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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Try getting in to one of these places these days.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t a very good student get in?[/quote]

[b]I find it interesting that this year only UVA and VT managed to meet their enrollment targets (VT in catastrophic fashion, of course). [/b] Nationwide, the number of students has been [url=https://hechingerreport.org/universities-colleges-struggle-stem-big-drops-enrollment/]dropping significantly over the last decade[/url], so contrary to what you may have heard, a student of the class of 2023 probably has a better chance of getting into a top school (at any level, public or not) than a student of the class of 2013.[/quote]

I don't think that is true.  What is your source?[/quote]

According to the Roanoke Times [url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/education/a-hokie-horde-will-stretch-blacksburg-in-the-fall/article_de9bd9b8-8b12-5ee4-b39b-5bc01b5bba58.html]A Hokie horde will stretch Blacksburg in the fall[/url]:

[i]Virginia — like the nation — is facing a demographics challenge and as of this spring, Tech and the University of Virginia were the only schools in the state that initially met and exceeded their enrollment goals for fall 2019, according to Tech enrollment officials.[/i]
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[b]That article is VT trying to turn their enrollment management failure into a positive.[/b]  Other schools purposefully enroll fewer and then take from the waitlist on May 2, 3 etc. so they don't have the VT nightmare.  The year before VT had the biggest "underenrollment" that they managed by taking off the waitlist like most responsible schools do. Out of all the schools, VT vacillates the most in missing their enrollment targets in both directions. [/quote]

The oversubscription is a huge positive.  What school doesn't want to be oversubscribed in that way?  It made national news.  Yes, some students are now being paid to go to community college or taking the $1000 not to show up.  win-win for VT.[/quote]

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