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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]They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.[/quote]

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.[/quote]

I felt like every essay my kid wrote, outside their main essay, was unnecessary non-sense. It felt in each case like a hoop jumping exercise to demonstrate you were willing to put for a minimum amount of effort to be considered for admission.[/quote]

I disagree. The questions aligned with their values which check whether the students would be a good fit at the school. [/quote]

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DS with lower stats got in and he has hundreds of volunteer hours and [b]wrote a compelling response to one of their questions[/b] about other service he did. [/quote]
Thanks mom[/quote]

My kid got in VT so happy about that, but  I really do question the value of the answers to the prompts.  We know several students - and I'm sure there are many, many more - who write a draft which is then heavily edited by parents, paid consultants, etc. to the point it's not really what the kid wrote anymore.  And with thousands and thousands of applications to review there's no way the admissions people can check if the claims in the answers are even true.  So why put much stock in them? [/quote]

Isn't the main essay in the Common App the same thing? Also, all the other schools my DC applied to required additional essays but I don't see the same level of animosity at those schools. [/quote]

Yes, I basically think the same about the Common App essay.  But I'm not aware of other schools with the same general level of selectiveness as VT that, at least according to DCUM, allegedly put so much emphasis on essays/prompt answers. [/quote]

So because they're not as selective as other schools they shouldn't care about the essays? That's weird. [/quote]

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