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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the head of Virginia Tech’s Aerospace Engineering Department on Twitter:

“While some schools struggle with enrollment, we have the opposite problem at Virginia Tech.Target freshman enrollment in Engineering was 2060, but 2700 have accepted for Fall 2019 with 350 wanting Aerospace Engineering.”[/quote]

As other schools get a lot harder to get into (UMCP, UVA) any okay students that want engineering will go to VT.  That is why it is more of a weed-out school.  [b]You can't expect kids without calculus to get into engineering school and for some reason VT accepts them.[/b] [/quote]

We were explicitly told by the admissions office at VT four years ago that they want to see calculus finished by end of junior year with an A for engineering admits.  If you don't have that, they advised against applying EA, because they would put a hold on the application until they could see the calculus grade (this was before VT offered ED).  The competition has only gotten worse.  At the engineering open house we were shown the stats.  You clearly needed a minimum 4.0 to get in.[/quote]

My son is an incoming freshman. Is just finished Pre-Calc and was admitted. He doesn’t have a 4.0 either. Kids getting all A’s can get into better schools than VT.  It’s a great school, but it is not that hard to get into. [/quote]

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