Virginia Tech

[Anonymous]

My daughter was accepted into the school of business. She did not submit scores. 4.3 gpa.
We went and toured, she still decided to go somewhere else.
At the intro/video part of the tour, the admissions guy stressed-we’re more impressed that you took care of your siblings after school than lots of EC’s!

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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?

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

Don't waste your breath with that idiot. They probably also think Trump won the election in 2020.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was accepted into the school of business. She did not submit scores. 4.3 gpa.
We went and toured, she still decided to go somewhere else.
At the intro/video part of the tour, the admissions guy stressed-we’re more impressed that you took care of your siblings after school than lots of EC’s!

Is taking care of siblings not legitimate?

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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?

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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

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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?

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.

THIS x 100.

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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?

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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

So.. if my spouse saw a rattlesnake in my backyard, I'm going to stop walking around barefoot in the grass, not look for 'data' and 'research' as to prevalence of rattlesnakes in the area! Moron.

There are times when you look for data and times when even a couple of trusted anecdotes are enough. Everyone decides when, what matters.

[Anonymous]

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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?

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.

+1000 It's so sad people are still pushing something that is not real by any objective measure in order to save face. People are not buying it, time to move on.

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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?

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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

So.. if my spouse saw a rattlesnake in my backyard, I'm going to stop walking around barefoot in the grass, not look for 'data' and 'research' as to prevalence of rattlesnakes in the area! Moron.

There are times when you look for data and times when even a couple of trusted anecdotes are enough. Everyone decides when, what matters.

So a few anecdotes qualify you to make assumptions about 50,000 applications?

[Anonymous]

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?

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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

So.. if my spouse saw a rattlesnake in my backyard, I'm going to stop walking around barefoot in the grass, not look for 'data' and 'research' as to prevalence of rattlesnakes in the area! Moron.

There are times when you look for data and times when even a couple of trusted anecdotes are enough. Everyone decides when, what matters.

So a few anecdotes qualify you to make assumptions about 50,000 applications?

For myself? absolutely! For you and rest of the world? IDGAF!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

So.. if my spouse saw a rattlesnake in my backyard, I'm going to stop walking around barefoot in the grass, not look for 'data' and 'research' as to prevalence of rattlesnakes in the area! Moron.

There are times when you look for data and times when even a couple of trusted anecdotes are enough. Everyone decides when, what matters.

DP. Such an odd post.

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

+1000 It's so sad people are still pushing something that is not real by any objective measure in order to save face. People are not buying it, time to move on.

+2000

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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?

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.

Anecdotes don’t amounts “data,” especially anecdotes from anonymous posters who post over and over. Feel free to believe whatever you want, but the PP is correct. It’s just a way for you to soothe your ego.
DP

So.. if my spouse saw a rattlesnake in my backyard, I'm going to stop walking around barefoot in the grass, not look for 'data' and 'research' as to prevalence of rattlesnakes in the area! Moron.

There are times when you look for data and times when even a couple of trusted anecdotes are enough. Everyone decides when, what matters.

So a few anecdotes qualify you to make assumptions about 50,000 applications?

For myself? absolutely! For you and rest of the world? IDGAF!

Maybe counseling would help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter was accepted into the school of business. She did not submit scores. 4.3 gpa.
We went and toured, she still decided to go somewhere else.
At the intro/video part of the tour, the admissions guy stressed-we’re more impressed that you took care of your siblings after school than lots of EC’s!

Is taking care of siblings not legitimate?

Do you not read these posts? That’s the last thing anyone would stress.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter was accepted into the school of business. She did not submit scores. 4.3 gpa.
We went and toured, she still decided to go somewhere else.
At the intro/video part of the tour, the admissions guy stressed-we’re more impressed that you took care of your siblings after school than lots of EC’s!

Is taking care of siblings not legitimate?

Do you not read these posts? That’s the last thing anyone would stress.

Explain why taking care of siblings is less of a commitment than a sport or music.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter was accepted into the school of business. She did not submit scores. 4.3 gpa.
We went and toured, she still decided to go somewhere else.
At the intro/video part of the tour, the admissions guy stressed-we’re more impressed that you took care of your siblings after school than lots of EC’s!

Is taking care of siblings not legitimate?

Do you not read these posts? That’s the last thing anyone would stress.

I think the poster point was that they felt VT was pandering to low income applicants who have a better chance of getting in. In reality, I think the school is trying to stress that ECs are often for wealthy kids and that if you’re low income that it’s okay to have not had access to those opportunities because you had to be home to take care of your siblings. We know, clearly, many kids from UMC and wealthy families get into VT, so it’s a moot point to bring up that statement at all.