Waitlisted at Virginia Tech 😑 . Question.

[Anonymous]

My DC is on the VT waitlist and we are hoping and praying they are accepted, though we know it’s a longshot. VT was absolutely their first choice but without ED, there’s no way to prove it. Really wish they hadn’t gotten rid of ED. Good luck to all the others waiting anxiously!

[Anonymous]

It's unfortunate that top scoring kids at TJ cannot get into their state's own polytechnic school. I know MANY who have had to go OOS for tech schools as a result. How is that fair to Virginians?

Oh come on, TJ kids have been turning their nose up at VT for years. Some families now see the financial benefit, but many students still trash talk VT and parents frequently claim on this board that "only the bottom of the class" selects VT. AOs learned TJ kids use VT as a safety and have adjusted admissions accordingly so stop clutching your pearls.

[Anonymous]

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It's unfortunate that top scoring kids at TJ cannot get into their state's own polytechnic school. I know MANY who have had to go OOS for tech schools as a result. How is that fair to Virginians?

Oh come on, TJ kids have been turning their nose up at VT for years. Some families now see the financial benefit, but many students still trash talk VT and parents frequently claim on this board that "only the bottom of the class" selects VT. AOs learned TJ kids use VT as a safety and have adjusted admissions accordingly so stop clutching your pearls.

The TJ kids I know certainly don't look down on VT. What a bizarre claim.
DP

[Anonymous]

The TJ kids I know certainly don't look down on VT. What a bizarre claim.

Really? You must be new to this area or DCUM. Just look at any TJ/VT posts on this forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:VT does not yield protect. I know some.people want to use this as an excuse for their kids not getting in, but that does not make it true. VT will definitely reject/waitlist a "high stats" kid that does not take the time to appropriately answer their 4 short essay questions. The 20:57 PP on page 2, for example, does not take the time to proofread their posts. Perhaps their essays were also riddled with grammatical errors.

It didn't take long for the "VT does not yield protect" crowd to show up, did it?

You are wrong. Regardless of what their policy says, they do yield protect (or yield manage). Otherwise, you cannot explain the number of otherwise qualified kids that get waitlisted here but got into several other similar or higher ranked schools. Tech (along with NEU and UF) were safeties for my kid (a couple of years ago). He was waitlisted at Tech but got into the other two. I read all his essays and they were all of the same calibre. I may be biased about my kid's writing, but not so on a relative basis. We also know multiple kids that year and since with similar outcomes - didn't get into Tech, but did at higher ranked, more selective, schools. Can't explain that with "oh, they wrote poor essays because they were thinking it was a safety". No one does that.

Your kid did not get into VT, and I understand that made you sad/angry. You can't fathom that institutional priorities are a factor, and VT had so many highly qualified applicants that they can pick and choose among them to fill their priority buckets. So you decide to falsely proclaim that your kid was waitlisted because of yield protection. I suppose you are welcome to think/say it, but that does not make it true.

Why would it? As I pointed out, he got into his other safeties and of course his reaches too! He wouldn't have attended anyways..

The other half of the story I didn't share.. DC3 got into VT this year. For him it was a reach and we were mighty thrilled he got in. Way lower stats, way crappier essays (he literally wrote them the day before). But the story is the same this year also.. several of his very high stats friends did not get in. I am also an alum of VT so we are absolutely vested in the success of VT, but let's call a spade a spade.. VT DOES yield protect (or yield manage if that makes some of y'all feel better).

As do ALL selective schools. Surely you understand this? They can’t accept every high stats student applying for in-demand majors, so they have to choose what works for them. No one is entitled to an admittance, yet some of you seem to think otherwise.
DP

Thanks for admitting VT yield protects! That was like pulling teeth!

As for the rest of your sentences.. duh! You still haven't pointed out where I said anyone is entitled to an 'admittance'.

[Anonymous]

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The TJ kids I know certainly don't look down on VT. What a bizarre claim.

Really? You must be new to this area or DCUM. Just look at any TJ/VT posts on this forum.

Key words: this forum. There are one or two trolls who constantly post ridiculous things like that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:VT does not yield protect. I know some.people want to use this as an excuse for their kids not getting in, but that does not make it true. VT will definitely reject/waitlist a "high stats" kid that does not take the time to appropriately answer their 4 short essay questions. The 20:57 PP on page 2, for example, does not take the time to proofread their posts. Perhaps their essays were also riddled with grammatical errors.

It didn't take long for the "VT does not yield protect" crowd to show up, did it?

