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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son’s best friend had this same experience last year, with a 4.4 and 1550 from a different FCPS high school. Half white, half Asian. Waitlisted at UVA, waitlisted at WM, deferred then waitlisted at VT, applied for business. Really didn’t want JMU, VCU, and didn’t think he’d need them so didn’t apply.  Was accepted at NYU, Northeastern, and a few others, but ultimately the couldn’t afford it and he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer. [/quote]

I hope he realizes how stupid he was for not applying to JMU, VCU, etc.  What was he thinking??[/quote]

He applied to and was accepted into another state school, but he didn't want to go there. He wanted to go to an engineering school. We can only afford a state school in VA.

Very classy of you to call a 17 year old stupid. [/quote]

You're right, it was his parents who stupidly didn't insist that he apply to more state schools that his family could AFFORD.  Not sure what to tell you?  [/quote]

I guess we are stupid and poor. You are much better than us.

He wanted to go to an engineeing school in Va.  That means Va Tech.  As soon as he was waitlisted, we looked at GAA and decded to to that instead of go to his safety school.  It worked out for him.

Another plug for VCCS: we didn't pay a dime all year  He got grants each semester he was there, plus free covid cash, plus a free laptop . He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va without having paid anything.  Wait a second; maybe we aren't stupid.  [/quote]

Amazing how in the space of a few days your kid went from “he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer” to “ He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va”. Did you just find out?[/quote]

No, he went from not getting in last year to being accepted last week to VT.  Transfers were accepted last week.

I will still tell him he is stupid and you don't think he should go to Tech. [/quote]

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