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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Wait - first you claim this is "your son's best friend," now you're saying this person is YOUR son?  Which is it?  Smells like a troll to me.[/quote]

You are getting your high achieving people mixed up.

My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money.

I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted.  I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken.[b] There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair[/b]. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better.  I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too.

I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality.

I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid.[/quote]

It’s unfair that tens of thousands apply? These schools are getting over 40,000 (VT) and over 50,000 (UVA) applications. A student not getting into schools with giant applications pools isn’t unfair, it’s to be expected. If you expect admission when the odds are overwhelmingly not in your favor, that’s a sign of you understanding of probability, not a sign of broken admissions offices. [/quote]

He was in the top 5% of his class and if you look at the applications that were accepted, he was better than pretty much all of them. You dont understand probably. The system is broken.[/quote]

DP.  You are an idiot.  You have no idea what the other applications looked like.  Your kid is a dime a dozen.  At this point, I can see why he was rejected.  The sense of entitlement is staggering.  YOU are broken.  [/quote]

Thank you for another grown up insult. You exude class.

https://www.niche.com/colleges/virginia-tech/admissions/#scatterplot

My son had a 4.0 unweighted and 1550. Put the numbers in here to see how it compares to others.

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You're going by Niche - which is based entirely on user reviews of schools??  No.  The only accurate report of [b]stats[/b] would be from SCHEV.  Regardless, your son is not owed an acceptance anywhere.  Move on.  Here ya go:

https://research.schev.edu/iprofile.asp?UID=233921[/quote]

It looked like the accep rate for our of state students is higher than for in state students. [b]Any VA taxpayers disappointed in this?[/quote][/b]

We're all disappointed in what is going on at Tech[/quote]

As an alum, I am disgusted. It was such a down-to-earth and meritocratic place. It used to very much value in-state students.  They used to look at grades/rigor, test scores and residency. Period. Essays weren't part of the application.  My kids aren't applying (not STEM-focused like me).  I still think it's the best VA University for those in STEM and hate to see the direction it went.

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DP.  You do realize almost ALL colleges have changed their admissions criteria, right?  Not just VT.  Funny how you single it out like it’s the only one that has changed.  And btw, it’s a great school for humanities kids too.  [/quote]

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