Virginia Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not just IVY I know of at least 2 people who made what others may consider unpopular decisions on in-state colleges.

One chose VT over UVA for a humanities field. (People thought she was 'crazy"). But one parent and sibling went to VT (Dad went to Radford). And she had been to all of the games and had always dreamed of being a hokie.

Also another chose JMU over VT for Computer Science (they were admitted into VT engineering for CS too.). I think that was because of distance to home and they were admitted to JMU honors.

Glad we added these two isolated cases to the data set!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not just IVY I know of at least 2 people who made what others may consider unpopular decisions on in-state colleges.

One chose VT over UVA for a humanities field. (People thought she was 'crazy"). But one parent and sibling went to VT (Dad went to Radford). And she had been to all of the games and had always dreamed of being a hokie.

Also another chose JMU over VT for Computer Science (they were admitted into VT engineering for CS too.). I think that was because of distance to home and they were admitted to JMU honors.

Glad we added these two isolated cases to the data set!

Says the college bumper sticker person...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not just IVY I know of at least 2 people who made what others may consider unpopular decisions on in-state colleges.

One chose VT over UVA for a humanities field. (People thought she was 'crazy"). But one parent and sibling went to VT (Dad went to Radford). And she had been to all of the games and had always dreamed of being a hokie.

Also another chose JMU over VT for Computer Science (they were admitted into VT engineering for CS too.). I think that was because of distance to home and they were admitted to JMU honors.

Glad we added these two isolated cases to the data set!

Says the college bumper sticker person...

Bumper stickers are low class. I'm more of a subtle window decal on the Rover type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not just IVY I know of at least 2 people who made what others may consider unpopular decisions on in-state colleges.

One chose VT over UVA for a humanities field. (People thought she was 'crazy"). But one parent and sibling went to VT (Dad went to Radford). And she had been to all of the games and had always dreamed of being a hokie.

Also another chose JMU over VT for Computer Science (they were admitted into VT engineering for CS too.). I think that was because of distance to home and they were admitted to JMU honors.

Glad we added these two isolated cases to the data set!

While these are anecdotes, that doesn't mean they don't reflect a thing that happens.
Some people on this board want everything about the college process to all break down to a set of numerical computations, in which a certain formula always produces the same outcome, and that's just not how it works.
As has been discussed ad nauseam, that's not how admissions offices make their decisions. Certainly test scores, GPAs are factors, but over and over again two students with the same stats and the same demographics will receive two different decisions from the same college.
Since we know this is the case, why is it so hard to accept that the same phenomenon also happens on the student side, when they are evaluating their options and deciding where to go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not just IVY I know of at least 2 people who made what others may consider unpopular decisions on in-state colleges.

One chose VT over UVA for a humanities field. (People thought she was 'crazy"). But one parent and sibling went to VT (Dad went to Radford). And she had been to all of the games and had always dreamed of being a hokie.

Also another chose JMU over VT for Computer Science (they were admitted into VT engineering for CS too.). I think that was because of distance to home and they were admitted to JMU honors.

Glad we added these two isolated cases to the data set!

While these are anecdotes, that doesn't mean they don't reflect a thing that happens.
Some people on this board want everything about the college process to all break down to a set of numerical computations, in which a certain formula always produces the same outcome, and that's just not how it works.
As has been discussed ad nauseam, that's not how admissions offices make their decisions. Certainly test scores, GPAs are factors, but over and over again two students with the same stats and the same demographics will receive two different decisions from the same college.
Since we know this is the case, why is it so hard to accept that the same phenomenon also happens on the student side, when they are evaluating their options and deciding where to go?

+1 And this "which would you choose" decision doesn't even include those who chose not to apply to the highly selective schools even if their grades/SAT/ECs are competitive because they know going in they can't afford it. DS could have applied to Princeton, MIT etc. (wants to study math) to try to get the trophy of an admission but he knew there was no way we could afford it and wouldn't go into debt for it even if he somehow managed to get admitted. So he didn't waste his time and focused on match/safety schools that either we could afford sticker price (in-state publics including VT) or he was competitive for good merit aid. I don't think that's an usual decision for donut-hole families who understand the merit aid game.

