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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vt now has more than 1/2 its class from first gen students. That disadvantages many applicants with college educated parents, disproportionately those from Northern VA. The % first gen at WM and UVA is much lower.
Please provide your citation.
Will this continue with the de-emphasis on DEI? I’ve been wondering if they will change for the upcoming admissions cycle.
Will what continue? that 87% of freshman are not first generation students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vt now has more than 1/2 its class from first gen students. That disadvantages many applicants with college educated parents, disproportionately those from Northern VA. The % first gen at WM and UVA is much lower.
Please provide your citation.
Not the other poster, but can provide real numbers!
VT enrolled 943 First Generation students for 2024-25 out of 7,289 in the freshman class. I wasn't a math major, but that's certainly not "more than half."
Source - https://udc.vt.edu/irdata/data/students/admission/index#college
More data for other comments - the longstanding belief that NOVA kids get accepted at lower rates than other localities. You can check that for yourself for any county/city and VA public college here - https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/b8_admissions_locality.asp
The reason people got mad is that there is a distinct advantage to getting accepted early - housing is selected in the order students sign the housing contract, and early acceptances = opportunity to sign housing contract early = best selection of housing.
We did Grand Velas Riviera Maya one year as people who do not love all inclusive. It did not change our mind. You still need to reserve decent dinner times, along with the added "bonus" of trying to get decent pool chairs at the crack of dawn and being surrounded by drunk conventioneers (at least when we went). If your budget allows, Rosewood Mayakoba has a kids club now. And a good travel agent can handle the rest so you don't have to.
Because of the lack of graduate programs, W&M has a really high rate of undergrads doing substantive research. Definitely ask about that when you go for the visit days.
I'd not put much weight on the rankings - the new USNW ranking criteria reduces or eliminates weightings based on what W&M values - small class sizes, engaged alumni, etc.
I'd not put much weight on the rankings - the new USNW ranking criteria reduces or eliminates weightings based on what W&M values - small class sizes, engaged alumni, etc.