VT Decisions out Tomorrow!

[Anonymous]

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They don't have a published policy of yield protection but there's plenty of anecdotal evidence here on DCUM about high stats kids (who have absolutely no reason to f'up their essays, have strong ECs, high GPA/SAT (above VT's 75th percentile) get rejected, especially from TJ. If that's not yield protection, I don't know what is.

How about too many kids applying for CS and engineering?

Isn't that the same thing? If 100 kids with 4.0 (assuming that's the only metric for the sake of simplicity) apply to a program with a cap of 80, they have to reject 52 kids so they can accommodate their institutional priorities. It would be something like 48 seats for high academics, 32 seats for institutional priorities (first gen, women, minorities, etc; say 40%) resulting in 52 of the 4.0 crowd getting rejected or waitlisted. VT would likely try to identity the most likely to attend (which is what yield protection is about) rather than just admit the top 52 based on whatever criteria.

DP- High stat kids are a dime a dozen and need to stand out another way. When you realize stats aren’t how decisions are made you’ll understand yield protection isn’t real.

+1000
PP is just the same old sour grapes poster who can't get over the fact that his/her kid was rejected - along with thousands of others. It's really painfully pathetic everytime they post.

Some parents don't like the fact that their hard working children's lives are affected by DEI policies and a broken system.

[Anonymous]

Some parents don't like the fact that their hard working children's lives are affected by DEI policies and a broken system.

This is indeed sour grapes. PP posted actual data regarding low number of URM students at VT, but you just wanna blame the DEI boogie man. Sorry, your kid didn't get accepted, but depending on their major, they likely lost out to OOS students. If they applied for CS, engineering or business, they probably had less than a 30% chance of admissions. VT isn't a safety for anyone.

[Anonymous]

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Some parents don't like the fact that their hard working children's lives are affected by DEI policies and a broken system.

This is indeed sour grapes. PP posted actual data regarding low number of URM students at VT, but you just wanna blame the DEI boogie man. Sorry, your kid didn't get accepted, but depending on their major, they likely lost out to OOS students. If they applied for CS, engineering or business, they probably had less than a 30% chance of admissions. VT isn't a safety for anyone.

Maybe you should address the data, then, instead of your usual "you are entitled!" rant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Some parents don't like the fact that their hard working children's lives are affected by DEI policies and a broken system.

This is indeed sour grapes. PP posted actual data regarding low number of URM students at VT, but you just wanna blame the DEI boogie man. Sorry, your kid didn't get accepted, but depending on their major, they likely lost out to OOS students. If they applied for CS, engineering or business, they probably had less than a 30% chance of admissions. VT isn't a safety for anyone.

Maybe you should address the data, then, instead of your usual "you are entitled!" rant?

That's all she has. The DEI boogie man is in fact real. Many lesser qualified "underrepresented" people get into colleges when they should not, then underperform.

For those of you that have well qualified students that were not accepted into the VA state school that they wanted to get into, I would highly recommend the VCCS as a way to get into any state school. You need a minimum GPA, but it removes the social justice warriors in the college admissions office. My son is now at VT after a single year spent at VCCS and earning an Associates degree in Engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Some parents don't like the fact that their hard working children's lives are affected by DEI policies and a broken system.

This is indeed sour grapes. PP posted actual data regarding low number of URM students at VT, but you just wanna blame the DEI boogie man. Sorry, your kid didn't get accepted, but depending on their major, they likely lost out to OOS students. If they applied for CS, engineering or business, they probably had less than a 30% chance of admissions. VT isn't a safety for anyone.

Maybe you should address the data, then, instead of your usual "you are entitled!" rant?

That's all she has. The DEI boogie man is in fact real. Many lesser qualified "underrepresented" people get into colleges when they should not, then underperform.

For those of you that have well qualified students that were not accepted into the VA state school that they wanted to get into, I would highly recommend the VCCS as a way to get into any state school. You need a minimum GPA, but it removes the social justice warriors in the college admissions office. My son is now at VT after a single year spent at VCCS and earning an Associates degree in Engineering.

Your son used VCCS to get into VT. Some URMs do the same. Commonality!