Virginia Tech

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Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Both of the above posters have repeated their sob stories ad nauseam in this forum. Move on!

It appears both HAVE moved on. Personally I appreciate any and all perspectives.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Both of the above posters have repeated their sob stories ad nauseam in this forum. Move on!

Why don't you? And what part of the story is 'sob'by?

The mere fact that they (you?) feel the need to repeat the story, over and over, is kind of pathetic. Your kid didn't get in. Thousands of others didn't either. Your kid is not some outlier who "should" have gotten in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

Or they have enough anecdotes that amounts to data with which to warn future parents. I know y'all will be thrilled to get into VT, but it IS a safety for a very large number of students. It does sting that a safety rejected them but the fact remains that they were rejected because they were overqualified for VT (which is one of the drivers behind yield protection). You can keep harping on their official policy and ignore lived experiences to your own peril. I have no ideological stand on this, one way or another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

I can see on DS's scattergram a couple colleges where he has a better chance of getting in than the kids with much higher stats (in the top right corner of the graph). That sure looks like yield protection to me.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

I can see on DS's scattergram a couple colleges where he has a better chance of getting in than the kids with much higher stats (in the top right corner of the graph). That sure looks like yield protection to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Both of the above posters have repeated their sob stories ad nauseam in this forum. Move on!

Why don't you? And what part of the story is 'sob'by?

The mere fact that they (you?) feel the need to repeat the story, over and over, is kind of pathetic. Your kid didn't get in. Thousands of others didn't either. Your kid is not some outlier who "should" have gotten in.

The first of the two kids didn't even apply to Tech. We got it. You love Tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

DP. Posters here love to claim these schools *do* yield protect. They have no inside information either. Just bruised egos.

Or they have enough anecdotes that amounts to data with which to warn future parents. I know y'all will be thrilled to get into VT, but it IS a safety for a very large number of students. It does sting that a safety rejected them but the fact remains that they were rejected because they were overqualified for VT (which is one of the drivers behind yield protection). You can keep harping on their official policy and ignore lived experiences to your own peril. I have no ideological stand on this, one way or another.

Not sure if you're aware, but a school in which you can't count on admission is no one's safety. That's the problem, right there. Certain parents and students assume certain schools are a sure bet/safety, when they couldn't be more mistaken. You may tell yourself your kid was "overqualified," and that may make you/your kid feel better, but the truth is, they are competing against thousands of other highly qualified kids - many of whom DO get in. That's my "lived experience," as a parent of one of those kids.

As for "harping," that's exactly what the "yield-protection" obsessives are doing. I get it though. It helps save face.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Both of the above posters have repeated their sob stories ad nauseam in this forum. Move on!

Why don't you? And what part of the story is 'sob'by?

The mere fact that they (you?) feel the need to repeat the story, over and over, is kind of pathetic. Your kid didn't get in. Thousands of others didn't either. Your kid is not some outlier who "should" have gotten in.

The first of the two kids didn't even apply to Tech. We got it. You love Tech.

Yes, they did. The only one who didn't was the poster in the middle. But what is really amusing is the bolded one. Her kid was waitlisted, which made her angry because she's a legacy. The kicker being her huffy, "We weren't going to attend anyways..." Yet she still wanted the acceptance. Absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

Of course it yield protects. This is a national story. Read The Chronicle of Higher Education

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hi! Wondering what the Stats/extracurriculars of people you know they have been accepted/what helps to get into Tech from Northern Virginia. Looked on Naviance and etc but just wondering other examples of accepted kids too. Thanks!

The one thing that really seems to matter most above all else is the answers to the supplemental essays. It’s really the one best place to differentiate yourself. As well as demonstrated interest.

BTDT with a kid with a 3.7 1150 SAT who was admitted (non-engineering). The VT admissions officer for her school (Loudoun public) said it was her essays that made the difference.

She was deferred in the ED round and accepted in the EA round.

What major did she apply to?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF VT is your top choice and you live in NOVA you want ED. Both our kids applied EA for non-stem majors with 75%+ grades and 75%+ for test scores and were waitlisted. They can only take so many from each high school and fill in a lot of those spots in ED. There is probably some measure of yield protection too. A number of kids from our high school were waitlisted but accepted at schools like ND, UCLA, UF, Ga Tech, CMU. We like VA TECH but that should not happen. It is forcing top kids out of state.

I agree. Not necessarily a "top kid", but DS didn't even bother applying. Wanted to weigh his options.
NOVA public, unhooked, 3.94/4.5, 1560, NMSF will be attending UMD where he got some merit aid, Honors college and direct admit to CS. Will end up paying $12-15k per year more than if he would have attended Tech.

'21 kid. similar stats out of TJ. Got into UVA, UMD and several other higher ranked OOS schools but was waitlisted at Tech. We were unhappy that this happened, especially since I'm an alum (not that it counts apparently) but we weren't going to attend anyways so it makes sense on their part to yield protect. Several of his peers didn't even get into UVA, which also does this thing (waitlist/reject high stats kids that they think won't attend). If someone wants to attend either of these two schools, they should do ED. And, yes, both UVA and Tech do YIELD PROTECT.

Nope, they don’t yield protect.

How would anyone really know without inside information?

Of course it yield protects. This is a national story. Read The Chronicle of Higher Education

Show us where in the Chronicle there is evidence of large public land grants or flagships "yield protecting"