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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I think college is more than just the education side. Where are our kids the happiest? Do they love it there? How is the quality of life?

Most kids who go to VT don't just like it, they LOVE it. There is a lot to be said for that. [/quote]

Absolutely true. Still a safety for some but who cares? Those colors are a perfect example. Objectively hideous but they wear it proudly. That’s love. ;-)[/quote]

+1  I think VT is just baffling to people who are primarily focused on prestige and selectivity.  VT manages to enroll a pretty high-stats student body while having a high acceptance rate.  Kind of an anomaly in the college admissions world.[b] And they don't seem interested in playing the "move up the ranks" game and in fact have stated the goal is to increase the size more with a particular focus on enrolling more underrepresented/1st gen students.[/b]  [/quote]

Yes but they seem to want to do this by dumbing things down, which is insulting to those students, and frustrating for the rest of us who want their kids to go to a university that's striving to be the best, not the "mediocrest."

[b]"Like, writing is SO HARD you guys, so let's just have the kids write 4 short essays instead of one long one."[/b]

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The four questions are actually very intentionally drawn from research on what makes students successful.  I appreciate them asking students to be clear and succinct and getting just the info they want from students.  At other schools that size, they get the usual Common App essay and I doubt anyone actually reads them because it's all about the numbers.  We've been told VT actually does care about the answers to the 4 questions.[/quote]

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