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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admission rate isn't the best indicator of selectivity.  You can have a low admission rate, but if the applicants are generally not very qualified, it can be misleading.

Virginia Tech's engineering school appears to get fairly high quality applicants, but it doesn't get as many as one might expect. [/quote]

Huh? How do you know they have “high quality applicants?” What is your definition of that and where is the evidence that supports that?

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The data in the graphs.  [b]The mean GPA of enrolled at engineering school is about 4.15[/b] and the mean SAT is about 1370.  Both significantly higher than the university overall, although acceptance rate isn't any lower.   There isn't really a universal definition for applicant quality.  It is just my opinion.  For an Ivy applicant, these would certainly not be considered high quality.  [/quote]

NP.  This sounds exactly right.  When we interviewed for the engineering school four years ago we were told not to apply without a min. 4.0 GPA (weighted obviously) and that's what the stats at the time indicated. Also we were not to apply ED (that's what it was then) without having finished calculus with an A.  DC ended up going to UVA instead  but got into the tech schools she wanted for aerospace engineering such at Ga Tech and Purdue.  I don't think OP realizes that Virginia high school students self-select into Va Tech engineering.  [/quote]

Four years is light years in college admission. I doubt anyone is getting into UVA engineering with a B in Calc these days unless they have a special talent/hook. It's just too competitive.[/quote]

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