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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Average math for matriculated engineering students at VT has been hovering around 700 for a few years. It is not likely changing. It is not a difficult admit and is a backup school for our magnet public. The average SAT math within the magnet is 720 and naviance shows around- average -gpa kids get in. The top 1/3 all gun for ivies, hopkins, UCB, michigan, GT. Most get into at least one that is better than VT engineering, judging student quality not USNews engineering ranking which is not about quality. Engineering, CS, math and maybe premed is all anyone wants to do from our school these days. They just do not want VT because it is not seen as where smart kids go. It is sad but just reality from the instate top public high schools[/quote]

My 2024 grad had a 1510 SAT, 4.2, 10 plus APs and was waitlisted > rejected from VT engineering.

FCPS top 10 jigh school.[/quote]

4.2 with that many APs? Suggests more A-rather than A in several classes throughout the years. [/quote]
Agree 4.2 W is around average at many high schools in Virginia. Average is rarely good enough for VT engineering unless it is a top feeder private. Our stem magnet sends many in the 4.3.4.5 range to VT. Scoir shows they do not get in to ivies or top publics for engineering. The top 10% cutoff is usually 4.8+ and they go to ivy+ or michigan or UCB as a backup.  Parents on dcum need to look around at scoir or listen to deanJ and others: gpa is quite inflated at Virginia schools, with many having 3/4 of the graduates above a 4.0W. It comes down to course difficulty and relative rank compared to the peers in the high school. At some high schools VT accepts from the top half, for others it us from the top 15%. Uva also takes a higher % from the stronger high schools. 
Ask the school for VT acceptance data. [/quote]
This clown is my favorite VT troll. Reading their two posts together (which isn't easy, BTW), VT is supposedly for average or below-average students from their kid's magnet, yet somehow a reach for students from regular public schools.

The real truth about VT is simple: lots of average kids get admitted with less than stellar grades, but it's heavily dependent on their intended major and which high school they attended. Whether by design or not, VT just isn't going to take every qualified kid from NOVA.[/quote]

What confuses you about VT being below magnet level but above gen pop public level? Sure there are some students who could be at a magnet but for some reason aren't, like sports or something. But overall it's basic demographics. [/quote]

I don't see any proof that VT is below magnet level. The reason TJ and maybe your magnet school kids don't like VT is that they think it's beneath them because it's popular with their old classmates from elementary and middle school, whom they see as academically inferior.

I'm assuming that if you're from a non-NOVA or Richmond magnet, VT is probably an easy admit from your local low-performing high schools. Whatever school you're referring to with a 4.3 to 4.5 GPA requirement for VT has serious grade inflation. According to my kid's FCPS Naviance, a 4.3 GPA is a lock for UVA, with anything over 3.8 being very solid for VT. Also, the 4.3 to 4.5 range is solid for Ivies as well.[/quote]

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