Are Admits/Denials all over this year with your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread scares me. DD is a junior and I’m afraid that she won’t even get into her safety school. I’ve been hearing about a lot of well qualified kids being rejected from UMD CP.

Well-qualified kids get rejected all the time do she needs to do her research and know it is hard.

Also keep in mind that a safety school is one with at least a 50% admit rate that you can afford and your kid would be happy attending. If your child applies to 2-3 that fit that definition they won’t be shut out. It is far harder to find these than fixating on a dream school.

That is not what a safety school is. Admits rates do not matter. VT has way over a 50% admit rate and an average kid would get denied all day long.

It is how kids in your school tend to do in that school. If you are way above Naviance green grid. It is being about the 75% average of their GPA and test scores. And lately some luck.

Not anymore -- https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/unirel-2019-admissions-pool.html

For the class of 2023 the admit rate was below 25%.

"This year marks the second consecutive year, and only the second time in history, that more than 30,000 students applied to Virginia Tech.

The university intends to enroll 6,600 incoming first-year students, a 400-seat increase from last year’s class. Even with this increase, students who were offered spots have a strong academic profile, with an average GPA of 4.10 and average SAT score of 1320. ..."

If they intend to enroll 6600 students, they will admit about 20,000 students since VT typically has a 30-35% yield. So their acceptance is around 66% give or take. It was 68% last year. 70% the year before that.

Exactly. Admission rate is basically staying the same. My concern would be where are they putting all the new admits they want to take? New housing, shoving them all in already too small of rooms, or realizing their yield isn't going to be as high as they say.

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Our school is not following Naviance at all. It is much harder, especially GPA's with public universities like someone mentioned.

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Still waiting on JMU regular decision. DS has several early action acceptances but waiting on this one which isn't due out until late this month.

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Anonymous wrote:Still waiting on JMU regular decision. DS has several early action acceptances but waiting on this one which isn't due out until late this month.

Based on last year - JMU decisions should be out on 3/14.

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So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

DD didn't get into UMD with 3.4/1290 for Education. In-state but over half the HS applies - 250 plus kids.

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DD accepted to top one 30 school.
Rejected from 1 top 40 and waitlisted one top 40.
Waitlisted at two top 50 and admitted one.
In all above 50.

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

I don't know her exact stats, math act and sat was abysmal like 530.... but her English was perfect score. She got in, we have no connections at all. She is white, if that matters. She is speaks 3 languages? She is president of her club, she is in sports, she traveled. I don't know, she got it. I don't think she even put an easy major, or any major. She did it herself. I think she was going to put biology. I never looked at her application.

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Still waiting on JMU regular decision. DS has several early action acceptances but waiting on this one which isn't due out until late this month.

Based on last year - JMU decisions should be out on 3/14.

I hope is true - actually they were out Wednesday 3/15 in 2017, and Wednesday 3/14 last year, so maybe it will even bo tomorrow.

This is my DC's last pending decision. It's probably the least competitive school he applied to (after GMU) and one of two schools he is still considering, so I'm ready to get the decision already so he can make his choice. (He knows he was recommended for admission to the Visual and Performing Arts College and isn't too worried about academic admissions based on his good stats.

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

I don't know her exact stats, math act and sat was abysmal like 530.... but her English was perfect score. She got in, we have no connections at all. She is white, if that matters. She is speaks 3 languages? She is president of her club, she is in sports, she traveled. I don't know, she got it. I don't think she even put an easy major, or any major. She did it herself. I think she was going to put biology. I never looked at her application.

You don't even know her GPA or test scores? Come on now

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Anonymous wrote:

Still waiting on JMU regular decision. DS has several early action acceptances but waiting on this one which isn't due out until late this month.

Based on last year - JMU decisions should be out on 3/14.

I hope is true - actually they were out Wednesday 3/15 in 2017, and Wednesday 3/14 last year, so maybe it will even bo tomorrow.

This is my DC's last pending decision. It's probably the least competitive school he applied to (after GMU) and one of two schools he is still considering, so I'm ready to get the decision already so he can make his choice. (He knows he was recommended for admission to the Visual and Performing Arts College and isn't too worried about academic admissions based on his good stats.

The EA schools my DS was accepted into are significantly higher ranked than JMU but he still wants to consider it. Maybe he'll find out this week from what posters are saying...

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

I don't know her exact stats, math act and sat was abysmal like 530.... but her English was perfect score. She got in, we have no connections at all. She is white, if that matters. She is speaks 3 languages? She is president of her club, she is in sports, she traveled. I don't know, she got it. I don't think she even put an easy major, or any major. She did it herself. I think she was going to put biology. I never looked at her application.

dp. I'd be bitter because I miss my UMD rejected DC so much it hurts but, it's not my nature. I'm so happy for you and your daughter. God bless you.

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

I don't know her exact stats, math act and sat was abysmal like 530.... but her English was perfect score. She got in, we have no connections at all. She is white, if that matters. She is speaks 3 languages? She is president of her club, she is in sports, she traveled. I don't know, she got it. I don't think she even put an easy major, or any major. She did it herself. I think she was going to put biology. I never looked at her application.

You don't even know her GPA or test scores? Come on now

I told you her gpa, 4.0. Her stats were 530 on one sat, something like 780 on English. But, for all prior 3 years of HS? no, who cares?

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Anonymous wrote:So far DD is accepted everywhere. She did not apply to Ivies, that was unrealistic, UMD was her reach and accepted there too. She applied to 6 schools. Don't know how she will decide, but we hope for in state UMD or out of state if she gets a lot of aid, still waiting on that. DD doesn't have even close to 1400 SAT, and GPA of 4.0.

What are her stats? I can’t imagine how she got into Maryland if she is not close to that, even with an easy major.

I don't know her exact stats, math act and sat was abysmal like 530.... but her English was perfect score. She got in, we have no connections at all. She is white, if that matters. She is speaks 3 languages? She is president of her club, she is in sports, she traveled. I don't know, she got it. I don't think she even put an easy major, or any major. She did it herself. I think she was going to put biology. I never looked at her application.

dp. I'd be bitter because I miss my UMD rejected DC so much it hurts but, it's not my nature. I'm so happy for you and your daughter. God bless you.

Thank you! I wish your DC the best of luck. I am sure it will all work out. DD is certified nursing assistant. Does that help?