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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The VT bashing doesn't make any sense. It's a top school. -No dog in this fight [/quote]

Where’s the VT bashing?  VT is a fine school.  So are other second tier VA in states.[/quote]

VT is not second tier[/quote]

When you yield protect in state qualified applicants then you are second tier and have a second tier mentality.  Frankly more like third tier.[/quote]

So bitter.  [/quote]

Not bitter - kids have not applied yet.  Just observing the patterns and that the other local schools are more fair and transparent - Virginia, Maryland, George Mason, VCU etc..  Hope DC is not interested in VT so we can skip the VT admissions games.[/quote]

+1 Balance and genuine kindness are refreshing.

The snobby schools like to think that their degree is better, but in this day and age of grade inflation, the caliber of student at UVa isn’t that much better than a student at CNU or JMU. They just happened to win the lottery. 
VT is the most transparent school we looked at when it comes to admission stats.  I can’t think of another school that publishes detailed data about every major they offer and the corresponding stats.  We found that extremely useful.[/quote]

No VT is not the most transparent. All VA schools, public and private, provide exhaustive data to SCHEV , which publishes detailed results every late fall. It’s an extraordinary amount of information. No other state does this. Every parent looking at VA schools should be familiar with it[/quote]

I’m not talking about SCHEV.  VT has its own site (linked on these threads many times) which allows users to input college, major, type of student, etc. and see acceptance rates for all.  No other VA school provides such granular information.  [/quote]

NP.  I agree with the Tech disclosure of acceptance nformation, but the bigger question seems WHY/HOW do they accept the kids they do?  It just seems so arbitrary.  This year my son from FCPS was a direct admit to UMD CS with merit applying EA and W&M Monroe Scholar applying RD. Differed UVA. 12 applications and not one ED.  CS major did NOT bother applying to state's premier tech school because admission is so unpredictable. Admission appears to be run like a private rather than a state supported institution. Other VA schools, if you hit certain benchmarks, you can reasonably predict the result.  Not Tech.[/quote]

+1.  When you look at VT in our high school Naviance it starkly stands out from other local schools (UVA, W&M, UMD, Mason, VCU etc).  The academic stats for admissions and rejections are right on top of each other for VT with many high stat outlier rejections - it looks almost like a complete crapshoot.  With all the other schools there is a clear pattern of what academic level is likely to gain admission - sure there are some outliers but nothing remotely like VT.  It is disappointing that Virginia students get fairer, more transparent consideration at UMD and a number of other good OOS schools then they do at VT.  Why can UMD manage an entering class without ED and without yield protection while VT has to play all these games.[/quote]

Plenty of other schools in VA if VT doesn't work. [/quote]

This. The quality of VA public colleges and universities is more alike than different. They may market themselves differently, but a degree from one is not vastly different from a degree from another. If you want a large public like VT, also look at GMU. If you want a LAC like W&M, look at UMW or CNU, if you want an artsy school, look at VCU, etc.[/quote]

At least that's what people from some of the lesser colleges like to tell themselves[/quote][/quote]

This attitude is why lots of students refuse to apply to the “top” schools even if they are qualified. Who wants to go to school with snobs like that? Gross. [/quote][/quote]

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