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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did all these 1500 SAT applicants apply EA?  I would guess not. They likely applied ED or RD. In that case, they were using VT as a back up plan. I don’t find anything wrong with reserving spots for students that actually want to go there. If a 1500 SAT student applied EA, they’d be accepted.

I don’t find accepting high star OOS a problem either. They raise the caliber of the school, increase the reputation of the program, and entice more employers to want VT grads. All the whole providing a high caliber engineering experience for Virginia students with a demonstrated interest in attending VT. [/quote]

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I agree. Though I think the bolded statement was written backwards. Did you mean they likely applied EA or RD? I have no problem with schools showing preference for ED applicants who are clearly saying that school is their 1st choice. It's funny that posters talking about W&M make no bones about the fact that WM shows huge preference for ED applicants - kids who WANT to be there. Why should VT be any different?

The parents who are upset are those who kids used VT as a safety, when it's anything but. They assumed their kids would get in if their Plan A failed, but that's just not the case. And that's not VT's fault - [b]it's the fault of student who didn't apply ED. [/b]Which isn't to say ALL ED applicants are admitted, but it certainly helps.[/quote]

I don't think public Us should be using ED at all and Virginia is really unusual in having so many of its public Us with ED.

ED is generally not good for students, just an anti-competitive benefit for the colleges.[/quote]

I completely disagree.  ED is very good for students who have a clear first choice school.  It benefits them AND it benefits the school, since they can get a firm reading on how many will be attending (of those they accept).  Why shouldn't schools want kids who want them?  [/quote]

ED is thought to favor applicants who do not have financial need.  This is why there was a move a few years ago from a few years ago to remove it (including UVA, which subsequently reinstated it).  [/quote]

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