Virginia Tech policy on legacy

[Anonymous]

What's their policy if any? Do kids of alumni get preferential treatment? Are students who only did a Master's program also considered alumni for this preferential treatment or is that reserved for people who spent a certain amount of time and money there?

[Anonymous]

Anecdotally, I know of one kid who was waitlisted and was admitted after parents, who were double legacies, contacted the school and lobbied.

[Anonymous]

It's one of the 10 'other factors' they say they take into consideration

https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/about.html

[Anonymous]

So Michael Vick's kid will get in.

[Anonymous]

It may be a factor if you're on the cusp of meeting the admissions criteria, but otherwise I don't think that it counts for much. I know several graduates of VA high schools who were not accepted to VT, despite the fact that both parents and several cousins were alumni.

[Anonymous]

1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, granddparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may be a factor if you're on the cusp of meeting the admissions criteria, but otherwise I don't think that it counts for much. I know several graduates of VA high schools who were not accepted to VT, despite the fact that both parents and several cousins were alumni.

Same here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, granddparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

I had no idea VT was that hard to get into! My son is considering applying, but isn't necessarily that enthusiastic about it--he likes other schools better (and has even already been accepted to one.) Everything I've been reading gave me the impression that VT wasn't that selective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, grandparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

I had no idea VT was that hard to get into! My son is considering applying, but isn't necessarily that enthusiastic about it--he likes other schools better (and has even already been accepted to one.) Everything I've been reading gave me the impression that VT wasn't that selective.

Sorry, I've confused you. VT has gotten much more difficult to get into, especially in engineering (must have over 4.0) but what I was trying to answer above was the legacy questions. Our of 27,266 applications, only 1,835 LEGACIES actually accepted and showed up. Click on the link above and read and you will understand. I read it quickly but I don't think they gave the figures of the total no. of LEGACIES that were accepted and went elsewhere and the no of LEGACIES that may have been turned down.

[Anonymous]

Gross. Either your kid has what it takes, or they don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, grandparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

I had no idea VT was that hard to get into! My son is considering applying, but isn't necessarily that enthusiastic about it--he likes other schools better (and has even already been accepted to one.) Everything I've been reading gave me the impression that VT wasn't that selective.

Sorry, I've confused you. VT has gotten much more difficult to get into, especially in engineering (must have over 4.0) but what I was trying to answer above was the legacy questions. Our of 27,266 applications, only 1,835 LEGACIES actually accepted and showed up. Click on the link above and read and you will understand. I read it quickly but I don't think they gave the figures of the total no. of LEGACIES that were accepted and went elsewhere and the no of LEGACIES that may have been turned down.

Here are those numbers:
Number of freshman applicants: 27,266
Number offered admission: 18,776
Number accepting the offers of admission: 7,075

So, better than 50/50 odds. But of course this isn't broken down. As noted, getting into engineering is pretty hard. Other schools are easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, grandparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

I had no idea VT was that hard to get into! My son is considering applying, but isn't necessarily that enthusiastic about it--he likes other schools better (and has even already been accepted to one.) Everything I've been reading gave me the impression that VT wasn't that selective.

Sorry, I've confused you. VT has gotten much more difficult to get into, especially in engineering (must have over 4.0) but what I was trying to answer above was the legacy questions. Our of 27,266 applications, only 1,835 LEGACIES actually accepted and showed up. Click on the link above and read and you will understand. I read it quickly but I don't think they gave the figures of the total no. of LEGACIES that were accepted and went elsewhere and the no of LEGACIES that may have been turned down.

Here are those numbers:
Number of freshman applicants: 27,266
Number offered admission: 18,776
Number accepting the offers of admission: 7,075

Those are actually really good odds on getting in. They admit nearly 70% of applicants. But of course this isn't broken down. As noted, getting into engineering is pretty hard. Other schools are easier. And it says 22% as admits were early decision, but it doesn't say how many applied during ED vs. regular and what those acceptance rates were.

[Anonymous]

Often schools will state that legacies are "considered", but no one really knows what that means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1,835 freshman (definition includes parent, grandparent, sibling) were accepted and enrolled out of 27,266 applications for the class of 2021. But Tech doesn't give the percentage of legacies turned away or legacies that were accepted but went somewhere else. When reading the stats. you have to be careful to make sure you don't confuse "admitted" with "accepted). Ther terms are used interchangeably (probably on purpose) here. https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/snapshot.html. College confidential will have actual parents responding to this question.

I had no idea VT was that hard to get into! My son is considering applying, but isn't necessarily that enthusiastic about it--he likes other schools better (and has even already been accepted to one.) Everything I've been reading gave me the impression that VT wasn't that selective.

Sorry, I've confused you. VT has gotten much more difficult to get into, especially in engineering (must have over 4.0) but what I was trying to answer above was the legacy questions. Our of 27,266 applications, only 1,835 LEGACIES actually accepted and showed up. Click on the link above and read and you will understand. I read it quickly but I don't think they gave the figures of the total no. of LEGACIES that were accepted and went elsewhere and the no of LEGACIES that may have been turned down.

Here are those numbers:
Number of freshman applicants: 27,266
Number offered admission: 18,776
Number accepting the offers of admission: 7,075

Those are actually really good odds on getting in. They admit nearly 70% of applicants. But of course this isn't broken down. As noted, getting into engineering is pretty hard. Other schools are easier. And it says 22% as admits were early decision, but it doesn't say how many applied during ED vs. regular and what those acceptance rates were.

ED

2457 applied ED
1147 admitted ED

[Anonymous]

Engineering numbers are on the website. They have about a 70% admission rate.