<p>What is your opinion on the better school here; Virginia Tech or BU? I got accepted to Virginia Tech for Biological Sciences and was waitlisted to Binghamton University for Biological Sciences. I will most likely accept Virginia Tech; pay the deposit, but wait for my response to Binghamton as well.</p>
<p>I am graduating from a NYS high school, but have family in Northern Virginia. I will be paying in-state tuition to either school so it's not about the fees. </p>
<p>I would suggest VA Tech for the different cultural experience. A large percentage of the students at Binghamton are from the NYC area, so it will be like high school. VT will have a more geographicaly diverse student body. </p>
<p>Thank you for your response. I live close to BU as well; Virginia Tech is about 8 and a half hours away but I do recognize that both are great schools academically and are also great values (#6 and #8 in the nation respectively). Will accept VT but still want to get other people’s feedback on whether I should accept BU if they accept me after the waitlisting.</p>
<p>Have yet to visit V-Tech but the place looks great. I live by Binghamton and visited the school campus; it’s nice but the city is not that great (neither are the suburbs). However, both still maintain good student life within the campus and seem like good choices.</p>
<p>VT is great IMO - very pretty - nice college town - lots of school spirit. You should try to visit before making your decision if you can. Then you’d know if you really liked it or not.</p>
<p>Academically I don’t know that there’s much of a difference, but for fit, there’s quite a bit of a difference.</p>