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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Son’s classmate got into Cornell and UVA. Waitlisted at Tech. [/quote]

Why is this surprising?  This is why sometimes people get turned down for being overqualified for a job.  The schools try to accept kids they think will actually attend the school.  If they admit all high stats kids, they'll be under enrolled.  Waitlist allows them to see [b]how many of the high stats kids withdraw [/b]and use that to judge which ones are really interested.    [/quote]

Except this year, VT will have probably zero high stats kids to choose from.  Now their ranking (whatever your source) will plummet, and fewer high ranking students will bother applying in the future.  Is that what VT wants?

Also, is the VA public college/uni system looking to give white kids NO options - because if that happens, there will be big lawsuits. You can't say "we want 90% first generation".  It doesn't work that way. Look at what happened to TJ. [/quote]

Do you really think white kids have no options?  Chances are your high stats kid got waitlist because of a lower stats white kid who VT thinks will actually go there.  A white kid who wrote his essay about being discriminated against for being conservative got in.  Clearly they aren't excluding white kids.  Also, you do know there are first generation white kids also, right?  And yes, they can just say they want x percent first generation kids.  Having parents who went to college isn't a protected class.  I know first generation white kids and Asian kids.  First generation isn't race based.

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I[b] expect we'll see the caliber of students going to the next tier of VA colleges continue to go up -- JMU, GMU, VCU, CNU depending on major choice.  If your budget only works with in-state schools there are still great options.  DS got into VT but GMU was also a strong option for his major, although he'd have been disappointed to stay so close to home for college.[/quote][/b][b]

But VT is the only polytechnic in the state, which is why it should not be turning down the top high stats kids from in-state families which desperately need .  Let the privates do that, but not the publics.[/quote]

The publics can’t accept all the high stats kids who apply.  You need to get this through your head and stop repeating the exact same thing, over and over.  [/quote]

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