VA Tech EA

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Anonymous wrote:It was a safety for my kids (who ended up pulling their apps due to getting into UVA ED) but a very strong safety, which they absolutely would have strongly considered if they hadn't gotten into their first choice. This is primarily because it's an excellent school at an amazing sticker price. So yeah, it may be a safety for many of these kids, BUT they wanted to have the option and alot of them may have gone there.

I do know several people who had V Tech as their target who were waitlisted, who according to our school's naviance, should have been solidy in the green for miles around.

Curious. Was this this year? You mention kids. Twins?

Yes and this current decision cycle [/quote]


Congrats! I have a recent UVA grad. Had a wonderful time

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Anonymous wrote:DD was waitlisted. 4.4 weighted GPA, 34 ACT, top 5% of her class from NoVA public. Applied for Animal Science. This one's hard to swallow.

I am so sorry. I will pray that your DD gets off the waitlist.

I'm sorry. Encourage her to do two years community college and reapply. The money you save will be needed later for vet school.

PP here. Thanks, she has another fantastic offer from a very different school that became her #1 choice over the past 6 months. The Tech waitlist just hurts a little in the pride department. She will apply there for vet school.

This may be part of their admission strategy: not offering spots to those who won’t take them.

Heard this as well. Something that has to do with yield (how many admitted actually accepted). Currently I believe it's at 33%. Higher the yield, the better it looks or something. If they feel (via the stats), that the student will go else where, they probably won't bother.

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Anonymous wrote:Instate. Engineering - Waitlisted
GPA - 3.9/4.4; 1590 SAT; Great ECs.

If this is not yield protection. I don't know what is.. (I know they don't officially practice yield protection.. I have a bridge to sell ya)

DC has admits at other higher ranked schools so no big deal but feel bad for others who were treating Tech as their first choice.

Yup, exactly what it is.

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What's arrogant is VT saying they only want high-stats students if they are willing to give up any other option and apply ED.

That's exactly what's happening. VT hasn't gotten admisions right for three years now.

Went to recent VT open house back in November (2022). During the presentation, the speaker stated that there were not enough ED's so they extended it for the day of the presentation..just go to the admissions officer out in the lobby to update to ED.

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thats amazing. wow

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What's arrogant is VT saying they only want high-stats students if they are willing to give up any other option and apply ED.

That's exactly what's happening. VT hasn't gotten admisions right for three years now.

Went to recent VT open house back in November (2022). During the presentation, the speaker stated that there were not enough ED's so they extended it for the day of the presentation..just go to the admissions officer out in the lobby to update to ED.

I wonder if that included engineering!! I hope so b/c I think it would help by DS who applied ED!! Fingers crossed!

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I noticed this thread was unearthed about the 2021 admissions cycle. I have freshman girl there now in engineering. Good luck to all who are in this admissions cycle. My fingers are crossed for you.

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What's arrogant is VT saying they only want high-stats students if they are willing to give up any other option and apply ED.

That's exactly what's happening. VT hasn't gotten admisions right for three years now.

Went to recent VT open house back in November (2022). During the presentation, the speaker stated that there were not enough ED's so they extended it for the day of the presentation..just go to the admissions officer out in the lobby to update to ED.

Did they actually say they didn’t get enough ED? Or just offer the option.

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Anonymous wrote:DD was waitlisted. 4.4 weighted GPA, 34 ACT, top 5% of her class from NoVA public. Applied for Animal Science. This one's hard to swallow. [/quote

I'm so sorry. That is really hard

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What's arrogant is VT saying they only want high-stats students if they are willing to give up any other option and apply ED.

That's exactly what's happening. VT hasn't gotten admisions right for three years now.

Went to recent VT open house back in November (2022). During the presentation, the speaker stated that there were not enough ED's so they extended it for the day of the presentation..just go to the admissions officer out in the lobby to update to ED.

