Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 12:00     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:VT has merit but not all majors


Yep. The presidential is 25k a year. My NY kid got that n
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:58     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was pleasantly surprised with VT admits this year. Many were in the 4.0-4.2 range, some went test optional, all showed volunteering/community impact. Supplemental questions also very important. However, I feel like most that really wanted to got in (many came off the waitlist). There were a couple of outliers who did not get in that I thought should, but they were engineering or other top science fields, but for the most part, was a good year.



So that must mean 4.0 weighted, correct?



Yes and not engineering or other highly sought after science majors.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:50     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:I was pleasantly surprised with VT admits this year. Many were in the 4.0-4.2 range, some went test optional, all showed volunteering/community impact. Supplemental questions also very important. However, I feel like most that really wanted to got in (many came off the waitlist). There were a couple of outliers who did not get in that I thought should, but they were engineering or other top science fields, but for the most part, was a good year.



So that must mean 4.0 weighted, correct?
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:48     Subject: VT Stats
VT has merit but not all majors
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:36     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:According to SCHEV, the website with the official statistics, last year 43 percent of Fairfax County applicants got in, which is slightly lower than the average of 47 percent. The website does not show test scores and GPA by county, but overall the median SAT score of enrolled students was a 1360 and the median high school GPA was 4.13.


Overall acceptance rate is 56 percent, so FCPS is 13 percentage point less.


Wow. VT is obviously not a safety for FCPS.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:34     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:According to SCHEV, the website with the official statistics, last year 43 percent of Fairfax County applicants got in, which is slightly lower than the average of 47 percent. The website does not show test scores and GPA by county, but overall the median SAT score of enrolled students was a 1360 and the median high school GPA was 4.13.


Overall acceptance rate is 56 percent, so FCPS is 13 percentage point less.


That also might not yet include the numbers that came off the waitlist. There were a lot.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:31     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:According to SCHEV, the website with the official statistics, last year 43 percent of Fairfax County applicants got in, which is slightly lower than the average of 47 percent. The website does not show test scores and GPA by county, but overall the median SAT score of enrolled students was a 1360 and the median high school GPA was 4.13.


Overall acceptance rate is 56 percent, so FCPS is 13 percentage point less.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:20     Subject: VT Stats
According to SCHEV, the website with the official statistics, last year 43 percent of Fairfax County applicants got in, which is slightly lower than the average of 47 percent. The website does not show test scores and GPA by county, but overall the median SAT score of enrolled students was a 1360 and the median high school GPA was 4.13.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:14     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:We had VT as a safety/merit play - and were surprised by zero merit. Kid is at Williams and got into other strong schools


VT is a state school. It doesn’t give merit aid.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 11:12     Subject: VT Stats
We had VT as a safety/merit play - and were surprised by zero merit. Kid is at Williams and got into other strong schools
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 10:59     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was pleasantly surprised with VT admits this year. Many were in the 4.0-4.2 range, some went test optional, all showed volunteering/community impact. Supplemental questions also very important. However, I feel like most that really wanted to got in (many came off the waitlist). There were a couple of outliers who did not get in that I thought should, but they were engineering or other top science fields, but for the most part, was a good year.



Do most of these kids consider VT a top choice or is it a safety?

That's a loaded question on DCUM. It depends on the kid's aspirations and the major. It wouldn't be a safety for engineering but maybe for math where the acceptance rate is 80%.

You can play around with the data here:https://udc.vt.edu/irdata/data/students/admission/index#college
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 10:53     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:I was pleasantly surprised with VT admits this year. Many were in the 4.0-4.2 range, some went test optional, all showed volunteering/community impact. Supplemental questions also very important. However, I feel like most that really wanted to got in (many came off the waitlist). There were a couple of outliers who did not get in that I thought should, but they were engineering or other top science fields, but for the most part, was a good year.



Do most of these kids consider VT a top choice or is it a safety?
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 10:08     Subject: VT Stats
I was pleasantly surprised with VT admits this year. Many were in the 4.0-4.2 range, some went test optional, all showed volunteering/community impact. Supplemental questions also very important. However, I feel like most that really wanted to got in (many came off the waitlist). There were a couple of outliers who did not get in that I thought should, but they were engineering or other top science fields, but for the most part, was a good year.

Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 09:33     Subject: VT Stats
Anonymous wrote:What stats are needed to get in VT from a top NOVA high school? We have been hearing about possible yield protection and how hard admissions is. Does VT yield protect, or is it just now very hard to get in?
VT admits by major, so that will have a major impact. You should also look at your school's scattergram to get an idea of where they reject students. For my kid's FCPS high school, the scattergram shows rejections even for kids with the highest stats and the acceptance rate is significantly less than VT's overall in-state acceptance rate.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2025 09:21     Subject: VT Stats
What stats are needed to get in VT from a top NOVA high school? We have been hearing about possible yield protection and how hard admissions is. Does VT yield protect, or is it just now very hard to get in?