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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems in general that they are trying to get out of being a safety school. Some high stat kids have been turned down the last couple of years while lower stat kids admitted.  They probably don’t care much about early action. It’s just more kids applying to a long list of schools and it doesn’t help them predict their enrollment. They might get a handful of yeses to EA offers. How would it help them better manage their enrollment?[/quote]

VT is not and has never been a "safety school"

And has not let in kids with lower stats than others for a majority.

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You're kidding, right?  Anyone in the state of Virginia knows that Tech is a common safety school.  70% acceptance rate will do that.  It's a fine school.  But let's not deny reality.  [/quote]

Of course. For some reason it rankles. [/quote]

So you agree. Because That WAS the argument - that the acceptance rate was high...at 60-70%
No one is arguing about educational value and competence.

In general. Some People argue one way. Then data is shown and they change their point of view.

[b]It rankles those people who stupidly ascribe a school's educational value to its admissions rates.[/b][/quote]

Every Tech grad I know (and I work with mostly engineers) has been extremely competent and well prepared when they leave there.

I don't care what the acceptance rate is (look up "self selecting"), I would hire a Tech grad 10 times out of 10.[/quote][/quote]

I agree that it's a strong school for engineering and students that can make it through the program emerge as solid engineers. (I personally wouldn't say it's great preparation for every field they teach--like most schools it's varied).  But I think you're undermining your argument with the "self-selecting" comment --all schools are self-selecting in some sense (especially now that there's so much data available on admissions) but VT accepts a lot more students at the low end than other strong VA schools (in part because below the 25% in a larger school there are more spots), and it has a higher acceptance rate than UVA/WM in-state and from many strong engineering schools out of state, so it is a safety for many competent students. It's not more self-selecting than any other similar institution.  It's a fairly big school that accepts a lot of students in a state with a lot of good public institutions.  Like you said, this doesn't tell you anything all that meaningful about its educational quality.[/quote]

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