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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the appeal of the vccs route for kids who just want the degree from the top university.  But many kids want a traditional college experience and are social - ie wanting to join a sorority/fraternity, value social connection and on campus experience.  [/quote]

I agree with that, but when a white, in-state kid with a 4.7 GPA (I incorrectly wrote 4.4 in my original post) doesn't get into the school he wants to go to, it is a great option.   Same for people with economic factors.  My son has been awarded scholarships and grants for his entire 3 semesters (summer 2022, fall 2022, spring 2023) and will show up to VT without having spent a dime on tuition. He also has been working part time.   There is a good chance will spend 3 years there as he is planning on double majoring.  3 years of college is pretty good.

VCCS will bypass the broken college admissions office.  That is the best part. [/quote]

Why should a top student be relegated to a school they have no interest in?  Because they are white?[/quote]

Why would a top student not find good safety and match schools so they are not "relegated to a school they have no interest in"?  There are thousands of Top Students and not enough spaces at the "top/elite/instate" schools.  So this parent has smartly figured out that VCCS is an affordable way to stay instate and get into the great affordable option if that's where you want to attend.  More kids should do this.

It's not about being White or any other background.  It's about there are more qualified students than spaces.  And colleges want diversity on all levels---that may mean someone only has a 1450 and 3.7 and gets in over your 4.7/1550 student.  It's not like VATech is admitting kids with 1000/3.0 into engineering over your kid.  The differences between 1450/1550 is minimal.  [/quote]

It has a great deal with being white, and being an in state applicant and being a student from a large and competitive school.  There is a huge difference when there is a 4.7 student not getting accepted and a 3.7 that is struggling.  A 4.7 and 3.7 aren't even close.

VCCS is great because the 4.7 student can get in despite an admissions system that had been corrupted to the elite left.

Safety school are usually where people don't want to go. [/quote]

How can you expect everyone to adopt your vile, racist point of view if you don't provide the unweighted GPA and the list of courses and the "core coverage" evidence? And is this a magnet school? There's nothing in what you've said so far, even with that convenient jump in reported WGPA, that would make this candidate a sure bet for UVA engineering, especially if the student is from a STEM magnet school. Angry parents constantly use boards like this to chest-thump and hair-tear in performative white fragility meltdowns, but we need more stats and info to join you in really feeling the full arc of your twenty-comment hatefest. [/quote]

THIS.  The PP has posted this sob story many times before - apparently, s/he simply can't get over the fact that her son didn't get into the schools she thought he was [b]entitled[/b] to.  It's really quite astounding.  And you can bet that her son didn't apply ED - yet she refuses to admit this.[/quote]

He did not apply early decision.   I posted last spring once.

It's not a sob story, but a criticism of the admissions process and a sales pitch for GAA.  None of this will affect his life at all.  He has a great story about resilience, perseverance and that the world isn't fair.  He's going to be in a Hallmark movie or something.

GAA is great.  It is inexpensive and gets us another year of him living at home with us, as well as work experience that he is getting now for an engineering company.  He just got a raise too.    [/quote]

There is actually more than one applicant parent chiming in here - other PP/OP needs to realize that. I am thrilled for PP with the GAA - I think it is a great idea!  [/quote]

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