You are wrong. Regardless of what their policy says, they do yield protect (or yield manage). Otherwise, you cannot explain the number of otherwise qualified kids that get waitlisted here but got into several other similar or higher ranked schools. Tech (along with NEU and UF) were safeties for my kid (a couple of years ago). He was waitlisted at Tech but got into the other two. I read all his essays and they were all of the same calibre. I may be biased about my kid's writing, but not so on a relative basis. We also know multiple kids that year and since with similar outcomes - didn't get into Tech, but did at higher ranked, more selective, schools. Can't explain that with "oh, they wrote poor essays because they were thinking it was a safety". No one does that.

Your kid did not get into VT, and I understand that made you sad/angry. You can't fathom that institutional priorities are a factor, and VT had so many highly qualified applicants that they can pick and choose among them to fill their priority buckets. So you decide to falsely proclaim that your kid was waitlisted because of yield protection. I suppose you are welcome to think/say it, but that does not make it true.

Why would it? As I pointed out, he got into his other safeties and of course his reaches too! He wouldn't have attended anyways..

The other half of the story I didn't share.. DC3 got into VT this year. For him it was a reach and we were mighty thrilled he got in. Way lower stats, way crappier essays (he literally wrote them the day before). But the story is the same this year also.. several of his very high stats friends did not get in. I am also an alum of VT so we are absolutely vested in the success of VT, but let's call a spade a spade.. VT DOES yield protect (or yield manage if that makes some of y'all feel better).

As do ALL selective schools. Surely you understand this? They can’t accept every high stats student applying for in-demand majors, so they have to choose what works for them. No one is entitled to an admittance, yet some of you seem to think otherwise.
DP

Thanks for admitting VT yield protects! That was like pulling teeth!

As for the rest of your sentences.. duh! You still haven't pointed out where I said anyone is entitled to an 'admittance'.

Um... I was admitting to the "yield management" comment - duh, yourself. I stand by that, too. ALL selective schools manage their yield, which isn't the same as yield protection, as another PP spelled out for you. And the fact that you're *still* complaining about your kid not being accepted makes it abundantly clear that you do feel he was entitled to an admittance. Otherwise, you'd shrug it off like a normal person instead of rehashing your story over and over. And you're replying to two different people here, btw.

[Anonymous]

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The TJ kids I know certainly don't look down on VT. What a bizarre claim.

Really? You must be new to this area or DCUM. Just look at any TJ/VT posts on this forum.

Key words: this forum. There are one or two trolls who constantly post ridiculous things like that.

+1
I have a kid at TJ and so many students there are gunning for VaTech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is relevant, but I was waitlisted at VT with a 4.5 weighted gpa (4.0 UW). I am ranked number one in my class, captain of 2 varsity sports team, and founder of the only student-led club in my school. This was my safety school and this decision came as a devastating surprise. At the time of the decision (it was the first to come out) I was terrified I would not get into a single school. Now, 2 months later I have been accepted into UVA, Notre Dame, William & Mary, and Georgetown. I was waitlisted at UPenn and Duke as well. Still, my waitlist from VT deeply upsets me. Does anyone know why this happened?

Because VT has LONG WL the top applicants. They suspect it is a safety and they they USED to say if you are high stat and want in, you have to ED so they know you are serious. They waitlisted my 4.6GPA top 1% of class, 1580 single attempt SAT, leader of every tech club out there kid also a couple years ago and gave direct admits to truckloads of kids with lower stats from his school. He declined the WL but we were told by an AO that he WOULD get in from the WL but as high stats you either go in ED or WL. That is their MO and has been for a long time. I expect my next comparably mediocre kid to get in next year bc he is in their sweet spot. Obviously nothing to worry about for you- plenty of excellent options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is relevant, but I was waitlisted at VT with a 4.5 weighted gpa (4.0 UW). I am ranked number one in my class, captain of 2 varsity sports team, and founder of the only student-led club in my school. This was my safety school and this decision came as a devastating surprise. At the time of the decision (it was the first to come out) I was terrified I would not get into a single school. Now, 2 months later I have been accepted into UVA, Notre Dame, William & Mary, and Georgetown. I was waitlisted at UPenn and Duke as well. Still, my waitlist from VT deeply upsets me. Does anyone know why this happened?

Because VT has LONG WL the top applicants. They suspect it is a safety and they they USED to say if you are high stat and want in, you have to ED so they know you are serious. They waitlisted my 4.6GPA top 1% of class, 1580 single attempt SAT, leader of every tech club out there kid also a couple years ago and gave direct admits to truckloads of kids with lower stats from his school. He declined the WL but we were told by an AO that he WOULD get in from the WL but as high stats you either go in ED or WL. That is their MO and has been for a long time. I expect my next comparably mediocre kid to get in next year bc he is in their sweet spot. Obviously nothing to worry about for you- plenty of excellent options.

DP. What a truly inane post. How many times have you posted this?