[Anonymous]

So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

[Anonymous]

The beheadings
- and other shady stuff
Tradition of shady stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

I love VT and have no hate for it. I have two HS juniors. One is a decent student - more B’s than A’s, an occasional C, and a 1200 and a few AP’s per year. I’d be thrilled if he got into VT. I’d buy all the gear and go to all the home games. I have another who is a 4.0/1540 and max-AP machine. For her VT is a safety. It isn’t meant to be a pejorative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

Curious why this is important to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

Curious why this is important to you.

Because I'm surrounded by it. Neighbors, coworkers and even a few family members. It's very annoying. Wish VT alums could just be comfortable with who they are. But instead they're always comparing, justifying and embellishing. It gets old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

Curious why this is important to you.

Because I'm surrounded by it. Neighbors, coworkers and even a few family members. It's very annoying. Wish VT alums could just be comfortable with who they are. But instead they're always comparing, justifying and embellishing. It gets old.

Honestly, I see this as well and have been following this thread because my DS is interested in Va Tech (waiting for his EA decision). But this complex leaves something to be desired. I wonder if this is because of each person's self-view and desire to make themselves feel better about themselves, or is it something that the school pushes that we are "just as good".

The decision is pretty much up to my kid and we want him to choose the best fit for him, but as a parent I don't want him surrounded by a culture like this - to become a person like this. I know this is not the case, but it makes it seem like they are trying so hard to justify the school that it isn't all that good of a school at all.

I guess we will see.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I think college is more than just the education side. Where are our kids the happiest? Do they love it there? How is the quality of life?

Most kids who go to VT don't just like it, they LOVE it. There is a lot to be said for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much hate for Virginia Tech.

I just don't get it.

Is it because you didn't get in?

It's because of VT's incessant inferiority complex. It just gets old. They simply can't stomach the fact that they are a safety school to most good students in the DMV, with a 70% acceptance rate. So then they trot out the "people go to VT over MIT...over Carnegie Mellon...over GA Tech...over UVA...over W&M" anecdotes. Of course a FEW people do every year. But then the VT booster camp attempts some voodoo extrapolation to claim that VT's "just as good" as...CMU, GT, W&M, UVA, UMDCP, etc.

As Mark Twain said, "the only thing to be despised more than a rampant superiority complex is a raging inferiority complex."

Curious why this is important to you.

Because I'm surrounded by it. Neighbors, coworkers and even a few family members. It's very annoying. Wish VT alums could just be comfortable with who they are. But instead they're always comparing, justifying and embellishing. It gets old.

Honestly, I see this as well and have been following this thread because my DS is interested in Va Tech (waiting for his EA decision). But this complex leaves something to be desired. I wonder if this is because of each person's self-view and desire to make themselves feel better about themselves, or is it something that the school pushes that we are "just as good".

The decision is pretty much up to my kid and we want him to choose the best fit for him, but as a parent I don't want him surrounded by a culture like this - to become a person like this. I know this is not the case, but it makes it seem like they are trying so hard to justify the school that it isn't all that good of a school at all.

I guess we will see.

You obviously haven't been around many UVA folks. Snobbery at its finest!

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I see this as well and have been following this thread because my DS is interested in Va Tech (waiting for his EA decision). But this complex leaves something to be desired. I wonder if this is because of each person's self-view and desire to make themselves feel better about themselves, or is it something that the school pushes that we are "just as good".

The decision is pretty much up to my kid and we want him to choose the best fit for him, but as a parent I don't want him surrounded by a culture like this - to become a person like this. I know this is not the case, but it makes it seem like they are trying so hard to justify the school that it isn't all that good of a school at all.

I guess we will see.

I don't think you should be judging VT from an anonymous poster forum (especially DCUM).