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I really did not know much about VT at all

before I actually started applying and looking at colleges. Growing up I very much wanted to go to UGA or GT. But having moved to NoVA as a teen, not having in-state killed that dream (still applied to both). So I was pretty much stuck to VA schools. Attended seminar at W&M (both parents alums) in my Mom’s hope that I’d go there. That’s really where I learned some about VT as a school that suited my interests and finances.

However, it wasn’t until a trip with the Grands to spend the summer with them in “85. Grands picked me up in NOVA for drive to Bama. 81 is the route so we stopped by BBurg to tour the campus. I was very impressed with the campus and region, and knew this”d be the school. We stopped by Vandy (granny and uncle alums), but I already knew where I’d be going.

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