VA Tech Releasing Some Decisions at 5 pm Today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 25% of our first-year offers have been released with this round, leaving the majority of intended additional offers to be made in the spring.
How many rounds of decisions will be released and when will the next round be released?

When they said "small", I was thinking 5-10%. I wasn't feeling too bad for my student until I saw that it was 25%. That makes me a little more nervous for them.

Did your kid get the first email?

Yes. Didn’t all applicants?

[Anonymous]

Accepted into Engineering! NOVA, 4.6W GPA, 1460 SAT.

Go Hokies! Crush those Wahoos again in football!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 25% of our first-year offers have been released with this round, leaving the majority of intended additional offers to be made in the spring.
How many rounds of decisions will be released and when will the next round be released?

When they said "small", I was thinking 5-10%. I wasn't feeling too bad for my student until I saw that it was 25%. That makes me a little more nervous for them.

Did your kid get the first email?

Yes. Didn’t all applicants?

This is the key fact to know. Did any EA applicant not get this first email?

[Anonymous]

Looks like the admission team at Virginia Tech lied about test optional. The only kids that got in have SAT scores posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the admission team at Virginia Tech lied about test optional. The only kids that got in have SAT scores posted.

Not true. On other forums I have seen acceptances for kids who did not report

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the admission team at Virginia Tech lied about test optional. The only kids that got in have SAT scores posted.

I think this first round is for the students with the strongest academic stats, i.e. high GPA and high SAT or ACT. This is college after all right?

[Anonymous]

That makes sense that they would want to catch their strongest candidates before ED2. I don’t know why more flagship publics don’t do rolling EA admissions-it’s a great idea!

[Anonymous]

I think Va Tech might have alienated a lot of kids and parents who thought they had a good shot at getting admitted with this pre-Christmas "soft rejection." Why send the notification to everyone? I'm the parent of a Va resident applicant with 1510 SAT, 4.3 GPA and completed/taking 12 AP courses (only courses left in the school for them to take that build on previous STEM courses) with 5 x AP test 4s and 5s (none lower) including a 5 on AP Calc. Not admitted yesterday although two friends from another HS with lower SAT/ACT scores were, and now wondering what they're looking for as a STEM candidate. Just a very unpleasant surprise for all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point is that VT has created all this speculation. Ok, so they send 25% acceptances during the 'EA' round. But why send an email to others and no email to others. My DS got an email and no acceptance and it's so unnerving and leading to all this speculation to calm ourselves down. Why not just tell us straight up?!

That is stressful. But, maybe, as another poster suggested, it's more like rolling. For those who got the email, perhaps your apps were read, and the slam dunks were accepted, but that doesn't mean the others are rejected or deferred. Maybe those are the apps they need more time to consider. Hang in there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think VTech should have been clear who the initial letter (letting people know that some acceptances would be sent at 5) was sent to. If it was emailed to ALL EA applicants everyone would feel better. It sounds like that email may NOT have gone to EA applicants, which of course makes those who didn't get a 5 pm notice assume their application HAS been reviewed and put in a reject or defer pile.

Also, the letter was poorly written. Not impressed. And I noted that the letter said that accepted students shouldn't expect their packet in the mail until LATE February? WTH? Is VTech known to have a poorly run Admissions Dept?

Yes VT is known to have a poorly run admissions department. Who could forget the over enrollment a few years ago and Tech absolutely does yield protect. They are terrible at figuring out their yield. It’s a known thing in the college counseling circles.

This early release is very odd and if my kid had applied, they’d feel pretty put off by it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think VTech should have been clear who the initial letter (letting people know that some acceptances would be sent at 5) was sent to. If it was emailed to ALL EA applicants everyone would feel better. It sounds like that email may NOT have gone to EA applicants, which of course makes those who didn't get a 5 pm notice assume their application HAS been reviewed and put in a reject or defer pile.

Also, the letter was poorly written. Not impressed. And I noted that the letter said that accepted students shouldn't expect their packet in the mail until LATE February? WTH? Is VTech known to have a poorly run Admissions Dept?

Yes VT is known to have a poorly run admissions department. Who could forget the over enrollment a few years ago and Tech absolutely does yield protect. They are terrible at figuring out their yield. It’s a known thing in the college counseling circles.

This early release is very odd and if my kid had applied, they’d feel pretty put off by it.

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Same. Between this and the UTK thing a few nights ago (and I know there is a lot of students that apply to both UTK and VT) it's been a tough week for a lot of students. Are the admissions departments intentionally trying to be mean a few days before Christmas, or are they just clueless? Neither one is good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Va Tech might have alienated a lot of kids and parents who thought they had a good shot at getting admitted with this pre-Christmas "soft rejection." Why send the notification to everyone? I'm the parent of a Va resident applicant with 1510 SAT, 4.3 GPA and completed/taking 12 AP courses (only courses left in the school for them to take that build on previous STEM courses) with 5 x AP test 4s and 5s (none lower) including a 5 on AP Calc. Not admitted yesterday although two friends from another HS with lower SAT/ACT scores were, and now wondering what they're looking for as a STEM candidate. Just a very unpleasant surprise for all of us.

weird, sorry. I know a kid with similar stats (slightly higher) who got into uva engineering last year after rejection from tech and is happy there but still, weird with high stats!

[Anonymous]

Poor communication all around. The email caused bad feelings and confusion. Poorly done indeed. And unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor communication all around. The email caused bad feelings and confusion. Poorly done indeed. And unnecessary.

Since there's no ED this year, and the EA's decision usually comes out in February. It's a possibility that the VT admission office is getting a lot of inquiries about the release date and therefore, decided tp release EA offers in stages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor communication all around. The email caused bad feelings and confusion. Poorly done indeed. And unnecessary.

Since there's no ED this year, and the EA's decision usually comes out in February. It's a possibility that the VT admission office is getting a lot of inquiries about the release date and therefore, decided t to release EA offers in stages.