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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VT is more pure numbers driven than UVA.  [/quote]

I think the exact opposite.  UVA is all gpa by high school.  Just check naviance and you will see a clear line (in state).  VT is all over the place for engineering.  They value first gen and URM and WL a lot of high stats kids with strong EC.[/quote]

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Few of the kids who have the 4.4+ weighted GPA probably have no ECs, but UVA is the most clearly driven by high GPA in a heavily weighted course schedule as the primary defining factor.  You can have kids in at VT from a really wide range of GPAs and SATS and their yield protection shows by the waitlisting of high stats kids.  [b]VT is less selective than UVA by far,[/b] but also way less predictable.[/quote]

DP.  Re: the bolded, this has not been our experience *at all*.  We know so many kids waitlisted or outright rejected from VT - kids who desperately wanted it as their first choice.  It is not easy in the least to get into.[/quote]

That is because they weren’t an URM, first generation or raised concerns about yield protection. UVA doesn’t play the latter game[/quote]

Again - the kids from our school who got in are not URM or first generation.  I'm sure there are kids at other schools who are who also had the stats to get in, but none from our school.  You don't know who actually got in and why.  Please stop pretending you do.[/quote]

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