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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  So, the numbers aren't directly comparable.  [/quote]

Until you get the call, that those have been waived and she needs to found housing. I would be looking now.  Sophomores are most at risk, not incoming freshman.

Also, apps should have gone way up with the coalition app, not down.  Your comment makes no sense. [/quote]

I would agree if it was the Common App.  But, the Coalition App is still kind of an odd animal based on what I saw from folks trying to complete it this year.  Upperclassman have already picked out specific rooms for next year.  While they may let them out of the program and the commitment to the 2nd year in the dorm, I seriously doubt they will take away the room.
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You seriously doubt?  I seriously think they will. [/quote]

While a forced triple wouldn't surprise me, revoking their spot certainly would.  I am curious.  Do you have any direct experience with VA Tech that makes you believe this or are you just talking out your ass?
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It seems like you are.  Housing is taken away all of the time, even if it is only a few hundred over the limit.  Right now VT is 1500 over the limit.  They barely have any infrastructure down in Blacksburg to accommodate even a few hundred over.  With this much over, turning triples in some dorms won't even come close to helping with this amount of kids.  [b]Have you called and they assured you your child is absolutely guaranteed [/b]their housing.  I bet you have not.... [/quote]

This happened to our daughter first year at GMU. She was assigned to a quad that had previously been a double or triple.  We worked with the housing office to find her a remaining single (and of course paid extra).  But that year GMU was not oversubscribed.  Now it is and upper classmen are upset that they don't have dorm privileges next year because the guaranteed dorms go to the freshmen.  Also, the PP is right about housing stock in Blacksburg.  It's a small community - there just isn't that much there.[/quote]

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