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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted pages ago but I’m totally disappointed my DS was waitlisted. Not a super high stats kid looking for engineering but a student who is an on paper match to an in state school which according to his Naviance data has a 64% acceptance rate. Poli Sci, 4.2w, 7 APs, 1400 SAT, service and sport ECs with leadership, white boy from NoVa. We toured, and he’s been in contact with the school since. I expected him to get in. [/quote]

Mine with similar stats was outright rejected. DH and I are both alumni who are angry Hokies right now. [/quote]

wow, so sorry, I'd be pissed too. Did your kid submit an essay and mentioned you both being Alumni? You'd think that has some weight...[/quote]

[b]They don't consider legacy[/b]. It seems like most of the high-stats kids get waitlisted rather than rejected so I'd assume something in the essays was a turn off to be outright rejected. They seem to really use their waitlist to manage yield for high stats applicants. But, a lot of high stats kids ARE accepted so again the essays are obviously a big factor since that's the only thing being "stats" that they look at.[/quote]

The latest Common Data Set for VT confirms that it DOES consider legacy (i.e., alumni/ae relation), although it seems that's a relatively minor factor in its decision making. [/quote]

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