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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.[/quote]

But they're not ALL getting waitlisted. Some are. [b]Many[/b] are accepted. They're not here complaining about it.

VT has a weird admissions pattern, I admit. But if it were really yield protection, you'd see an actual pattern to it, not just unusual misses.

If they were yield protecting, they'd track demonstrated interest, offer Early Decision, look for LOR. They do none of that. You can't yield predict without it. You can, however, make some weird choices.[/quote]

Posters are trying to figure out the pattern of accepted. So far: thought to essays; thought and commitment to service; major. Some test optional others submitted; most above 4.0 gpa but rigor of classes differs. Was it higher acceptances of OOS students? 74% of enrolled students are from in-state. OOS applicants face stiff competition.[/quote]

In state yield at VT is historically strong, so acceptance rates are lower.
OOS yield at VT is historically low, so acceptance rates are higher.

It's one of the (many) interesting quirks of VT admission that OOS acceptance rates are higher than in state.

Another quirk is that they are very transparent - https://udc.vt.edu/irdata/data/students/admission/index#college- which leads to gamesmanship where applicants will flock to a major that has historically higher acceptance rates, causing the rate to dive, causing claims of YiELd PrOTecTIoN![/quote]

How is that a quirk. OOS pays more. My kids with a 4.67 WGPA and 13 APs in state got turned down instate for College Park in Maryland and got into VT which she went. At College park kids go in with lower GPAs then her as they pay higher tuition University of Delaware is 61 percent out of state. They pay more.   [/quote]

It is a quirk because other Virginia state schools have lower admit rates for OOS students than in state students. Typically, admit rates for in state are higher. All Virginia schools are required to have ~2/3 in-state students.[/quote]

It just happens that way because OOS yield is very low and in state yield is high. [b]OOS families seem to be deciding that VT is expensive/not worth it compared to their other options[/b].[/quote]

Not really.  Most of my DC's friends at VT are OOS.  There is no shortage of them.[/quote]

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