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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ds graduated last year from one of the M named FCPS high schools. Her friends that went to VT were the kids who took regular level classes and had GPAs between 3.5 and 3.8

His best friend is there now. Know for a fact he had a 27 ACT score and never took the SAT. His GPA was a weighted 3.6 and the highest math class he took was precalc. He’s in the business school and was admitted EA. No hooks. Regular white suburban kid.

It’s hard to get into engineering there, but it’s easy for every other decent student in the state. [/quote]

Not sure what a "regular white suburban kid" means, but I call BS on these stats for acceptance into Tech's Business school.  As for the other kids you claim were accepted between 3.5-3.8 w/regular level classes, I doubt you have access to all their applications to know all their stats.[/quote]

[b]I’m reporting what I know from my kid. Friends talk. And every kid with a weighted GPA above 4.0 is noted with an asterisk in the graduation program. The kids at Vt are not the kids with a 4.0[/quote][/b]

And there you are just wrong.  [b]The high school GPAs for the entering class at VT last fall was a 4.22 for 75th percentile, a 4.02 for Median and 3.81 for bottom 25th of the class. [/b] SATs scores were 1270/1290/1200 similarly and ACTs were 31/28/25.  And those are the scores for ALL of the students.  When my DS interviewed for Engineering, VT made it clear that Engineering, Architecture and Vet undergrad would need a 4.0 weighted at a minimum and that Engineering would most likely not admit until Calculus B/C was done so don't apply ED (it was ED then) if you haven't finished that yet.  Look at the SCHEV stats.  https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp[/quote]

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