Virginia Tech gets 1,000 more freshman than last year

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Anonymous wrote:Last year's freshman class was 6,428. This year's projected to be 7,500-7,585.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/provost-admissions-2019.html

Wow!

I would hate that. There sent housing for that many!

They are now allowing freshman students to live off campus.

That's incredible. Mason doesn't even allow that.

No one:
Literally not a single soul:
Mason mom: GMU requires ALL freshmen to live on campus!!!!

It's typical in Florida. I don't know of any schools in FL that require their freshman to live on campus. And, yes, some schools do not have room for all of the freshman who want to live on campus.

I would venture to guess that it's unusual for large state universities to require all freshmen to live on campus. For example, I know that the University of Texas does not have such a requirement. I associate "mandatory freshman dorms" with smaller, private schools.

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Maybe they could offer gap year deferrals and then lower admission numbers next year

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they could offer gap year deferrals and then lower admission numbers next year

Smart

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It’s bad enough you are in the boonies. This is terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a link about Purdue accepting rejected students? Haven't heard about this till this thread.

Check College Confidential and Reddit. Its all over there.

[Anonymous]

They bring cool speakers (Zadie Smith, etc.) music and theater to the boonies. There’s also an overwhelming choice of clubs and activities. Bigger problem is there’s not time to do a lot if you’re in one of the tougher majors.

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Anonymous wrote:They bring cool speakers (Zadie Smith, etc.) music and theater to the boonies. There’s also an overwhelming choice of clubs and activities. Bigger problem is there’s not time to do a lot if you’re in one of the tougher majors.

You can now add in commute time to/from your off campus apartment.

When I was at Tech in the 80's it wasn't that unusual to stay in the dorms your entire 4 years. At least Blacksburg is a fairly safe town so having your college freshman living in an off campus apartment isn't too terrible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They bring cool speakers (Zadie Smith, etc.) music and theater to the boonies. There’s also an overwhelming choice of clubs and activities. Bigger problem is there’s not time to do a lot if you’re in one of the tougher majors.

You can now add in commute time to/from your off campus apartment.

When I was at Tech in the 80's it wasn't that unusual to stay in the dorms your entire 4 years. At least Blacksburg is a fairly safe town so having your college freshman living in an off campus apartment isn't too terrible.

This happened to Scripps two years ago. Kids were put up 4-6 in 2-3 bedroom graduate housing 25min off campus. The bus was always late. They weren’t part of the community. Girls be PISSED.

And this year Northeastern did the same. Sent their Spring admits kids to Ireland for “study abroad” in Fall. When they got to campus in January, there was no housing so they were put in apartments 15min from campus. Talk about a waste of a year. Better off going to community college.

[Anonymous]

Two of my kids turn down Tech to go to UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This really is upsetting to me (PP from earlier in thread with kids who will be applying next year.)

1. Almost every school that we’ve considered (certainly all of the state schools) have both required and guaranteed housing for freshman. My kids see that as a good thing. They definitely want to live on campus freshman year, and at least at this point were planning on at least sophomore year on campus as well. That Tech can no longer offer that is deeply frustrating. My kids have earned the test scores and grades and taken on the challenging coursework and extracurriculars to be good candidates for Tech. Now this school won’t be able to offer what is generally considered a expected feature: guaranteed housing for freshman. Will my students have to enroll at a slightly less competitive school, in order to get housing. It’s frustrating that these are the kinds of choices folks will be facing due to incredibly poor planning by Tech.

2. They will no doubt have to make the admissions next year even more competitive, to make up for the huge screw up this year. This major correction will mean the class of 2020 will have a ridiculously high hurdle to scale.

Grrr.

You sound extremely entitled. Many of us have kids who did everything expected of them to gain admittance to VT last year, but were rejected due to an incredibly competitive year. While we were disappointed, we didn't "expect" them to be admitted, or feel that they were somehow more deserving than other hardworking kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year's freshman class was 6,428. This year's projected to be 7,500-7,585.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/provost-admissions-2019.html

Wow!

I would hate that. There sent housing for that many!

They are now allowing freshman students to live off campus.

That's incredible. Mason doesn't even allow that.

No one:
Literally not a single soul:
Mason mom: GMU requires ALL freshmen to live on campus!!!!

It's typical in Florida. I don't know of any schools in FL that require their freshman to live on campus. And, yes, some schools do not have room for all of the freshman who want to live on campus.

I would venture to guess that it's unusual for large state universities to require all freshmen to live on campus. For example, I know that the University of Texas does not have such a requirement. I associate "mandatory freshman dorms" with smaller, private schools.

Most schools, whether public or private, require freshmen to live on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s bad enough you are in the boonies. This is terrible.

Lots of people prefer the "boonies" to urban schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This really is upsetting to me (PP from earlier in thread with kids who will be applying next year.)

1. Almost every school that we’ve considered (certainly all of the state schools) have both required and guaranteed housing for freshman. My kids see that as a good thing. They definitely want to live on campus freshman year, and at least at this point were planning on at least sophomore year on campus as well. That Tech can no longer offer that is deeply frustrating. My kids have earned the test scores and grades and taken on the challenging coursework and extracurriculars to be good candidates for Tech. Now this school won’t be able to offer what is generally considered a expected feature: guaranteed housing for freshman. Will my students have to enroll at a slightly less competitive school, in order to get housing. It’s frustrating that these are the kinds of choices folks will be facing due to incredibly poor planning by Tech.

2. They will no doubt have to make the admissions next year even more competitive, to make up for the huge screw up this year. This major correction will mean the class of 2020 will have a ridiculously high hurdle to scale.

Grrr.

You sound extremely entitled. Many of us have kids who did everything expected of them to gain admittance to VT last year, but were rejected due to an incredibly competitive year. While we were disappointed, we didn't "expect" them to be admitted, or feel that they were somehow more deserving than other hardworking kids.

I think it's totally naturally to feel disappointed to see your kid work hard, earn the grades and test scores to be a competitive candidate only to find out that the goal posts have suddenly been moved and you are plain out of luck.

It would be like saving up for 5 years to buy a house and finally getting "enough" of a down payment together and suddenly having the bank say "Sorry, you don't have enough money. We now want to see 30% down." Yes, you have the option of buying a condo instead but you had really wanted the house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year's freshman class was 6,428. This year's projected to be 7,500-7,585.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/provost-admissions-2019.html

Wow!

I would hate that. There sent housing for that many!

They are now allowing freshman students to live off campus.

That's incredible. Mason doesn't even allow that.

No one:
Literally not a single soul:
Mason mom: GMU requires ALL freshmen to live on campus!!!!

It's typical in Florida. I don't know of any schools in FL that require their freshman to live on campus. And, yes, some schools do not have room for all of the freshman who want to live on campus.

I would venture to guess that it's unusual for large state universities to require all freshmen to live on campus. For example, I know that the University of Texas does not have such a requirement. I associate "mandatory freshman dorms" with smaller, private schools.

Most schools, whether public or private, require freshmen to live on campus.

Apparently that is no longer a safe assumption. Be sure to do your homework.

[Anonymous]

My kid's school doesn't require freshmen to live on campus, but they do say that housing is guaranteed for anyone who wants it. (And I think some 95% of them do live on campus.) Does VT make such a promise?