Surprised to hear this-- my DD who goes to a NoVa public said many of her peers have applied ED. According to some school counselor, over 300 students across 3 schools in LoCo have applied ED to Virginia Tech and applications have definitely increased all throughout.

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I truly don't understand those of you singling out VT for "yield protection," when plenty of other schools do this as well. There are always threads about how W&M wants to see kids who "want to be there," and that you should apply ED for your best shot. Well, same with VT. They want kids who want them. Why would you expect them to accept you if it's clear you're using them as a backup school? You really can't have your cake and eat it too. VT is no different in that regard than so many other schools with ED.

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What's arrogant is VT saying they only want high-stats students if they are willing to give up any other option and apply ED.

That's exactly what's happening. VT hasn't gotten admisions right for three years now.

Went to recent VT open house back in November (2022). During the presentation, the speaker stated that there were not enough ED's so they extended it for the day of the presentation..just go to the admissions officer out in the lobby to update to ED.

Surprised to hear this-- my DD who goes to a NoVa public said many of her peers have applied ED. According to some school counselor, over 300 students across 3 schools in LoCo have applied ED to Virginia Tech and applications have definitely increased all throughout.

+1
So many people we know are applying ED because VT is their first choice. Hard to believe they didn't get enough EDs.

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Anonymous wrote:I truly don't understand those of you singling out VT for "yield protection," when plenty of other schools do this as well. There are always threads about how W&M wants to see kids who "want to be there," and that you should apply ED for your best shot. Well, same with VT. They want kids who want them. Why would you expect them to accept you if it's clear you're using them as a backup school? You really can't have your cake and eat it too. VT is no different in that regard than so many other schools with ED.

I understand yield protecting as a strategy for a small LAC. But VT is a state school whose ultimate purpose is to serve the residents of the state. The fact is that VA Tech does not know whether they us them as backup or not and many families do not make decisions in the spring once they know how much each school is actually going to cost. The result is that a number of high performing students (especially in STEM) are being pushed out of state (when they very well might have selected VT) with no guarantee that they will come back after graduation.

While a topic for a different thread, WM has also forgotten they are a state school and like to think of themselves as a private school.

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Anonymous wrote:I truly don't understand those of you singling out VT for "yield protection," when plenty of other schools do this as well. There are always threads about how W&M wants to see kids who "want to be there," and that you should apply ED for your best shot. Well, same with VT. They want kids who want them. Why would you expect them to accept you if it's clear you're using them as a backup school? You really can't have your cake and eat it too. VT is no different in that regard than so many other schools with ED.

I understand yield protecting as a strategy for a small LAC. But VT is a state school whose ultimate purpose is to serve the residents of the state. The fact is that VA Tech does not know whether they us them as backup or not and many families do not make decisions in the spring once they know how much each school is actually going to cost. The result is that a number of high performing students (especially in STEM) are being pushed out of state (when they very well might have selected VT) with no guarantee that they will come back after graduation.

While a topic for a different thread, WM has also forgotten they are a state school and like to think of themselves as a private school.

Worthy of a different thread, I agree. But as for W&M acting like a private, that is still a plus for the Commonwealth. No other state school system has a close equivalent to W&M in terms of being able to have a mid-size, well-respected, undergraduate-focused public school option. Lots of other great publics out there but the peers schools are with UVA or Tech in terms of profiles. W&M is a gem. You Virginians have an embarrassment of riches in terms of public school college choices. They are amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Instate. Engineering - Waitlisted
GPA - 3.9/4.4; 1590 SAT; Great ECs.

If this is not yield protection. I don't know what is.. (I know they don't officially practice yield protection.. I have a bridge to sell ya)

DC has admits at other higher ranked schools so no big deal but feel bad for others who were treating Tech as their first choice.

Yup, exactly what it is.

If it’s their first choice they need to ED. I haven’t heard of Tech practicing yield protection in ED rounds. That would be silly.