Anonymous wrote:Numbers don't lie and are a lot more informative than whatever opinions people have on this board:

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

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Anonymous wrote:Numbers don't lie and are a lot more informative than whatever opinions people have on this board:

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Interesting data. However, for VT, many kids in my child's school were deferred or denied last year with GPA and SAT way above the 75 percentile. Maybe they were deferred because they were over-qualified?

Anonymous wrote:DS deferred for engineering- completely bummed. Other friends deferred too. Only one friend got in who had lower scores but first time college family. I have a feeling this will be a soft rejection b/c he’s from a high performing school and a lot of higher stats kids will apply EA as a safety. Oh well - bummed for him.

Anonymous wrote:It is an objective fact that some majors are more selective than others, something a kid and their parents should be aware of. Basic math. The “evidence” is not lacking. Numbers are numbers, and they show what they show. Gather as much information as you can about your high school and the program you want. And you can have a decent idea of what your chances are. There are no guarantees, but you can have a decent idea of the odds. Going into major life decisions blind of information is a strategy I guess but not one I would recommend. Throwing up your hands after a decision doesn’t go your way and chalking it up to the universe is also a strategy I guess. Understanding probability would probably be more helpful. Sometimes an admission decision was a bad beat, knowing that is helpful to many people, and it isn’t coping. It is an objective acceptance of reality and a representation of the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

The demand for VT ComSci/Eng. is greater than the demand for W&M (anything). Yes, there are people who really prefer what W&M offers, but their numbers are significantly less than the number of people who want a CS/Eng degree from VT.

The world is being taken over (has been taken over) by CS people. I don't even thing Engineering is really very hot. If you look at what the TJHSST graduates are planning to study in college it seems that the VAST VAST majority are all planning to study CS in college. You don't see hardly any actual Engineering majors, doctors, Physics, Chemistry. It's scary and depressing that the kids who would have been going into those majors 15 yrs ago are almost ALL pursuing computer science now. We still need people in the hard sciences (and the soft sciences too!).

CS it's where it's at.

Tech jobs will be around.

DP. You sure about that? Have you heard about all the layoffs in tech fields? Luckily, VT offers so many other majors, in addition to tech.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/tech-immigrant-workers-visas.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136659617/tech-layoffs-amazon-meta-twitter
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyucevxdi
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/amid-mass-layoffs-the-big-tech-dream-job-is-losing-its-luster.html

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Anonymous wrote:Numbers don't lie and are a lot more informative than whatever opinions people have on this board:

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Interesting data. However, for VT, many kids in my child's school were deferred or denied last year with GPA and SAT way above the 75 percentile. Maybe they were deferred because they were over-qualified?

That is what some people on DCUM claim is yield protection. Others claim it is due to some majors that are more selective than others. I think evidence is lacking on both counts.

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Anonymous wrote:Numbers don't lie and are a lot more informative than whatever opinions people have on this board:

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Interesting data. However, for VT, many kids in my child's school were deferred or denied last year with GPA and SAT way above the 75 percentile. Maybe they were deferred because they were over-qualified?

Anonymous wrote:Numbers don't lie and are a lot more informative than whatever opinions people have on this board:

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Anonymous wrote:I wasn’t able to find it online. But if you go to VT school specific information sessions and ask they will tell you the cutoff to submit for SAT for the program you want. Could never get UVA or WM to do that but VT will. They will also give you the median SAT etc. if you ask. GPA they aren’t going to be able to answer in a meaningful fashion because high schools vary.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

The demand for VT ComSci/Eng. is greater than the demand for W&M (anything). Yes, there are people who really prefer what W&M offers, but their numbers are significantly less than the number of people who want a CS/Eng degree from VT.

The world is being taken over (has been taken over) by CS people. I don't even thing Engineering is really very hot. If you look at what the TJHSST graduates are planning to study in college it seems that the VAST VAST majority are all planning to study CS in college. You don't see hardly any actual Engineering majors, doctors, Physics, Chemistry. It's scary and depressing that the kids who would have been going into those majors 15 yrs ago are almost ALL pursuing computer science now. We still need people in the hard sciences (and the soft sciences too!).

CS it's where it's at.

Tech jobs will be around.

DP. You sure about that? Have you heard about all the layoffs in tech fields? Luckily, VT offers so many other majors, in addition to tech.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/tech-immigrant-workers-visas.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136659617/tech-layoffs-amazon-meta-twitter
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyucevxdi
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/amid-mass-layoffs-the-big-tech-dream-job-is-losing-its-luster.html

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

The demand for VT ComSci/Eng. is greater than the demand for W&M (anything). Yes, there are people who really prefer what W&M offers, but their numbers are significantly less than the number of people who want a CS/Eng degree from VT.

The world is being taken over (has been taken over) by CS people. I don't even thing Engineering is really very hot. If you look at what the TJHSST graduates are planning to study in college it seems that the VAST VAST majority are all planning to study CS in college. You don't see hardly any actual Engineering majors, doctors, Physics, Chemistry. It's scary and depressing that the kids who would have been going into those majors 15 yrs ago are almost ALL pursuing computer science now. We still need people in the hard sciences (and the soft sciences too!).

CS it's where it's at.

Tech jobs will be around.