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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yield protection is a MYTH at Virginia Tech. It’s just a matter of math. They had over 42,000 apps for a class of 6,800.

They don’t care enough to game whether or not your kid would attend or not. Even with the addition of the short answer questions, they still do not really do holistic admissions. [/quote]

Lmao no it’s obvious they did this year, if you met the kids from my school who got in and the ones that got waitlisted, you would change your mind. Trust me, they yield protected hard. [/quote]

NP here.  REALLY hard.[/quote]

In a way, why shouldn’t they?  [b]Why should they offer admission to a kid that doesn’t take their essays seriously or shows no interest in the school?  Why NOT offer it to a kid that can do the work (even if the kid has a slightly lower GPA and test scores) but really wants to be there?  They don’t owe admission to the highest scorers.  They  should admit kids that can do the work, would contribute to the class and want to be there.  Most schools tell you they consider demonstrated interest if they do.  Your high scorer should be smart enough to read that and take it seriously.  The school likely sees them as arrogant that they ignored what the admissions office told them or could not be bothered to demonstrate interest.  Colleges do not want arrogant kids who think they are too good for them and they are smart enough to know those kids are only using them as a safety.  Your kid played the game wrong and lost.[/quote][/b]

This.    My kids (this year and 2 years ago) got in everywhere because they targeted schools they really wanted to attend, even the safeties.    Did they want to go to their reach/match schools more?  Of course, but they chose safeties deliberately that had what they wanted and demonstrated interest.  They did not just assume that because they had great GPAs and great SATs that they were owed admission anywhere.   One ended up at a top LAC and the other is headed to W&M.  I am proud of both of them, and I know that they each found the right college.
I am glad to be done with this process and all the craziness it brings out in people in this area.   [/quote]

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