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Anonymous wrote:They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.

I felt like every essay my kid wrote, outside their main essay, was unnecessary non-sense. It felt in each case like a hoop jumping exercise to demonstrate you were willing to put for a minimum amount of effort to be considered for admission.

I disagree. The questions aligned with their values which check whether the students would be a good fit at the school.

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Virginia tech's motto is That I May Serve. They say over and over again that service is very important to them. They want to see lots of community service and they want a compelling (short answer) essay about that service.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.

I felt like every essay my kid wrote, outside their main essay, was unnecessary non-sense. It felt in each case like a hoop jumping exercise to demonstrate you were willing to put for a minimum amount of effort to be considered for admission.

I disagree. The questions aligned with their values which check whether the students would be a good fit at the school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.

I felt like every essay my kid wrote, outside their main essay, was unnecessary non-sense. It felt in each case like a hoop jumping exercise to demonstrate you were willing to put for a minimum amount of effort to be considered for admission.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.

Based on my kid's FCPS HS, some friends' FCPS HSs, and the FCPS HS at which I teach, the Naviance scatterplots show that most high stats kids are getting accepted to VT. A few naysayers on DCUM keep posting otherwise to stir the pot.

Same. And the higher stats ones who don't get in don't have strong community service records (or considered VT such a safety that they acknowledge they didn't work on the essays much).

This.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.

57% acceptance rate, 27% enroll. So do they actually yield protect with those numbers?

DP. The acceptance rate would be higher if they didn't yield protect. Acceptance rates between 40 and 60 tend to be schools that yield protect. Another prime example, Santa Clara University.

So what do you think is the thing that makes them decide yes or no?

We have established that very high stats kids are accepted. We have established that very high stats kids are waitlisted.

What do you personally think makes them choose between the two?

We know they don't read LOR. We know they don't track demonstrated interest. We know they don't count legacy. We know that they accept the same %s from counties all over the state, so you're not hurt by region.

How do you think they are yield protecting with the data they have?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS is waitlisted. FCPS, 4.2 GPA, 1480 SAT, applied Political Science Major

?? No ECs?

Maybe PP didn't want to list them?

Anonymous wrote:My DS is waitlisted. FCPS, 4.2 GPA, 1480 SAT, applied Political Science Major

?? No ECs?

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Anonymous wrote: Of all the schools she applied to I thought it was the most likely to decline her based on the fact that they seem somewhat less stats driven than a place like Pitt.

Funny our HS college counselor has always said the opposite. VT is mostly about GPA and stats-least holistic out of all VA schools.

Disagree. Perfect GPA/SAT neighbor's kid was waitlisted at VT. In at higher ranking university in another state.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.

57% acceptance rate, 27% enroll. So do they actually yield protect with those numbers?

DP. The acceptance rate would be higher if they didn't yield protect. Acceptance rates between 40 and 60 tend to be schools that yield protect. Another prime example, Santa Clara University.

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Anonymous wrote:They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.

Can you explain to the rest of us "stupid" who didn't see through the performative nonsense what exactly what you/your kid saw?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.

57% acceptance rate, 27% enroll. So do they actually yield protect with those numbers?

Nope.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how anyone can read this thread and not come to the conclusion that VT yield protects. What's more likely? That, or ALL of these high stats kids getting waitlisted wrote crappy essays? SMH.

57% acceptance rate, 27% enroll. So do they actually yield protect with those numbers?

Anonymous wrote:They thought the short essays were stupid, so I am sure they did not put 100% effort into them.

It’s no surprise that a very smart student would see through the short essay questions for VT. They are performative nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/admissions-fall-census-2022.html

A goal of 40% URM and first gen students

From 2022?