Anonymous wrote:Any chance they’ll start rescinding like UC Davis did when they over enrolled a couple years ago?

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Anonymous wrote:If they are so oversubscribed they should make an arrangememt with GMU (or UVA W&M JMU etc) to have the NoVA students have an option to take intro/freshman classes locally at GMU and then go to VT for the next level. They are both state unis so tuition reconciliation for these students should not be too complicated.

Even if 200-300 students took the opportunity it would allow VT at least 1 semester to line up housing for these students.

No room at GMU or UVA. Both are oversubscribed. GMU junior and senior students have been ordered out of the dorms in order to make room for the incoming class.

There is room at W&M, JMU, Longwood, Radford, and Mary Washington (source is other forums) If Tech had made the right number of offers, 1000+ students could have found a home at one of the other state colleges in the first place. Their actions have a ripple effect.

How is there room at W&M? They have been enrolling right at target.

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Anonymous wrote:If they are so oversubscribed they should make an arrangememt with GMU (or UVA W&M JMU etc) to have the NoVA students have an option to take intro/freshman classes locally at GMU and then go to VT for the next level. They are both state unis so tuition reconciliation for these students should not be too complicated.

Even if 200-300 students took the opportunity it would allow VT at least 1 semester to line up housing for these students.

No room at GMU or UVA. Both are oversubscribed. GMU junior and senior students have been ordered out of the dorms in order to make room for the incoming class.

There is room at W&M, JMU, Longwood, Radford, and Mary Washington (source is other forums) If Tech had made the right number of offers, 1000+ students could have found a home at one of the other state colleges in the first place. Their actions have a ripple effect.

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Anonymous wrote:This does not surprise me at all. Given the demand and number of distraught near-miss candidates, this could have EASILY been managed from the wait list. I've had kids at UVa, Tech and JMU, and as a parent, I found Tech to be BY FAR the least student-centered of the three. Dorms are overcrowded and mostly lousy under normal circumstances (surprised they have not had the same mold problems as UMCP...I could see/smell it). Food is wonderful and award winning, but is almost all on the residential side of campus and inaccessible when classes are stacked during meal hours. The Math Emporium is a disgrace. The health center is poorly managed and provides very poor service (find your own doctor down there or plan to go to urgent care). As I said, this is just my perspective. Kid mostly loved the place.

What is the math emporium?

Anonymous wrote: The 31,000 number comes from here

https://vt.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/wait-list-frequently-asked-questions.html

Anonymous wrote:This does not surprise me at all. Given the demand and number of distraught near-miss candidates, this could have EASILY been managed from the wait list. I've had kids at UVa, Tech and JMU, and as a parent, I found Tech to be BY FAR the least student-centered of the three. Dorms are overcrowded and mostly lousy under normal circumstances (surprised they have not had the same mold problems as UMCP...I could see/smell it). Food is wonderful and award winning, but is almost all on the residential side of campus and inaccessible when classes are stacked during meal hours. The Math Emporium is a disgrace. The health center is poorly managed and provides very poor service (find your own doctor down there or plan to go to urgent care). As I said, this is just my perspective. Kid mostly loved the place.

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Anonymous wrote:The press releases say over 31,000 for this year. Applications went down.

link?

It’s the first post in the thread??

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Anonymous wrote:The press releases say over 31,000 for this year. Applications went down.

link?

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line: VA Tech needs to become more selective. Many students are realizing what a good option it is, in spite of its location. I see it as the next Georgia Tech in terms of selectivity.

Um, no. They are one of the only schools who is decreasing in applications submitted AND their scores are also dipping, while everyone else continues to increase. They are not being selective. They just said they are taking in more pell grants, more URM's, more first generation kids. That is not being top tier selective at all. Come on now.

where are you getting your information from? Because that's not what their Common Data Set says at all. Do you have a link or a source? This is what I found from their CDS:
Fall 2014 - 20,744
Fall 2015 - 22,280
Fall 2016 - 25,000
Fall 2017 - 27,423
Fall 2018 - 32,103
Fall 2019 - I can't find an exact number but website says over 32k

Anonymous wrote:More and more students are seeing VTech as their first choice instead of a backup in case they don't get into UVA or W&M.

Anonymous wrote:The press releases say over 31,000 for this year. Applications went down.

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Tech's popularity? Applications have actually decreased the past few years while most schools have drastically increased. T [/quote

Apps were way up last year, an only slightly lower this year. Applications did not decrease in any significant way, and are still on an upward trend. There was a change in admissions directors midyear, too, though no idea how that affected things.