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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vtech for sure those scores are good.  dont worry.  [/quote]
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VTech is test optional. My ds got in with a lower gpa and test optional.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but I highly, highly doubt this.[/quote]
I don’t know what you think it takes to get into VT engineering, but a 4.1 gpa is not a dealbreaker. [/quote]

What does it take to get into Vtech then? weighted / unweighted ? [/quote]

It’s hard to say for sure, at least at DDs HS since Naviance doesn’t show what school applicants chose. But DDs friend had at least a 4.2 weighted GPA, high 1400s to low 1500s SAT, and good ECs. She was flat out rejected last year in EA, not even deferred or waitlisted. A 4.1 would be low for engineering from our HS. [/quote]

Must have been red flags in the application.  That SAT is well above the 75% with under half even submitting them.[/quote]

Always possible, sure, but given what I know about both the student and the applicant pool from our HS it’s more likely that VT engineering is just an extremely tough admit. Lots of kids with stats like this don’t get in and I highly doubt they all have red flags.  Anyway, this student is currently very happy where she landed (at a school with a higher median SAT than VT). [/quote]

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