What time will VT post admissions tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are going heavy to the waitlist then. Their yield is usually ~30%. So to get 6,000 freshman, they need to admit 20,000.

Is the email to counselors just them trying to create hype? Has anyone heard of an admissions office doing this --putting out a statement like this before decisions go out?

So much worry on that College Confidential thread. Why put people through that?

[Anonymous]

Some of the schools have gotten crazy competitive this year. I don't know exactly what is driving it. I'm guessing it's a number of factors. Supply and demand.

I think the letter to the counselors is their way of saying that it isn't just the kids at one particular school, so don't feel singled out. The standards are tougher this year.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard of any school having such a big change?

It'll be interesting to see how big their waitlist is. Interesting to see if they reject the tippy top kids assuming it's a safety for them. Interesting if showing interest has become a major factor.

[Anonymous]

This is happening at every school. As admissions get tougher across the board, kids are applying to more schools and schools are saying no to more kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the schools have gotten crazy competitive this year. I don't know exactly what is driving it. I'm guessing it's a number of factors. Supply and demand.

I think the letter to the counselors is their way of saying that it isn't just the kids at one particular school, so don't feel singled out. The standards are tougher this year.

- Common App
- Students chasing money = applying to more schools
- Fear of missing out = applying to more schools
- Don't know what they want to do = applying to more schools
- Bragging rights = applying to more schools

Bottom line: There aren't more students, overall, nor are the students smarter. The number of applications per student has probably gone way up, though, for the reasons listed above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is happening at every school. As admissions get tougher across the board, kids are applying to more schools and schools are saying no to more kids.

Not to mention it's a vicious circle, feeding on itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of any school having such a big change?

It'll be interesting to see how big their waitlist is. Interesting to see if they reject the tippy top kids assuming it's a safety for them. Interesting if showing interest has become a major factor.

That's exactly what my Dh and I were discussing last night--maybe our more "mediocre" kid actually has a better chance of acceptance than a kid that's already HYPSM bound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of any school having such a big change?

It'll be interesting to see how big their waitlist is. Interesting to see if they reject the tippy top kids assuming it's a safety for them. Interesting if showing interest has become a major factor.

That's exactly what my Dh and I were discussing last night--maybe our more "mediocre" kid actually has a better chance of acceptance than a kid that's already HYPSM bound.

I don't know if "tippy top" kids can be sure they are HYPSM bound, unless they have a hook. There is a lot of criticism of "tippy top" kids failing to apply to safeties, and then not getting into HYPSM.

[Anonymous]

I’m dreading 5pm today.

[Anonymous]

Some are saying on Collegeconfidential instead of using portal to use the dial in feature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of any school having such a big change?

It'll be interesting to see how big their waitlist is. Interesting to see if they reject the tippy top kids assuming it's a safety for them. Interesting if showing interest has become a major factor.

That's exactly what my Dh and I were discussing last night--maybe our more "mediocre" kid actually has a better chance of acceptance than a kid that's already HYPSM bound.

I don't know what you think "Mediocre" is, but I've found the SCHEVE statistics to be very helpful. Go here and plug in Virginia Tech and you will get the GPA for students who actually enrolled in 2017-2018 (and SAT scores). For the 6393 enrolled students, 25th percentile had a 4.21 or better; the median was 4.00; and the lowest 25th percentile was 3.78. Good luck! http://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of the schools have gotten crazy competitive this year. I don't know exactly what is driving it. I'm guessing it's a number of factors. Supply and demand.

I think the letter to the counselors is their way of saying that it isn't just the kids at one particular school, so don't feel singled out. The standards are tougher this year.

- Common App
- Students chasing money = applying to more schools
- Fear of missing out = applying to more schools
- Don't know what they want to do = applying to more schools
- Bragging rights = applying to more schools

Bottom line: There aren't more students, overall, nor are the students smarter. The number of applications per student has probably gone way up, though, for the reasons listed above.

My own kid applied to around 5 colleges. Back in the day (80's), I applied to 4 or 5. But I've heard tales about one applicant applying to 30 or more schools. Not sure if that is really happening...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of any school having such a big change?

It'll be interesting to see how big their waitlist is. Interesting to see if they reject the tippy top kids assuming it's a safety for them. Interesting if showing interest has become a major factor.

That's exactly what my Dh and I were discussing last night--maybe our more "mediocre" kid actually has a better chance of acceptance than a kid that's already HYPSM bound.

I don't know what you think "Mediocre" is, but I've found the SCHEVE statistics to be very helpful. Go here and plug in Virginia Tech and you will get the GPA for students who actually enrolled in 2017-2018 (and SAT scores). For the 6393 enrolled students, 25th percentile had a 4.21 or better; the median was 4.00; and the lowest 25th percentile was 3.78. Good luck! http://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

These stats are weird. Why such low SAT/ACT scores with such high GPAs. Something is off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is happening at every school. As admissions get tougher across the board, kids are applying to more schools and schools are saying no to more kids.

It can't quite be so simple. There are only so many kids (and that's actually decreasing) and there are a certain amount of spots. In the end, each kid goes to one spot. VT can't just get more selective, or more kids will turn them down. Their place in the heirarchy is unchanged. What is true is that things are more random, but not clearly more selective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is happening at every school. As admissions get tougher across the board, kids are applying to more schools and schools are saying no to more kids.

It can't quite be so simple. There are only so many kids (and that's actually decreasing) and there are a certain amount of spots. In the end, each kid goes to one spot. VT can't just get more selective, or more kids will turn them down. Their place in the heirarchy is unchanged. What is true is that things are more random, but not clearly more selective.

Colleges don’t know what other colleges a kid applies to. Some kids with great applications may get accepted everywhere, knocking regular kids out of the running.