VT waitlisted

[Anonymous]

My best friend’s son, who is an URM, graduated high school in 3 years bc he’s crazy smart and had a 4.3 weighted (don’t know SATs) was waitlisted after applying ED (or EA, whatever is first) and was waitlisted and never got off. It was his first choice by far. He wrote a letter of continued interest. Didn’t help.

We were stunned. It’s so hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My best friend’s son, who is an URM, graduated high school in 3 years bc he’s crazy smart and had a 4.3 weighted (don’t know SATs) was waitlisted after applying ED (or EA, whatever is first) and was waitlisted and never got off. It was his first choice by far. He wrote a letter of continued interest. Didn’t help.

We were stunned. It’s so hard.

Also he comes from a rural part of southern Virginia and went to public so not from FCPS or anywhere in NOVA.

[Anonymous]

Thar is weird

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys need to learn how to play the current game. All AP classes. Then move to a county that is not considered NOVA. Rich NOVA kids are at a major disadvantage and unwanted in the state schools. We moved and my daughter had a 100% acceptance rate to all the state schools she applied too.

Yes, we moved from NOVA to NC for work a few years ago, and my DS got in with 4.4W and 1500 SAT. Deferred at NC State for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My best friend’s son, who is an URM, graduated high school in 3 years bc he’s crazy smart and had a 4.3 weighted (don’t know SATs) was waitlisted after applying ED (or EA, whatever is first) and was waitlisted and never got off. It was his first choice by far. He wrote a letter of continued interest. Didn’t help.

We were stunned. It’s so hard.

I think the test optional hurts really smart minority kids the most.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

The grievance attitude.

Stats are mediocre.

I don’t think it’s a “grievance attitude” to point out factors that are expressly stated as part of the criteria for getting in. VT has said they have a goal of having 40% first Gen students. No other VA college has that publicly stated. That did not help my kid.

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/admissions-fall-census-2022.html

And a 4.1 and a 1380 are not mediocre and they are above the 50th percentile of VT.

I’m not saying I don’t understand the waitlist, but he definitely had a shot to being accepted.

No other VA college publicly states this, and yet all VA colleges are doing the same thing. I’d rather have a school be transparent about it than pretend it’s not happening.

Also, your kid was competing against kids with the same - or much better stats. This is not unusual, in any way.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't mean to be rude at all, but you can't be surprised by 3.5 being waitlisted at VT.

Knowing that the waitlist for VT is that expansive makes me feel a little bad that my above 4.2/1520 kid got waitlisted. I thought the waitlist was a little tighter for VT

Wow. 1520 and waitlisted? I keep hearing how crazy it is out there but this makes me very nervous for mine next year.

With VT, 1520 is probably detrimental. Should probably go test optional. Too high freaks them out.

What a ridiculous post. Really bad trolling.

:lol: you guys are easy!

You trolls are idiotic. Sorry your kid didn’t get in.
DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

These are not the reasons your kid didn't get in. Plenty of white, UMC students from top FCPS high schools are accepted to all majors, including business and engineering. Your kid was simply in competition with all of them.

I think the question is did kids with lower stats than this get in? When we did the VT tour, they told us that GPA and rigor were the two most important considerations.

We took the tour there too and while they, like almost every other school, say that grades and rigor are most important, they said their approach is holistic. They look at a lot of factors. They emphasized community service more than some schools. They never promise to admit kids based SOLELY on grades and rigor. None of them do.

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Not sure why some get their noses out of joint re: VT. They practice holistic admissions, like the vast majority of other U.S. universities. And with that said, there are plenty of high stats, white, UMC kids admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The President of Virginia Tech wants 40 percent of incoming kids to be first generation. It is what it is. This leaves a lot of great kids not getting in.

Lots of great kids ARE getting in. Just maybe not yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

Will people stop blaming URM for getting denied? Colleges can't take race/ethnicity into account in admissions decisions anymore. I'm sorry your kid didn't get in but it's not because he's a white male

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My white male, high stats kid DID get in, as did several of his friends. The resentment is so over the top.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are so many people getting waitlisted ?
I thought kids won’t going to school anymore what ever happen to that? You seen reports on the news that kids are not going to college anymore.
GPA 3.5 waitlisted

Why? Because record number of applications and limited spots.

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OP has got to be a troll. A 3.5 getting waitlisted is actually generous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

I mean, I'm sure your kid is great, but so too is every other kid seeking a spot.

The supplementals at VT are EXTREMELY important for differentiation.

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Plus… complaining with those stats about being waitlisted? Come on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

I mean, I'm sure your kid is great, but so too is every other kid seeking a spot.

The supplementals at VT are EXTREMELY important for differentiation.

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Plus… complaining with those stats about being waitlisted? Come on.

Based on their writing, I'm guessing English is not their first language and that may be a factor in their understanding of the situation.

[Anonymous]

You trolls are just too good. 😘

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps 4.1 and 1380 sat here. Waitlisted for tech.

Things that didn’t help:

One of the top fcps schools
Not urm
Not first Gen
Male applying to business school

Otherwise everting else fit. Varsity sports captain, 8 APs and everything else honors.

These are not the reasons your kid didn't get in. Plenty of white, UMC students from top FCPS high schools are accepted to all majors, including business and engineering. Your kid was simply in competition with all of them.

I think the question is did kids with lower stats than this get in? When we did the VT tour, they told us that GPA and rigor were the two most important considerations.

We took the tour there too and while they, like almost every other school, say that grades and rigor are most important, they said their approach is holistic. They look at a lot of factors. They emphasized community service more than some schools. They never promise to admit kids based SOLELY on grades and rigor. None of them do.

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Not sure why some get their noses out of joint re: VT. They practice holistic admissions, like the vast majority of other U.S. universities. And with that said, there are plenty of high stats, white, UMC kids admitted.

Sure. but this is a VT thread, so..