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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure if this is relevant, but I was waitlisted at VT with a 4.5 weighted gpa (4.0 UW). I am ranked number one in my class, captain of 2 varsity sports team, and founder of the only student-led club in my school. This was my safety school and this decision came as a devastating surprise. At the time of the decision (it was the first to come out) I was terrified I would not get into a single school. Now, 2 months later I have been accepted into UVA, Notre Dame, William & Mary, and Georgetown. I was waitlisted at UPenn and Duke as well. Still, my waitlist from VT deeply upsets me. Does anyone know why this happened?[/quote]

Your supplemental essays were probably not very good. VT cares a lot about the answers to those 4 questions. If not that, then perhaps you are a lying troll?[/quote]

Yield protection most likely. A bunch of very high stat kids from our HS are waitlisted at V Tech the last couple of years. Most view it as a safety however and have no intention of attending. I think V Tech just wised up to this fact. Just unfortunate. Cannot blame the school or kids, just the whole ratings game that needs to be played.[/quote]

Happened to my kid.

In at places several top 10 schools, waitlisted at VT which should have been a safety.

It sucks, because the Virginia waitlists to multiple schools completely wrecked out plans for attending in state universities.

Yes, my kid gets to go to a much higher ranked school than VT, but financially,  we c9mpletely lose out because the plan and the years of work were focused on in state tuition.

I wish the schools would not play these games, and would just use an objective admissions metric like the SAT.  [/quote]

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