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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]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]

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]

Again, admissions is not just stats. [/quote]

PP, again, Tech's process just appears so unique and arbitrary. Reliance on ED (which comprise probably less a dozen public institutions in the entire country) and higher OOS acceptance rate (again highly unusual for a public institution).  [/quote]

Selective admissions. [/quote]

Accepting over half your applicants (particularly OOS) is hardly “selective”[/quote]

VaTech has gotten weird.  I know so many high-stats, well-rounded kids rejected by Tech.  Maybe they're thinking the unpredictability will give them cache. Also, I think we are underestimating the impact of test-optional and need to catch up to the fact that previous definitions of "merit" don't bear the same weight.  [/quote]

Or maybe - just possibly - there are far more highly qualified kids applying for the same amount of seats.  Using the Common App has vastly increased applications.  Now “merit” means your kid has to compete with thousands of others just like him.  Buckle up.[/quote]

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