Virginia Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:70% admissions rate. Yes, they have been a safety school for many.

It’s closer to 62% now.

[Anonymous]

VT is a safety school for non-engineering students who would be competitive at UVA or W & M.

And at VT it is a numbers game. I would be shocked if DD was not accepted to VT (Science field). 1400 SATs and 4.2 w. She is not going to Tech, because she has been accepted ED at W & M. (I know she should withdraw her application...)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for a kid with a 4.0 and a 1500 it isn’t a safety? Riiiight.

. Not for engineering. You need better than a 4.0 weighted

Didn’t say weighted. Didn’t say engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VT is a safety school for non-engineering students who would be competitive at UVA or W & M.

And at VT it is a numbers game. I would be shocked if DD was not accepted to VT (Science field). 1400 SATs and 4.2 w. She is not going to Tech, because she has been accepted ED at W & M. (I know she should withdraw her application...)

Yes, she should. My DS was weird about this when he got in ED. I sat next to him and made him withdraw from other schools. He thanked me after, but it was weirdly like pulling teerh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:70% admissions rate. Yes, they have been a safety school for many.

It’s closer to 62% now.

Nope. Someone posted the numbers (a screenshot from their website) that shows Engineering is also at 70%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From https://irweb.ir.vt.edu/webtest/admission_data.aspx
You can run these reports for each school, but here are the two for VT overall and VT engineering.


VT Overall


Engineering Only

[Anonymous]

Thank you, PP. great info. I think the numbers need to be much higher than these means for Northern Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, PP. great info. I think the numbers need to be much higher than these means for Northern Virginia.

It’s pointless to guess. All we know is what VT reports. Admissions is not highly competitive if they are admitting 70-75%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you, PP. great info. I think the numbers need to be much higher than these means for Northern Virginia.

It’s pointless to guess. All we know is what VT reports. Admissions is not highly competitive if they are admitting 70-75%.

Incorrect. Go to collegeconfidential or reddit and learn about in-state colleges and universities that are self-selecting, especially when public guidance counselors are involved in directing students to the best suited college. You cannot compare the selectivity figures of in-state systems supported by the state high school counselor system to random applications to private schools. It's apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:70% admissions rate. Yes, they have been a safety school for many.

You still need a 4.0 to get In. I wouldn’t call that safety.

[Anonymous]

I know a kid this year deferred from ED with a 1600 SAT, 3.6 GPA weighted. Not sure of major. Clearly they play e more importance on GPA.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, EA, I think^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid this year deferred from ED with a 1600 SAT, 3.6 GPA weighted. Not sure of major. Clearly they play e more importance on GPA.

If you look at the scattergrams on Naviance, it is quite clear they put more weight on GPA. At DD's school, the probability of admission (based on eyeballing the the scattergrams by GPA) is something like

< 3.6. 1% (athlete?)
3.6-3.8. 20%
3.8-4.0: 50%
4.0-4.2 80%
>4.2. 100%

There is no similar trend with SAT score

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, EA, I think^

It was ED if this year. The EA results have not come out yet.

[Anonymous]

Do they publish data for EA vs RD?