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This [[gun free zone]] government school was the location of the worst [[young mass murderers|school shooting]] in American history, when one of its seniors, [[Seung-Hui Cho]], massacred thirty-two students and faculty on April 16, 2007, before killing himself.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in [[hindsight]], appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

This [[gun free zone]] government school was the location of the worst [[young mass murderers|school shooting]] in American history, when one of its seniors, [[Seung-Hui Cho]], massacred thirty-two students and faculty on April 16, 2007, before killing himself.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in [[hindsight]], appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

<div align="center">[[Image:800px-2007 Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Virginia Tech students gather for a prayer vigil after the 4/16/2007 massacre that took thirty-two lives.]]</div>  In 2011 another shooting there left two dead.

<div align="center">[[Image:800px-2007 Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Virginia Tech students gather for a prayer [[vigil]] after the 4/16/2007 massacre that took thirty-two lives.]]</div>  In 2011 another shooting there left two dead.

It has 26,370 students on-campus, about 17% of whom are graduate students.  It has strong [[sports]] and [[engineering]] programs, resulting in much larger percentage of male students than most colleges: 58.1% male and 41.9% female.  Many of its students are from foreign countries.

It has 26,370 students on-campus, about 17% of whom are graduate students.  It has strong [[sports]] and [[engineering]] programs, resulting in much larger percentage of male students than most colleges: 58.1% male and 41.9% female.  Many of its students are from foreign countries.