Anyone reconsidering attending grad school at Virginia Tech this Fall?

Graduate School
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<p>I am planning on attending grad school at VT this fall, and I was wondering if anyone else is reconsidering VT after the shootings? I was planning to be on campus Monday morning to tour the facilities and try to meet a few professors, but I decided not to make the drive because of the weather on Sunday. I still feel like I want to attend this fall, but it has given me pause to consider the situation. </p>

<p>Is anyone who was planning to attend grad school at VT thinking of going somewhere else instead because of the situation?</p>

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<p>I could efinately see why yesterdays incident would curb your enthusiasm regarding the school. Horrible, horrible, thing that happened there,</p>

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<p>To be honest, I doubt you will find a safer school than VT for the next few years after yesterday's incident.</p>

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<p>merp makes a valid point. Virginia Tech will be blanketed with security for years to come. Incidents like this, although tragic, are very rare. There is really no way to protect yourself from such a situation in any case. They do seem to occur at a tragically regular clip though. The city where I am studying, Montreal, has been home to three such shootings since the mid eighties; one at l'Ecole Polytechnique, another at Concordia, and one at Dawson College earlier this year. It is deeply disturbing that such incidents happen, especially at schools.</p>

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<p>I was at Virginia Tech for something for a couple of days in February. The campus is nice.<br>
The shooting incident was initiated by only one person, who supposedly is now dead... In general, I don't think the campus is any less safe than any other colege campus.</p>

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<p>Yeah, why not? Lightning strikes only once :)</p>

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<p>On the other hand, one may feel uncomfortable with all of the added security restrictions.</p>

<p>Of course, it's not just security - students will be more psychologically prepared to respond to such an incident.</p>

<p>Even for a random VA Tech student, it's highly unlikely that one would fall to an incident. On the other hand, there have been incidents of grad students killing their profs (but that is still extremely rare).</p>

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<p>I doubt concerns over safety would make someone not attend VT. For me - it'd just be weird.</p>

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<p>yeah. on a side note - wow - it's shocking that so many graduate students were killed.</p>

<p>It seems like no one made it out of the Advanced Hydrology class alive</p>

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<p>they say the safest airport in the country is the one with the most recent crash.
I wouldn't let this incident affect your choice.</p>

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<p>I personally would not be able to walk into or around Norris Hall without being reminded of what happened. I would not attend.</p>

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<p>That actually encourages me to apply there... light never strikes twice right?</p>

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<p>I just couldn't walk in or near Norris Hall and not be bothered by the fact that my fellow peers were brutally murdered there and not think about the shear pain and distress they felt in their last few minutes alive. I personally will not consider attending Virgina Tech.</p>

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<p>I still plan to apply there as my "safety" grad school, mostly because I'd get in-state tuition.</p>