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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious why it matters to you what a college's admission's rate is? I'd be more interested in its graduation rate and it's job placement rate. I.e. outcomes.

[b]Seems weird to care about an admissions rate[/b].[/quote]

It’s curiosity. Plus it just doesn’t make sense. The school has vey high stats for incoming Freshmen. E erroneous knows it’s one of the hardest Virginia schools to be admitted to. Yet the admissions rate is considerably higher than schools with much lower stats. 
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"one of the hardest Virginia schools to be admitted to" with a 70% admission rate?  Check your math.  It's not hard to get into.

[b]It's also not in demand outside of Virginia. [/b] It's actually EASIER to get in from OOS.  [/quote]

[b]Ding!  That's the key.  Only around 24% of the 34k+ students are from OOS (including International students)[/b].  That's only around 8k.

Outside of VA when kids research top engineering programs, VT doesn't even crack the top 25.  I know my nephew in NM who was interested in engineering didn't have VT on his list.  It was all about Michigan, Purdue, GA Tech, UC San Diego.      [/quote]

Um no that’s not the key. That’s true of all public colleges in VA. The state limits how many students can be admitted from out of state. So again, how can other VA state colleges with lower stats such as CNU have lower acceptance rates? [/quote]

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