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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Penn State is more difficult to get into than Virginia Tech -Georgia Tech harder than VT too. I second Clemson, and NC State as a good possibles. May not meet your son's criteria, but I like to mention Michigan Tech. They need students, remote location and they get -alot- of snow. Out-of-state students can get a very sweet deal. Well ranked engineering school.
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In my experience having 3 kids graduate from a strong public Va high school, VA Tech is harder to get into for these kids.  For whatever reason, Penn State loves them.  [/quote]

OP here, this is my concern.  He has the grades and extra curricula (scores haven't come in yet) to get into Tech - on paper, but I keep hearing the stories of kids getting into far better (on paper) schools out of state and being wait listed or rejected by the in-state schools.  [/quote]
The stories are probably true. The this is where your school's Naviance scatter gram has very useful data. The posters here saying Tech with a 70% acceptance rate and is a safety haven't applied with a kid around here. Local kids going to Va Tech average about a 4.0 GPA and around 1300 SAT. (Much higher than Tech's entering class overall). But Naviance will give you the data for recent applicants from your kid's high school. [/quote]

This was our experience too, applying to VA state schools from Langley.  Check your school's Naviance chart.  GMU's requirements out of Langley are difficult to meet too.  We didn't even bother to try for UVA.  Unfortunately, the kids in your own high school in NOVA are competing against one another for these slots, so, yes, you might do better OOS, but then your tuition jumps from $9500 to stratospheric levels.
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Op again.  I did check our Naviance scatter plot (McLean), which is why I posted.  If DC gets into Tech, yippee!  We have prepaid tuition for him.  If not, we will have to fork over ~$70k more (over 4 years).  Purdue was already on our list to visit.  Michigan Tech is a bit too far north (although I have a HS friend whose son is currently attending and loves it).  We will see.  This years grades are important and 1st quarter was great (he just has to keep it up ;) ).

Thank you everyone![/quote]

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