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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of a current freshman and I think Tech will do just fine next year.  While it sounds like a lot in real terms, in relative terms it's not that bad and they will find a way to absorb it.  My DC is in a program that requires two years in the dorms and it's really not something that worries me.  With respect to number of applicants, they did go down by approximately 3%.  But, Tech switched from it's own application to the Coalition App this year. [b] So, the numbers aren't directly comparable.[/b]  [/quote]

You would expect them to go up after that switch! But I think the admissions game is just really hard under changing higher ed conditions, and VT isn't particularly good at it.
I think the narrative is more that last year they had more applications than expected, but lower yield than expected so they undershot their numbers.  This year they had a little fewer applications than expected (though still a healthy amount), but higher yield than expected and they overshot their numbers.  They need to use their waitlist a little smarter and err on the side of accepting fewer but putting more on the waitlist and then right on May 2 having all hands on deck to work the waitlist.  
In terms of their popularity, VT has had a steady stream of increases until this year that are fairly typical of the increases seen at the VA public schools--not any skyrocketing interest or precipitous decline.  This really has to do more with demographics of the state--we'll likely see some easing up in the undergrad capacity issues in these schools as there's a demographic shift to fewer college-aged students in VA in coming years.[/quote]

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