VT is Out
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Anonymous
Of course |
Anonymous
Unlikely. Dean J said yesterday that it will be by Feb 15, as per the admissions website, and it varies year to year. My bet is with the impending snow/ice that will shut down campus that they won't be early this year. If they were already finished then they would have released yesterday. They may not have to read supplementals this year, but they have way more candidates to consider with applications up so much. |
Anonymous
| My DS was admitted for engineering. OOS from dc private. SAT 1520, GPA 4.5 weighted, 10+ APs, so-so extracurriculars. Feeling relieved given the randomness for others. |
Anonymous
The trend at our school for VT appears to be that boys with high stats were passed over for girls with lower stats. |
Anonymous
Is the issue with IB not having strong enough math program to be competitive for engineering? |
Anonymous
Your math is not accurate. VT does not replace students off the waitlist on a 1:1 ratio. VT does not have 27,000 kids accepting their offers. They don't have 100% of wait list offers accepting. Your math would result in VT being enrolled at over 120,000 undergrads. |
Anonymous
You think that is one parent posting year after year, who has popped out kids faster than the duggars? 
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Anonymous
No, the point is it’s VT, not MIT. Not everyone who applies, or gets in, is going to have amazing stats. So PP up the thread is gaslighting when they imply that the high stats kid didn’t get in because there were tons of applicants with higher stats. As others have noted, the admissions game is not just about your stats. So don’t tell a high stats kid that he or she didn’t get in because their stats weren’t high enough. In the case shared, the stats weren’t certainly high enough to justify admission. They likely didn’t get in for other reasons. |
Anonymous
Correction: the stats WERE high enough to justify admission. - immediate PP |
Anonymous
My kid had very similar GPA and a higher SAT, 1390. Waitlisted VT. Accepted to major state universities like Indiana, Pitt, Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, JMU, Mason, Tennessee, etc. Some with generous merit. |
Anonymous
| DD is IN from FCPS, gpa 4.2. SAT 1380 and submitted. College of science. It is on of her top 3. Preferred UVA, but rejected ED or Pitt (waiting on honors and merit aid, but likely won't pan out) |
Anonymous
3.6 weighted?? What major? |
Anonymous
. 3.9 uweighted? |
Anonymous
| Waitlisted. 3.98 UW, 1540 SAT, OOS. Already accepted to a more "competitive" T20 school. Surprised. |
Anonymous
| In general, it's helpful to know the major as well since Engineering is usually known to be more competitive among the male applicants. |