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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s…kinda gross IMO[/quote]

Agreed. The problem with this discussion is that both sides have valid points and neither will even contemplate that the other is partially right.

For the VT boosters - obviously VT is practicing yield protection by waitlisting these supposed 4.5/1570 in-state students.  I believe it as I have heard from several TJ families that their high stats kids were waitlisted.  You are kidding yourself if you think this is based on a "holistic" evaluation and that these kids (who are reportedly also applying to Harvard and Princeton) are study robots and have deficient applications and just forgot to do community service and that service is a uniquely VT thing to consider.  These types of kids are well aware that Princeton and Harvard also value service and have planned accordingly.  VT is waitlisting them because they think these types of kids will have better offers and won't come.  The irony is that most of these kids won't get into Princeton or Harvard based on the 4-5% admission rates there, and VT would be a better school if some of these higher stats kids ended up at VT.  They might even pick VT over UVA or other top-30 schools because of stronger engineering or price.

For the disgruntled reject/waitlist people - you may not like what is happening but it has been going on for years and is well known.  If you really want VT and you have high stats, you need to apply ED.  If you are treating it like a safety and get waitlisted or rejected, that's on you.  With applications going up year after year and more and more applicants using ED, it is not likely to change.  You will likely have other options but VT may not be one of them.  Also note that VT has struggled with predicting yield and has let in close to 3,000 off the waitlist the last two years, so they are waitlisting tons of kids and then will figure it out later once they have a better sense of how many people will attend.[/quote]

This is a very thoughtful post but neglects a lot of kids that are in between the two categories. One, lots of people aren't aware of VT and the ED situation. Many are the first kids in family applying for schools. At our school visit from Tech in early fall nothing was even implied that they had to go ED if it was their first choice or one of their favorites. So my DC applied EA and also to others EA because they weren't ready to commit in November.[/quote]

It would be nice if VT were more transparent about it, but they are not.  [b]The two highest stats kids in our school's Navience data were waitlisted - 4.6/1580 and 4.55/1600 - while kids got accepted with 3.9/1010.[/b]  Must be that holistic review.  So as a public service to all, don't count on VT admission regardless of your stats unless you apply ED.  [/quote]

INSANE[/quote]

That's because that is a troll.   :roll: [/quote]

I’m not the pp but I have seen the same. Middle 3 gpas getting in from our school while higher stats waitlisted.

Don’t go yelling troll when you know nothing. [/quote]

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