for the 2nd time, plus touring Purdue, University of Michigan and Univ. of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. DD's NROTC scholarship has been placed at Ga. Tech (and DD is an Early Action admit there already). DD has been admitted to all the mentioned schools (except Va. Tech who will release decisions 3/5). Her #1 still remains USNA, of course! But she has a lot of great choices!
My DD did not care for UT-Austin at all. (No offense to anyone who has a differing opinion). I actually really liked TAMU, but her 1st impression was that it was "remote". I may be to blame here, as we drove to College Station from New Orleans (it was a 5 hour drive). When we went to Va. tech, we flew into Roanoke and then drove to Va. Tech the next morning- took about 40 minutes. She said Va. Tech didn't seem as rural as TAMU. I found it a funny statement, but realized the "long drive" vs. the "short drive" must've been what made one feel less rural than the other. I told her College Station was a 2 hour drive from Austin and even less from Houston, but her impression "it was too remote" may be too much to overcome. Additionally, she is a foodie and she liked the food at Va. Tech better than TAMU- you know, the whole 2 or 3 meals we had when visiting.