Virginia Tech gets 1,000 more freshman than last year

[Anonymous]

Last year's freshman class was 6,428. This year's projected to be 7,500-7,585.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/provost-admissions-2019.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year's freshman class was 6,428. This year's projected to be 7,500-7,585.

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/provost-admissions-2019.html

Wow!

I would hate that. There sent housing for that many!

[Anonymous]

I seem to remember that last year they had fewer admissions because they had over admitted the year before. Or something like that.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile, Purdue is accepting students who they previously denied. Enrollment management, anyone?

[Anonymous]

Perhaps Tech/Purdue admissions need to hire some of their own quant/engineering graduates to minimize the deviation??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps Tech/Purdue admissions need to hire some of their own quant/engineering graduates to minimize the deviation??

The article says they hired an outside agency to predict the numbers. Oops.

How do you get 1000 more people into classes? Dining halls? Dorms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps Tech/Purdue admissions need to hire some of their own quant/engineering graduates to minimize the deviation??

The article says they hired an outside agency to predict the numbers. Oops.

How do you get 1000 more people into classes? Dining halls? Dorms?

Trailers like FCPS??
-PP

[Anonymous]

Ugh. I've got kids applying next year. Wonder if they will have to significantly reduce the acceptance rate to make up for the big glut of students from this year?

[Anonymous]

perhaps it is hard to cope with the moving target of grade inflation and too many aps per kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I seem to remember that last year they had fewer admissions because they had over admitted the year before. Or something like that.

Our daughter goes to tack and I seem to recall them saying they had a few more thousand applicants this year than last but the number was not super significant. It didn’t seem like there were that many fewer applications for last year.

[Anonymous]

Tech is Amazon U--

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:perhaps it is hard to cope with the moving target of grade inflation and too many aps per kid.

I could see being 100 over, but 1000?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, Purdue is accepting students who they previously denied. Enrollment management, anyone?

actually, they did a fine job. some years you should undershoot if you are doing it right. there's nothing to do about the random element.

better too few than too many.

I feel bad for the Tech engineering kids who stand even less of a chance of lasting until second year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, Purdue is accepting students who they previously denied. Enrollment management, anyone?

Ridiculous.

I think Case Western has the best practice for admitting/WL/reject. They never have housing issues and always have the right amount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:perhaps it is hard to cope with the moving target of grade inflation and too many aps per kid.

I could see being 100 over, but 1000?

If my kid were one of them, I'd call Purdue ASAP.