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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Difficulty with Tech is that ED app (versus EA) is necessary only for a specific group of applicants. Tech will never say who that is, though. "If you're East Asian or White high-achieving student from Richmond suburbs or Loudoun County at pressure cooker HS with more than 2,000 students, be sure to ED or how dare you question why you have to pay $300,000 to Michigan for engineering now. And do not question us!"[/quote]

God forbid your child go to GMU.

You chose to live in a really wealthy, segregated school catchment zone and then complain that universities are recognizing talented kids who didn’t get to live in wealthy school districts. [/quote]

Seriously. The persecution complex with these people is exhausting. [b]Their children are getting rejected because they are basically drones [/b]and VT doesn't want drones. They think high academic performance and test scores should give them the key to whatever they want. It doesn't work that way. In schools or in business.

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Why are you making such an unwarranted (and mean-spirited) assumption?  You know nothing about these applicants.  FYI, there are lots of high stats kids who also have excellent ECs and lots of volunteer work.  And VT certainly isn't the only school that values service.  The high stats kids gunning for T30 schools know full well they have to show a lot more than test scores and stellar GPAs to be considered for admission.  [/quote]

I am sure they are but I am reacting to the entitlement displayed by their parents in these forums who seem aghast and pissed off that their high-stats progeny were rejected or waitlisted and then insinuate they are more deserving than URMs or kids with lower stats because they are high stats. Usually these are people who have been driving their kids hard for years to be high stats and also try to check boxes for college admission at elite schools rather than actually develop as interesting people. [/quote]

NP. I've just skimmed this thread.  I think what people have an issue with is that kids have been told since the time they entered school is work hard, get good grades and you will be "rewarded".  Historically, admittance to Tech had always been one of the attainable rewards.  What do you tell a kid with perfect stats and busting their ass for 4+ years, sorry, not enough seats for you now. [/quote]

You tell them that playing the field is fine, as long as they accept the risks. If they show commitment by ED-ing (any school), that will help them in many cases.  This is not difficult.  Sometimes you actually can't have your cake and eat it too.
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