VA Tech Engineering if less than 4.0uw

[Anonymous]

From an FCPS school. Is admissions expectation all As in high school math classes?

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

1-2 B’s might be allowed

[Anonymous]

I'm interested too. What alternatives would you suggest, staying in mid-Atlantic. I have a list but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything

[Anonymous]

I think it depends where the Bs are. Perhaps a B in precalc as a freshman is fine, but then they received As in AP calc and beyond, that’s ok. Sometimes a B is class about mastering content and more dependent on other variables such as the teacher. Colleges know this.

[Anonymous]

an A can be because a kid worked really hard but it can also be because the teacher was easy or liked them. I can’t imagine a school not choosing someone because they got a B 🤣

[Anonymous]

here is the common data set for Fall 2023 (1 year lag)
https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/23-24/CDS_2023-2024.pdf

students who submitted test scores; 72% had 4.0
students who went TO, 55% had 4.0

few B's seem to be okay. interesting to see lower GPA for TO .. would have thought it was the other way.

[Anonymous]

Va Tech uses weighted GPA.

That is a huge point that seems to be missing in some of these replies.

[Anonymous]

Remember, the average Va Tech freshman admitted to engineering has a math SAT score BELOW 700.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think you can get into VT non-engineering with less than a 4.0. My 3.9 daughter didn’t.

[Anonymous]

The average WEIGHTED GPA of a freshman enigneering student is 4.26.

The average SAT Math of a freshman engineering student is 690.

With AP and Honors classes, having a 4.26 is not uncommon.

Most high schools in Fairfax County have 25% of their class above a 4.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The average WEIGHTED GPA of a freshman enigneering student is 4.26.

The average SAT Math of a freshman engineering student is 690.

With AP and Honors classes, having a 4.26 is not uncommon.

Most high schools in Fairfax County have 25% of their class above a 4.0

THIS. 690 as an AVG SAT math come on. VT is not a top engineering program for the best and brightest. They take plenty of above average kids. 4.26 weighted with standard weighting in VA is the middle of the college-bound high schoolers, maybe slightly above. Dean J and others have gone on record that there are high schools in VA with OVER 70% of the graduating class with over 4. WEIGHTED. I know she is UVA, but it is true. Our median is 4.25-4.3, the HS across town with similar weighting is 4.1 median. These kids have 3.7-3.9 unweighted. These are typical suburban public schools where the VT admissions are from the top 3 deciles, a few are lower. The top group goes elsewhere. VT even for engineering is NOT a hard admit. UVA is harder, but still NOT a hard admit. MIT/Ivies/JHU/Northwestern/Duke are hard to get into for Engineering. That is where top Engineering talent in VA goes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:here is the common data set for Fall 2023 (1 year lag)
https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/23-24/CDS_2023-2024.pdf

students who submitted test scores; 72% had 4.0
students who went TO, 55% had 4.0

few B's seem to be okay. interesting to see lower GPA for TO .. would have thought it was the other way.

Of course not, the students who go TO are the weaker students.

VT doesn’t need all As! Their main priority is first gen applicants (since they want 40% of their student body to be first gen).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The average WEIGHTED GPA of a freshman enigneering student is 4.26.

The average SAT Math of a freshman engineering student is 690.

With AP and Honors classes, having a 4.26 is not uncommon.

Most high schools in Fairfax County have 25% of their class above a 4.0

THIS. 690 as an AVG SAT math come on. VT is not a top engineering program for the best and brightest. They take plenty of above average kids. 4.26 weighted with standard weighting in VA is the middle of the college-bound high schoolers, maybe slightly above. Dean J and others have gone on record that there are high schools in VA with OVER 70% of the graduating class with over 4. WEIGHTED. I know she is UVA, but it is true. Our median is 4.25-4.3, the HS across town with similar weighting is 4.1 median. These kids have 3.7-3.9 unweighted. These are typical suburban public schools where the VT admissions are from the top 3 deciles, a few are lower. The top group goes elsewhere. VT even for engineering is NOT a hard admit. UVA is harder, but still NOT a hard admit. MIT/Ivies/JHU/Northwestern/Duke are hard to get into for Engineering. That is where top Engineering talent in VA goes

You have posted this, almost verbatim, so many times on this forum. PLENTY of top engineering talent goes to VT. Many also go to the schools you listed - but it's laughable to claim that they don't also go to VT. Especially for most people, who can't afford the privates. I think you're the TJ parent whose kid didn't get into VT a few years ago and you still can't let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:here is the common data set for Fall 2023 (1 year lag)
https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/23-24/CDS_2023-2024.pdf

students who submitted test scores; 72% had 4.0
students who went TO, 55% had 4.0

few B's seem to be okay. interesting to see lower GPA for TO .. would have thought it was the other way.

Of course not, the students who go TO are the weaker students.

VT doesn’t need all As! Their main priority is first gen applicants (since they want 40% of their student body to be first gen).

That isn't their "main priority" and they've already reached that goal. But keep up trying to explain why your own kid didn't get in.
DP