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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the Common Data Set break down where the students are from?  We are new to the college scene (our oldest is a HS sophomore) and ODC really wants to go to VA Tech.  If we look at the statistics from the school (I haven't looked at CDS- more global stats) he is a shoe in, but if we look at the stats from students getting in from his HS, he is in the middle.  Plus, he wants to go to the Engineering College and that is supposed to be more competitive- but I haven't scene scores/GPAs... broken down by College for Tech )or others schools) either.  We did notice that the GPA for early action(?) was .2 lower than the average overall for his HS[/quote]
This is exactly why Naviance scattergram info is so important, at least for VA high schools and colleges, IMO.  JMU admissions rep said kids from our local public really needed a 3.8 gpa to apply.  At the time (5 years ago), VT accepted average 3.98 gpa from our public school. So in DS's experience, 3.6GPA/1800 SAT coming from a Va public HS puts you in the middle of the class. DS was denied at JMU and accepted to all the out of state schools where he applied and those were objectively "better" than JMU (higher average scores required for admission).  He's very happy with the school he chose so it does all work out.  
 I'd check out one of the college fairs around and talk with the admissions rep from VT. [/quote]

It would be interesting to look at the Common Data Set for comparison.

I have heard, though, that the dynamic at play at the VA state colleges and universities is that they could fill all their spots from Fairfax and Arlington counties if admissions were based on scores and GPA alone. So yes kids from northern VA (unless they have a "hook") are probably held to a higher standard.[/quote]

This is quite correct.  That's why you do have to pay attention to the scattergrams.  It is almost impossible to get into UVA from Langley High School.  However, if you were to apply from the southern or western part of the state, it would be a whole 'nother story.

By the way, for the mom who wants Perdue, it's Purdue not Perdue like the chicken magnet.[/quote]

And it's magnate not magnet. My father went to Purdue and hated that he was from Indiana his whole life. He probably would have called the school a chicken magnet since in his day so many farm kids attended the school.[/quote][/quote]

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