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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems in general that they are trying to get out of being a safety school. Some high stat kids have been turned down the last couple of years while lower stat kids admitted.  They probably don’t care much about early action. It’s just more kids applying to a long list of schools and it doesn’t help them predict their enrollment. They might get a handful of yeses to EA offers. How would it help them better manage their enrollment?[/quote]

VT is not and has never been a "safety school"

And has not let in kids with lower stats than others for a majority.

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[b]Oh, please.  You didn’t grow up here, did you?  Tech was very much a safety in the 80s and 90s.  I was a very average student and didn’t get into UVA or JMU  - but I did get into VT.  As did all of my average friends.  Things have definitely changed since then, but it was absolutely a safety school at one time.[/quote][/b]

The College admissions game is changing every single year. Nothing is like what it was in the 80s and 90s.  Here are the entering stats for the class last september at VT: (and remember these are the ENTERING students, not those of the entire accepted class, which is higher because some students go elsewhere):  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. SATs scores were 1270/1290/1200 similarly and ACTs were 31/28/25[/quote]

[b]So it was a safety school for my DC1 who had a 4.6 and 1580.  And her friends who had similar stats.  [/b]

The fact that people are continuing to argue that it's not a safety school is silly, and it's making VT look like they didn't teach you all a thing.  My DC2 wants to go there and I am against it for this reason.  I don't see a lot of high-level, critical thinking coming out of there, be it from the alumni, admin, or profs.

Could someone from VT please say something smart so we can feel better about our decision?  A math proof maybe?

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For some students ALL VA public school are safety schools.  Nice "humble" brag there.  Get over yourself![/quote]

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