Anonymous wrote:Yes, nobody wants to go to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

What a load of poppycock.

Why would anyone want to?

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Anonymous wrote:It's the quality of the applicant pool that matters, not the acceptance rate. Some people here don't quite understand that. All that matters to them is that others were turned down, which makes them feel better about their kids beating the odds.

The applicant pool for VaTech is not so great either. Top students in VA apply to VaTech as a safety only (maybe) and most top students in other states don't even bother applying there.

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Anonymous wrote:ITT Technical Institute, under no less than 5 Federal investigations, has grown its "applicant" pool by 10% on average per year. Does that make it one of the Nation's premier institutions of higher learning?

We are talking about the acceptance rate here.

No, the list was based upon decline in number of applicants. This is not a list of schools with highest acceptance rate. Conversation may have deviated there, but info is completely annecdotal.

Anonymous wrote:It's the quality of the applicant pool that matters, not the acceptance rate. Some people here don't quite understand that. All that matters to them is that others were turned down, which makes them feel better about their kids beating the odds.

The applicant pool for VaTech is not so great either. Top students in VA apply to VaTech as a safety only (maybe) and most top students in other states don't even bother applying there.

It's the quality of the applicant pool that matters, not the acceptance rate. Some people here don't quite understand that. All that matters to them is that others were turned down, which makes them feel better about their kids beating the odds.

Anonymous wrote:ITT Technical Institute, under no less than 5 Federal investigations, has grown its "applicant" pool by 10% on average per year. Does that make it one of the Nation's premier institutions of higher learning?

We are talking about the acceptance rate here.

ITT Technical Institute, under no less than 5 Federal investigations, has grown its "applicant" pool by 10% on average per year. Does that make it one of the Nation's premier institutions of higher learning?

For computer science, VA Tech is ABOVE UMD. VA Tech at 7, UMD at 14 or 15. http://www.networkworld.com/article/2169992/data-center/top-20-colleges-for-computer-science-majors-based-on-earning-potential.html

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech is not a good school. Is someone arguing that it is? Not saying it's bad - it isn't. It is the state safety school. Step up from community college.

Why is it then regarded as some top tech school (some claiming it's better than UMD etc.) by people in VA?

No serious person believes this.

UMD is at 10 on top schools for aerospace/aeronautical/astronnautical engineering rankings. VA Tech is now at no. 15. If you're in-state VA, that's an easy call.

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It has a 72.6% acceptance rate. And instate is probably higher than that so let's call it 80%. Mid 50% SATS are 1170-1340. My DC went to private school in NoVa and I am not sure there were any rejections in DCs class. Several of DCs friends went there and loved it, so nothing against the school, but statistically it simply isn't that hard to get in to. Maybe the pool of kids applying from your kids school is just skewed really low? That happens - the quality of the applicant pool may not be representative of the class.

The difference is that there are so many applications (nearly 800 over 5 years) from this HS that Tech mostly take kids who fall in their upper quartile. Kids who have below 1350 and a 4.0 aren't getting in (unless they are athletes - apparently a 2.0 and a 990 works for them). The average stats of applicants are a 3.75 and a 1300 SAT. Most schools with a 72.6% acceptance rate would take a kid with those stats. Maybe they treat private school students differently, but they only seem to take the top kids from NoVA publics.

True for UVA and from personal experience, even GMU. The VA universities have to limit the numbers of students coming from NoVA so have specific numbers from the publics and privates in this area. It's much easier if you are applying from Nellysford, VA (poorest county in the state) than from McLean.

It has a 72.6% acceptance rate. And instate is probably higher than that so let's call it 80%. Mid 50% SATS are 1170-1340. My DC went to private school in NoVa and I am not sure there were any rejections in DCs class. Several of DCs friends went there and loved it, so nothing against the school, but statistically it simply isn't that hard to get in to. Maybe the pool of kids applying from your kids school is just skewed really low? That happens - the quality of the applicant pool may not be representative of the class.

The difference is that there are so many applications (nearly 800 over 5 years) from this HS that Tech mostly take kids who fall in their upper quartile. Kids who have below 1350 and a 4.0 aren't getting in (unless they are athletes - apparently a 2.0 and a 990 works for them). The average stats of applicants are a 3.75 and a 1300 SAT. Most schools with a 72.6% acceptance rate would take a kid with those stats. Maybe they treat private school students differently, but they only seem to take the top kids from NoVA publics.

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech is not a good school. Is someone arguing that it is? Not saying it's bad - it isn't. It is the state safety school. Step up from community college.

That would make George Mason a half step up from community college? But VA does have a great community college system.

How old are you guys? You have no idea what has been happening in the VA universities in the last 15 years.

Yawn. Last I checked it was the same old same old: UVA and W&M were the leaders. What else has been happening?

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech is not a good school. Is someone arguing that it is? Not saying it's bad - it isn't. It is the state safety school. Step up from community college.

Why is it then regarded as some top tech school (some claiming it's better than UMD etc.) by people in VA?

No serious person believes this.

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It is the state safety school. Step up from community college.

At my kids' FCPS, about 50% are accepted and the average GPA of those accepted is 3.99. It's not really a safety if you've ever had a B.

It has a 72.6% acceptance rate. And instate is probably higher than that so let's call it 80%. Mid 50% SATS are 1170-1340. My DC went to private school in NoVa and I am not sure there were any rejections in DCs class. Several of DCs friends went there and loved it, so nothing against the school, but statistically it simply isn't that hard to get in to. Maybe the pool of kids applying from your kids school is just skewed really low? That happens - the quality of the applicant pool may not be representative of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech is not a good school. Is someone arguing that it is? Not saying it's bad - it isn't. It is the state safety school. Step up from community college.

That would make George Mason a half step up from community college? But VA does have a great community college system.

How old are you guys? You have no idea what has been happening in the VA universities in the last 15 years.