Often pick schools more highly ranked in the more vigorous majors. UVa is good at the easy majors. |
Yes |
It’s actually 20. Check the most recent stats for 2022 |
Sorry ^ 20 percent Asian at UVA |
Not true. It sent my kid to Oxford. UVA is the top public producer of Rhodes Scholars (not including West Point) |
You are getting your high achieving people mixed up. My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money. I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted. I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken. There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better. I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too. I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality. I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid. |
Why do people say toxic things like this? |
Because other people say things like “white male persona non grata”. They deserve every bit of toxicity and derision that can be thrown their way. |
It’s unfair that tens of thousands apply? These schools are getting over 40,000 (VT) and over 50,000 (UVA) applications. A student not getting into schools with giant applications pools isn’t unfair, it’s to be expected. If you expect admission when the odds are overwhelmingly not in your favor, that’s a sign of you understanding of probability, not a sign of broken admissions offices. |
50% of all kids have grades like that these days. It's like a 3.2 back in my day. It would be best if you had more than the regular inflated GPA to differentiate yourself. Nevertheless, plenty of white males are admitted to these schools so that isn't the issue. Spreading your sour grapes with false accusations is irresponsible and wrong. |
So do they write these sob stories for you to post at the astroturfer office or do you just make them up? |
So political advocacy groups are taking advantage of the anonymous nature of this message board to gin up fake outrage in advance of filing lawsuits designed to prevent minorities from accessing educational opportunities.
Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. |
He was in the top 5% of his class and if you look at the applications that were accepted, he was better than pretty much all of them. You dont understand probably. The system is broken. |
My son had a 4.7 and was in the top 5% of his class. If he was at 50%, then you could say "most kids". Math. |
Not fake. Absolutely true. |