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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

Apparently, they received a record number 32K applications this year. Up from about 27K last year. They offered 18,700 spots in the class with the goal of a class of about 7K. 32K applicants divided by 18K offers = ~56%.

BOOM

Oh, and VT doesn't even use the common app. Imagine when they finally join. OMG

Source: http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/virginia_tech/virginia-tech-board-raises-tuition-for-th-straight-year-applications/article_ce41b493-1508-5465-8f92-c6b74dfff8f0.html

I hope they don't accept the Common App. It's the bane of college admissions. It drives these acceptance rates down even more, and leads kids to apply to schools without thinking. I hate it.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

Apparently, they received a record number 32K applications this year. Up from about 27K last year. They offered 18,700 spots in the class with the goal of a class of about 7K. 32K applicants divided by 18K offers = ~56%.

BOOM

I won't believe that without a source. It would be unheard of for them.

https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/wait-list-faq.html

"This year Virginia Tech received over 32,000 applications and we expect 6,200 to accept our offer and enroll. If we have fewer than 6,200 students accept our offer, we will offer admission to some of the students who chose to remain on our wait list."

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

Apparently, they received a record number 32K applications this year. Up from about 27K last year. They offered 18,700 spots in the class with the goal of a class of about 7K. 32K applicants divided by 18K offers = ~56%.

BOOM

Oh, and VT doesn't even use the common app. Imagine when they finally join. OMG

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

Apparently, they received a record number 32K applications this year. Up from about 27K last year. They offered 18,700 spots in the class with the goal of a class of about 7K. 32K applicants divided by 18K offers = ~56%.

BOOM

I won't believe that without a source. It would be unheard of for them.

+1 to the PP. VT's acceptance rate actually went UP from 2008 to 2015, from 65% to 73%. It has since ticked slightly down, to 70%. To generate an acceptance rate in the high 50s--say, 58%--they would have to get roughly 33,000 applications, assuming they made offers to the same number of applicants as they did last year. that would represent an increase in applications of roughly 23% over last year. their application numbers have increased by an average of, at most, 8% each year.

in other words, it's exceedingly unlikely.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

Apparently, they received a record number 32K applications this year. Up from about 27K last year. They offered 18,700 spots in the class with the goal of a class of about 7K. 32K applicants divided by 18K offers = ~56%.

BOOM

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

I'll believe that movement when I see it. A decrease of close to 20 percentage points in a school's acceptance rate in 1 year would be virtually unheard of, absent a major admissions process change, like when UChicago began accepting the Common App.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

Because admission percentage doesn't tell the whole picture. VT has a highly ranked engineering school for example and according to many who just went through the 2018 cycle, that 71% moved down to the high 50~%

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

Sure. I guess I'm just confused as to why people are so down on OP's kid's chances of getting into VT. This is a school with a 71% acceptance rate in 2017.

OP, if you are a junior looking now for humanities, I would throw WM in the mix. Your DC is at or above the 25% now in SATs/GPA. In most places, GPA goes up once junior year is included, because of the AP/IB class weighting. If she can push her numbers up a little on the SAT, she might be a 4.2/1350, which could get her a serious look. Of course, if she doesn’t want WM, it doesn’t matter.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

What does Naviance say OP? We can guess all we want, but historical data from your high school is really gonna tell you a better picture than any of us.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

Ok, so just skimming those numbers, it seems OP's kid is at, or above, the average GPA and SAT score for admitted students for every major.

Anonymous wrote:What’s the unweighted GPA? Strong courseload or lots of electives?

Course rigor will tell the full story. 1300 is fine. But if the GPA is due to easy classes relative to her peers at her school, then the AO will know that the GPA is somewhat inflated.

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Anonymous wrote:I would work on getting that 1300 up. I don't think it will get them into VT these days. I know many kids with higher scores than that (not engineering) who didn't get into VT this year.

People need to look at actual numbers, rather than speculating. 1300 is close to the 75th percentile of admitted students for VT. Average GPA is 3.64. so OP's kid will be very competitive for VT.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Virginia-Tech-SAT-scores-GPA

As for the other VA schools, based on prepscholar data:

JMU -- absolutely; the 25th/75th percentile split for SAT was 1040/1220. average GPA was 3.5.
UVA -- almost certainly a no
W&M -- also a no
VCU -- absolutely competitive.

If you're talking about VT, then look up the admitted stats by major: https://www.ir.vt.edu/data/student/admissions.html

No need to speculate.

What’s the unweighted GPA? Strong courseload or lots of electives?