https://www.princetonreview.com/college/virginia-tech-1022823 30k-ish applicants, 66% acceptance rate = 10k-ish will get in. Still a lot who will not get in and context is good, but no need to exaggerate. |
Wrong. 3x to 4x slots will get in. 6,800 will attend. Little thing called yield wasn’t accounted for in your numbers. |
More like 20K but that’s just an arithmetic error. At least your thought process was sound. |
Don't feel bad. The admissions dept can't do these calculations any better than all these posters 38K posters. |
And, as a result of that, this is going to be another tough year for VT applicants. |
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22,393 out of 31,974 were accepted one year.
Now over 45,000 applied so for the acceptance rate to stay roughly 70% 31,500 must be accepted but that’s way to many for only 6,834 spots. Only 34% of those admitted chose to enroll in the school. That year which means around 7,613 spots and relatively low yield. So for 6,834 spots, and a 34% enrollment this is how many people were accepted: 20,100. Which means 20,100 out of 45,000 is a 44% acceptance rate. Which is way lower than normal unless they over-enroll people. Or they could be yield protecting this year (rumor) since so many people got waitlisted. Which would make the acceptance rate even lower. |