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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA is definitely not a safety for WM.  Anecdotally, I know several kids who got into WM and got rejected from UVA, not even waitlisted.  In fact, one person [b]got into WM, but got waitlisted at VT (was for their comsci program, though[/b])...and she was one of several valedictorians![/quote]

This happened to one of DS's friends too.[/quote]

VT did a lot of yield protection this year as has been discussed many times on this forum[/quote]

Who do you know on the admissions committee who told you that?  Otherwise you have zero way of knowing.  VT is a selective school.  If your kid doesn't get in it means there were better applicants, not that the school thought you were too good for it.[/quote]

don't have a dog in this race, but in my DC's class, kids who were clearly lower ranker, lower GPA, lower SAT, were accepted and higher stats (top 5-10%) were wait listed. It is clear that those lower ranked students are not "better applicants", they are simply the applicants who were more likely to actually go to VT.[/quote]

This is purely anecdotal and proves nothing.   Also, you really don’t know everything that is only every student’s application.   Pure conjecture on your part.  [/quote]

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