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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Putting aside all the stats stuff for a minute, will weigh in on current atmosphere.  DC is a freshman from a DC a private. Not a top 3.  VT is home for her—She adores it.  Engineering major. She has made a nice group of friends.  The calc class is very challenging but she is holding her own.  She is in a living learning community for women engineering majors called Hypatia. Access to mentor resources, speakers, help with resume, practice sessions with employment fair, etc. highly recommend.  [/quote]

My DC is applying to VT from a DC private as well. All the talk here of high school cliques is a bit disconcerting. Is it hard for kids that didn’t go to a FCPS high school to make friends? Are the high school friend groups excited to expand their group of friends to include new people? It sounds sort of awful.[/quote]

It is awful- and SO strange! Why are these groups of HS kids sticking together and not branching out to expand their social network and meet new people? My DD is there with about 30 from her HS. She is one a a small handful who went for an unknown roommate (met online, so not totally random, but not a known HS friend). She's intentionally meeting new people, joining clubs, etc. But the vast majority from her HS (and from what she can tell many hs) are choosing to form cliques and just stick to what is familiar and known. 
Is this a byproduct of covid policies? Just so weird. Your kid won't have trouble meeting people to connect with and likely wouldn't want to break in to one of the FCPS 13th grade cohorts.[/quote]

This does sound strange. Is it like that at every other VA public?  How about JMU and UVa?[/quote]

Not at UVA. They simply don’t send the sheer numbers from a single high schools as they do at Tech or JMU. My kid is at UVA And almost never sees anyone from their HS.[/quote]

:lol: 
Why did I know this would be the response?  VT, JMU, and UVA are all large enough schools that no one has to see their high school classmates unless they deliberately plan to do so - which most never do.  Sounds like someone is trying to paint an inaccurate picture of VT.  How surprising.  /s[/quote]

I am the PP, why would I care to paint an inaccurate picture of VT? It's a great school. It was on my kids list. They didn't end up going there. I harbor no ill will for the school at all. My DD runs into one kid from her HS at UVA, because they travel in the same social circles, but not really often and they are not really friends.  Conversely, my DD's boyfriend goes to Tech and he hates seeing other HS kids he went to school with, BUT it's big enough that it doesn't happen that often. He does however live with a friend from HS so not sure he did much branching out, despite his wishing to. That's on him but from the stories he tells about it, he has hated the social experience there though he loves the academics and already has a great job lined up in FAANG for spring.[/quote]

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