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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT looks around a 3.75+ weighted GPA on our SCOIR. At our school, the vast majority of top stats applicants do get in, however a few don't--maybe they were applying to more competitive majors?

VT had 4 essays this year and was one of the lengthier apps. They also admitted in chunks. If VT is your goal--i think start the app on the early side and get it in well before the deadline.[/quote]

Any idea how much rigor is required? Our school is really tight on that so kid isn't able to incorporate much (yet).[/quote]

Sorry there’s no way to see rigor in the scattergrams. Most schools say to take the hardest class you can do reasonably well in…if your school doesn’t have rigor, just take the hardest class you can and colleges won’t fault you for this. If the school has rigorous classes and doesn’t  let your student take those classes, they need to make sure to get the highest grade they can in the regular class. Your student could consider a dual enrollment class at a CC, but only if they think the grade would be decent as it has to be reported on the transcript. I would pay close attention to the major you select—if you’re school is discouraging the rigorous classes, engineering or CS at VT might be too hard anyway. [/quote]

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