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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia Tech [/quote]

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Though not any easier to get into these days.[/quote]

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT. [/quote]

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected?  They have become very selective.[/quote]

They accepted 56.5% of their applicants in 2022.  It's more competitive than it used to be but much less so than UVA so it fits the bill for OP.  [/quote]

WM is seriously heavy on early action. I think it’s more complicated than it seems to compare the two.  But in any case, outside of a high achieving student body, it has nothing in common with UVA. [/quote]

This was in reference to Virginia Tech, not W&M.  W&M has a 37% admission rate and equal academic student profile as UVA so not that much easier to get into that UVA.  Virginia Tech, despite not admitting some high scoring students, has a higher acceptance rate (56.5% or higher once you figure in their  use of the waitlist) and lower academic profile.  W&M is similar to UVA in a bit more focus on a liberal arts core, but VT is more similar in being a bigger sports-oriented, strong academic school.  VT is a lot bigger and W&M is a lot smaller.  So if a kid was drawn to UVA, but not academically quite able to meet their profile, VT is a reasonable back-up if the reason they were drawn to it was that it was pretty big, school spirit around sports etc.  If they were drawn to the liberal arts core of UVA but didn't have the academic profile, it would be better to aim for  CNU or UMW in Virginia than W&M.[/quote]

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