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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard a VT admissions officer explicitly state on a podcast that students show demonstrated interest through the VT-specific essays/prompts AND by applying ED/EA.[/quote]

Thanks for this. It makes sense and seems like the *minimum* in expressing interest.

Per the common data set, they do NOT consider demonstrated interest. Should one always take that to mean, you have to do this minimum (answer optional questions/show why you like the school).[/quote]

Agree and wish they were explicit in the questions. DP here and I also heard an admissions officer also say in an online info session a couple years ago that he recommends talking about how VT can help towards your goals (the clearest way to express interest in those Qs). Mentioned it here and DCUMs insisted there is no way VT reads those questions or cares about them. I think that's a big part of the very unpredictable admissions results. DS took that advice and did write about why he wanted VT to help towards his goals and was admitted vs friends with better stats. VT is very clear that other than demographic characteristics the ONLY things they look at are transcript + those questions. Of course the questions are important. [/quote]

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