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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And he is going to succeed despite the broken system. [b]There are a lot of out of state students paying full price that are also unqualified and struggling with the curriculum.[/b] My son will be just fine. I know that probably upsets you. [/quote] No it doesn't upset me at all and I genuinely wish him all the best. College admissions is complex, which I'm sure you know, so your sour grapes seem misplaced. Do you have data on the to support the statement you made about out of state students?[/quote]

College admissions isn't that complex.  You need to let in the most qualified students in.  That's it.  Anything else is social justice warriors penalizing groups based on demographics.

Look at his stats.  He is outstanding by every measure and well above average at VT and UVa engineering.  If you really think that every single admitted student is better than him, you are wrong.  He has a 4.0 at VCCS and will be there next fall.  I just want to point out VCCS to parents with students that have below a 4.7 GPA.  I put down the wrong GPA in my first post.  He had a 4.7.  [/quote]

No, who wants to attend a college where the students all have 1580+ and 3.95+ UW gpa?  
Because the T20 schools could easily do that each and every year and still turn students away.

But the fact is colleges want a "diverse" student population because that's what works best.  I want my kid to attend college with kids who are not carbon copies of them.  The real world isn't like that and college shouldn't be either.

FYI---someone having a 1500 and 3.75 gpa is not really any less smart than your 1600/4.0 student. However, they might be a bit less arrogant and less entitled

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