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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]virginia tech big time[/quote]

1. VT is not a safety.
2. VT does not yield-protect and says as much right on their website.

[b]"Yield Protection
Virginia Tech does not participate in yield protection."
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https://www.vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/counselor-corner.html#:~:text=Virginia%20Tech%20does%20not,participate%20in%20yield%20protection.[/quote]

OP here.
I’ve heard that if you have over a 1500 SAT to watch out with VT.  That’s really sad because it’s a top choice for my son. He submitted his app early (yesterday) plus we toured in Jan. Hopefully that signals to VT, that he is interested.[/quote]

Next someone will say that VT doesn't care about DI. VT does care about DI AND yield protects regardless of what a lot VT cheerleaders come on here to say. If the department that your son is interested in has any sessions at all, make sure you attend to show interest even if you have attended a similar event previously. Engage with the department staff.

A lot of schools yield protect even though their stated policy may be "we don't yield protect". What are you going to do? Sue them? Kinda hard to prove your case given the opacity of the process. Don't really blame them though..A school that doesn't yield protect would pretty much admit every student that meets their academic/other threshold/standard for admission and deal with the consequences of low yield and waitlist management. Tech chooses not to do that and that's fine. People just need to be aware of this and plan accordingly. [/quote]

[b]If VT admitted every student that is in their profile, they would over enroll every year.[/b] Having the stats isn’t enough. If your kid had the stats and didn’t get in it’s not because of yield protection, it’s because that’s how selective admissions works. You can accept reality and move on or keep going in circles. [/quote]

So you do admit they don't admit people that may fit their profile of an admitted student but they choose to not offer admission because that kid likely won't attend? That's the very definition of yield protection. And get over the stupid notion that these kids only have stats but are deficient in other ways. That might have worked in 1970 but no longer. Every high stats kid knows the game and plays it well.[/quote]

No. That’s not what I said. Having the stats is only the starting point. VT reserves the right to reject a high stats kid [b]that writes a bad essay or has boring activities[/b].[/quote]

:lol: Was waiting for someone to spew this bullsh*t. A 1590 kid, who likely got into school(s) tiers above Tech, [b]suddenly 'writes a bad essay[/b] or has boring activities'?  :lol:  :lol:  Occom's razor. Look it up.[/quote]

1590 isn't enough. VT has their own essay that can determine admission or rejection. If that essay is written poorly or the kid comes across as a bad fit for VT, the kid is getting rejected.

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Again, this is nonsense.  The supplementals are say something about community service, diversity, and leadership in 120 words.  No 4.6/1590 kid is submitting a poorly written 120 word essay on those topics.  They are the same supplemental topics more or less that every other school uses.  [/quote]

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