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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is a VT engineering sophomore and took AP BC calc senior year. She is making the deans list and said most of her fellow students came in with same in terms of highest taken in HS[/quote]

From McLean? Any advice or anything that you would recommend for a student interested in applying to VT engineering? [/quote]

[b]No, DC residents and DC private. Not a big 3 (that term is so ick but didn’t want you to assume Sidwell etc)[/b]

In terms of the application itself pay close attention to the supplemental questions. VT reads them and they have weight.

You didn’t ask but adding—

VT has been an amazing and rewarding experience for my kid. The work is difficult in terms of volume. Google the check sheets for the specific majors within engineering. There is no room for electives to speak of. The professors are supportive and want the students to succeed but they have to figure out how to manage the course load.

She is not in a sorority and found friends and a good group of kids.

I hope if your student applies they get in!  Good luck! [/quote]

Coming from a DC (non-big 3) private is totally different than coming from an FCPS high school. Remember that it is very common for STEM-focused students in NOVA public schools to take AP Calc as a junior and MV Calc as a senior. VT is comparing students to other students within the same school/district. If a potential engineering student from a mid- to high-performing FCPS school has only gone up to AP Calc BC, then they need to have better "stats" in other areas [b](GPA, SAT, EC's, leadership, sports)[/b][b].[/quote] Beyond rigorous math. don't they consider AP Physics, AP Chem & AP humanities? ECs may be down the list[/quote]

Of course they do. Course rigor is very important. My list of examples of stats within other areas was not all-inclusive.[/quote]

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