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Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

Actually, there is. It shows the acceptance rate for first gen are often lower than others. So those complaining their children are disadvantaged by their privilege are wrong.

+1 There's no uniformly higher acceptance rate for 1st gen students. I just looked up my son's major (he's a sophomore at VT.) Limiting to in-state students, the 1st gen applicants had a lower acceptance rate (57%) than non-1st gen (66%). URM were 1% point lower than non-URM. The big difference is OOS (81%) vs. In-state (65%). They accept a lot more OOS because yield is very low -- 15% vs. 57% for in-state.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is an excellent, very competitive university. Parents in NOVA tend to view it as a safety, which it is most certainly not.

And here you are.

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Every single year, we get the same disgruntled parents posting that their kid "should" have gotten in. Well, no - that's not how this works. There are far too many great candidates applying, and competition is fierce. But they refuse to listen.

And every post you complain about entitled parents “thinking they are owed a place” and that their kid “should have gotten in” when no one has said that. Every time.

Of course they have. Post after post moaning about how their high stats kid was somehow more deserving than others. It’s pathetic.

They never do what you say they are doing. They never say they are entitled to a place. They never say they are "owed" a place. They never say their kid had a loci and "should" have gotten in. YOu always exaggerate because that's what you like to troll about

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Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

Actually, there is. It shows the acceptance rate for first gen are often lower than others. So those complaining their children are disadvantaged by their privilege are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

Absolutely do, especially if you are not a first gen or URM student! VT is one of the best in terms of providing data transparency with admitted numbers. Whether or not you have issues with the amount of first gen/URM 'set asides' at Tech the breakdown is very helpful in targeting the right program where you have a reasonable chance of getting admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be some movement on the WL. That we know of, DC has three friends, from three different RVA HSs, who all got in (two engineering, one business) yet none will attend. They are all headed OOS, mostly because of finances (reasonable tuition + merit). Great job, Virginia, on retaining your homegrown talent! /s

Yep, those “three friends” will really open up the WL! Good grief.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

Absolutely do, especially if you are not a first gen or URM student! VT is one of the best in terms of providing data transparency with admitted numbers. Whether or not you have issues with the amount of first gen/URM 'set asides' at Tech the breakdown is very helpful in targeting the right program where you have a reasonable chance of getting admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is an excellent, very competitive university. Parents in NOVA tend to view it as a safety, which it is most certainly not.

And here you are.

+1
Every single year, we get the same disgruntled parents posting that their kid "should" have gotten in. Well, no - that's not how this works. There are far too many great candidates applying, and competition is fierce. But they refuse to listen.

And every post you complain about entitled parents “thinking they are owed a place” and that their kid “should have gotten in” when no one has said that. Every time.

Of course they have. Post after post moaning about how their high stats kid was somehow more deserving than others. It’s pathetic.

They never do what you say they are doing. They never say they are entitled to a place. They never say they are "owed" a place. They never say their kid had a lock and "should" have gotten in. YOu always exaggerate because that's what you like to troll about

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is an excellent, very competitive university. Parents in NOVA tend to view it as a safety, which it is most certainly not.

And here you are.

+1
Every single year, we get the same disgruntled parents posting that their kid "should" have gotten in. Well, no - that's not how this works. There are far too many great candidates applying, and competition is fierce. But they refuse to listen.

And every post you complain about entitled parents “thinking they are owed a place” and that their kid “should have gotten in” when no one has said that. Every time.

Of course they have. Post after post moaning about how their high stats kid was somehow more deserving than others. It’s pathetic.

Anonymous wrote:There will be some movement on the WL. That we know of, DC has three friends, from three different RVA HSs, who all got in (two engineering, one business) yet none will attend. They are all headed OOS, mostly because of finances (reasonable tuition + merit). Great job, Virginia, on retaining your homegrown talent! /s

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is an excellent, very competitive university. Parents in NOVA tend to view it as a safety, which it is most certainly not.

And here you are.

+1
Every single year, we get the same disgruntled parents posting that their kid "should" have gotten in. Well, no - that's not how this works. There are far too many great candidates applying, and competition is fierce. But they refuse to listen.

And every post you complain about entitled parents “thinking they are owed a place” and that their kid “should have gotten in” when no one has said that. Every time.

Anonymous wrote:So it looks like VaTech is a safety for the normal high stats kid.

Their admission rate is a lot higher than a lot of other schools, including the "competitive" majors.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't mean to be rude at all, but you can't be surprised by 3.5 being waitlisted at VT.

+1. My 3.9, 1300 DS with 4 year varsity sports got straight up denied.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the frustration is that the school has a 57% acceptance rate and kids stats are in the top quartile. It's understandable.

VT certainly no longer has a 57% acceptance rate. It's now 13%, and for STEM-oriented students, that number is sure to be even lower.

It's not that low, even if it feels like that when when your kid doesn't get in. There was just as much complaining last year and these were the in-state acceptance rates...

College of Engineering = 45%. (If take out 1st gen/URM, it's 41%)
College of Architecture = 41%, (39%)
College of Business = 35% (28%)
College of Natural Sciences & Environment = 59% (59%)
College of Science = 59% (56%)
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences = 46% (39%)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences = 63% (60%)

Interesting to see that Business has a lower acceptance rate than Engineering. That's the only college with a <40% acceptance rate for in-state students. It definitely got more competitive in the last few years. College of Business was 57% for in-state/not 1st gen/not URM in 2020-21 but then dropped to 35% -->30% -->28%.

But even within Business acceptance rates vary a lot. BIT=28%, Management=31%, Marketing=38%, Hospitality & Tourism=40%, Accounting=47%. There's a listing of "Dean of Business" which may be the "undecided" option, that has a 19% acceptance rate. So, if you want the business school, don't apply undecided! Apply as an accounting major. Easy to change your major within the business school.

No reason to parse out first gen/URM in your numbers.