VA Tech Releasing Some Decisions at 5 pm Today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think VTech should have been clear who the initial letter (letting people know that some acceptances would be sent at 5) was sent to. If it was emailed to ALL EA applicants everyone would feel better. It sounds like that email may NOT have gone to EA applicants, which of course makes those who didn't get a 5 pm notice assume their application HAS been reviewed and put in a reject or defer pile.

Also, the letter was poorly written. Not impressed. And I noted that the letter said that accepted students shouldn't expect their packet in the mail until LATE February? WTH? Is VTech known to have a poorly run Admissions Dept?

The issue is that some EA students received the 5PM email, but then did not receive any additional updates in their portals (acceptance, rejection, deferred or waitlist).

Those kids/parents are assuming their applications were reviewed, but they were not accepted.

I think that is a fair assumption if your kid got email #1 telling them to check their portal, and no additional news.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Va Tech might have alienated a lot of kids and parents who thought they had a good shot at getting admitted with this pre-Christmas "soft rejection." Why send the notification to everyone? I'm the parent of a Va resident applicant with 1510 SAT, 4.3 GPA and completed/taking 12 AP courses (only courses left in the school for them to take that build on previous STEM courses) with 5 x AP test 4s and 5s (none lower) including a 5 on AP Calc. Not admitted yesterday although two friends from another HS with lower SAT/ACT scores were, and now wondering what they're looking for as a STEM candidate. Just a very unpleasant surprise for all of us.

You sound entitled. Admission to any college isn't guaranteed.

You're also sucked into the false narrative that SAT/ACT scores are determining factors. They are not.

ACT and SAT scores really should matter most at an engineering school.

Test optional does not help smart poor kids.

Test optional helps rich and upper middle class kids with mediocre test scores and likely hurts smart and brilliant poor kids, who don't have access to expensive college counselors and who don't have the money and leisure time to pursue expensive extracurricular activities to pad their applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I decided to call the admissions office this morning, according to one person I spoke with, she said that they had some 'ready to go'. I asked if those who got an email but no acceptance, if this was a soft rejejction. She said no...I admit, it was nice to hear that, but the cynical side of me still maintains judgement. I also asked if those who got acceepted were the top students, and she also said no and that it was random. (Please insert cynacism as you will). Finally, I asked will they release another 'batch' of notices. She said she does not know but if they do, it will be in the same manner that they just did. Sigh...take of this what you will.

Sounds like the 19 year old answering phones in the admissions office does not have a clue and jjst doesn't want to get yelled at again.

[Anonymous]

There is always an undercurrent of spite or something about VT here. Admission is not guaranteed for anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is always an undercurrent of spite or something about VT here. Admission is not guaranteed for anyone.

+1 I think the difficult thing with VT is they used to be very predictable and now they are not. Yes, they seem to yield-protect with high stats students but lots of high-stats kids do get in. I would assume their short-answer questions are the difference maker there. They are very clear that those questions are important. So it's not necessarily rejecting students because they don't think you'll come but rejecting because they don't see you as a fit.

This early release sounds to me a lot like W&M's "cipher cards" where they tell a subset of students that they are going to get good news without actually releasing a decision. Not getting a cipher doesn't mean you aren't in and it's the same situation here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC got the email but no decision. But just yesterday got a reminder to do the financial aid stuff. Why send that if they are going to reject the next day??

Yes.

And why not just reject/defer/wait list?

The cutesy letter is just patronizing to the students who applied.

Those notes kill me. I've seen them from a bunch of the places my DS applied too. Seems the communication between the finance folks and the AO is crap.

Then go ahead and withdraw your kid's app.

What an odd take.

Not really. If you're not impressed you can withdraw and move on.

Nope. Odd take.

You're impressed enough with VT to want to be accepted?

[Anonymous]

Did anyone's senior who applied early action NOT get any emails yesterday? (If I missed the answer to this upthread, please point it out to me.)

That's how we would know if the first email was sent to all EA applicants.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Va Tech might have alienated a lot of kids and parents who thought they had a good shot at getting admitted with this pre-Christmas "soft rejection." Why send the notification to everyone? I'm the parent of a Va resident applicant with 1510 SAT, 4.3 GPA and completed/taking 12 AP courses (only courses left in the school for them to take that build on previous STEM courses) with 5 x AP test 4s and 5s (none lower) including a 5 on AP Calc. Not admitted yesterday although two friends from another HS with lower SAT/ACT scores were, and now wondering what they're looking for as a STEM candidate. Just a very unpleasant surprise for all of us.

You sound entitled. Admission to any college isn't guaranteed.

You're also sucked into the false narrative that SAT/ACT scores are determining factors. They are not.

ACT and SAT scores really should matter most at an engineering school.

Test optional does not help smart poor kids.

Test optional helps rich and upper middle class kids with mediocre test scores and likely hurts smart and brilliant poor kids, who don't have access to expensive college counselors and who don't have the money and leisure time to pursue expensive extracurricular activities to pad their applications.

VT disagrees.

[Anonymous]

So, my kid got an email that said there was an update. Then he opens it and the update is some decisions will be made by 5 pm. But some will not be made until Feb. What kind of idiotic notification is that?

[Anonymous]

People love to bash VT and then act surprised when they don’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, my kid got an email that said there was an update. Then he opens it and the update is some decisions will be made by 5 pm. But some will not be made until Feb. What kind of idiotic notification is that?

I like VT but must agree with PP. telling a slew of people who may or may not be the full pool of EA applicants that they will either get an answer on Dec 21 or by the end of February is pretty nuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, my kid got an email that said there was an update. Then he opens it and the update is some decisions will be made by 5 pm. But some will not be made until Feb. What kind of idiotic notification is that?

I like VT but must agree with PP. telling a slew of people who may or may not be the full pool of EA applicants that they will either get an answer on Dec 21 or by the end of February is pretty nuts.

Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, my kid got an email that said there was an update. Then he opens it and the update is some decisions will be made by 5 pm. But some will not be made until Feb. What kind of idiotic notification is that?

I like VT but must agree with PP. telling a slew of people who may or may not be the full pool of EA applicants that they will either get an answer on Dec 21 or by the end of February is pretty nuts.

+1.

Why can't that they make all the EA decisions by today is my question. Plenty of other schools did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Va Tech might have alienated a lot of kids and parents who thought they had a good shot at getting admitted with this pre-Christmas "soft rejection." Why send the notification to everyone? I'm the parent of a Va resident applicant with 1510 SAT, 4.3 GPA and completed/taking 12 AP courses (only courses left in the school for them to take that build on previous STEM courses) with 5 x AP test 4s and 5s (none lower) including a 5 on AP Calc. Not admitted yesterday although two friends from another HS with lower SAT/ACT scores were, and now wondering what they're looking for as a STEM candidate. Just a very unpleasant surprise for all of us.

You sound entitled. Admission to any college isn't guaranteed.

You're also sucked into the false narrative that SAT/ACT scores are determining factors. They are not.

ACT and SAT scores really should matter most at an engineering school.

Test optional does not help smart poor kids.

+1 Agree

Test optional helps rich and upper middle class kids with mediocre test scores and likely hurts smart and brilliant poor kids, who don't have access to expensive college counselors and who don't have the money and leisure time to pursue expensive extracurricular activities to pad their applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone's senior who applied early action NOT get any emails yesterday? (If I missed the answer to this upthread, please point it out to me.)

That's how we would know if the first email was sent to all EA applicants.

DD just checked no email no decision yet