Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted and had taken 5 years of French (up through AP).

NP. Honestly, how could you or your kid possibly know the stats of the other kids and what ECs they did outside of school, beyond orchestra? You have no idea. I hate it when parents claim to know all of these details about all the other kids. Absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:They recommend 3 years at VTech. If you want to be a computer engineer you need more computer/math/science classes. Not language. 3 should be fine.

https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/22-23/CDS_2022-2023.xlsx

You only need to years of high school language to satisfy the school requirement if you are accepted, so there shouldn’t be a need for more.
https://eng.vt.edu/academics/undergraduate-students/orientation/frequently-asked-questions.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20College%20of,send%20their%20high%20school%20transcripts.

The first link says 2 years FL for College of engineering. Where are they recommending 3 years?

Anonymous wrote:They recommend 3 years at VTech. If you want to be a computer engineer you need more computer/math/science classes. Not language. 3 should be fine.

https://aie.vt.edu/content/dam/aie_vt_edu/common-data-set/22-23/CDS_2022-2023.xlsx

You only need to years of high school language to satisfy the school requirement if you are accepted, so there shouldn’t be a need for more.
https://eng.vt.edu/academics/undergraduate-students/orientation/frequently-asked-questions.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20College%20of,send%20their%20high%20school%20transcripts.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. We know many from our FCPS high school who got in to engineering and were in BC Calc.

In 11th or 12th grade?

Anonymous wrote:What are the chances if your calc BC class junior year was a B?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, just got admitted in the early round. Calc BC junior year, taking stats now. NOVA public.

So took Algebra 1 in 7th, Geo in 8, Alg Ii in 9th and precalc in 10th?

Correct.

NP. Congratulations on the admission!
May I ask, how many years of foreign language did your DC take? My DC is interested in VA Tech Engineering and really hoping to be done after three years and we're trying to figure out whether that would be a mistake.

Our kid was accepted with only took 3 years of language. DC did get a 4 on the AP Spanish test after Jr year.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, just got admitted in the early round. Calc BC junior year, taking stats now. NOVA public.

So took Algebra 1 in 7th, Geo in 8, Alg Ii in 9th and precalc in 10th?

Correct.

NP. Congratulations on the admission!
May I ask, how many years of foreign language did your DC take? My DC is interested in VA Tech Engineering and really hoping to be done after three years and we're trying to figure out whether that would be a mistake.

4 years total (including MS credit)

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Anonymous wrote:I got into WPI for engineering with no calculus in high school.

Big difference in admission standards between two schools. VT is ranked #13 in engineering while WPI is #61. WPI is like a super safety school for anyone.

Anonymous wrote:I got into WPI for engineering with no calculus in high school.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is a VT engineering sophomore and took AP BC calc senior year. She is making the deans list and said most of her fellow students came in with same in terms of highest taken in HS

From McLean? Any advice or anything that you would recommend for a student interested in applying to VT engineering?

No, DC residents and DC private. Not a big 3 (that term is so ick but didn’t want you to assume Sidwell etc)

In terms of the application itself pay close attention to the supplemental questions. VT reads them and they have weight.

You didn’t ask but adding—

VT has been an amazing and rewarding experience for my kid. The work is difficult in terms of volume. Google the check sheets for the specific majors within engineering. There is no room for electives to speak of. The professors are supportive and want the students to succeed but they have to figure out how to manage the course load.

She is not in a sorority and found friends and a good group of kids.

I hope if your student applies they get in! Good luck!

Coming from a DC (non-big 3) private is totally different than coming from an FCPS high school. Remember that it is very common for STEM-focused students in NOVA public schools to take AP Calc as a junior and MV Calc as a senior. VT is comparing students to other students within the same school/district. If a potential engineering student from a mid- to high-performing FCPS school has only gone up to AP Calc BC, then they need to have better "stats" in other areas (GPA, SAT, EC's, leadership, sports).

Beyond rigorous math. don't they consider AP Physics, AP Chem & AP humanities? ECs may be down the list

[b]Of course they do. Course rigor is very important. My list of examples of stats within other areas was not all-inclusive.

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If a potential engineering student from a mid- to high-performing FCPS school has only gone up to AP Calc BC, then they need to have better "stats" in other areas (GPA, SAT, EC's, leadership, sports).

My DC at a high performing FCPS school absolutely had friends admitted to VT engineering who were in his Calc AB class senior year. They were just kids in orchestra with him - nothing out of the ordinary EC-wise. I think DC even had higher math scores than his engineering-bound friends (he got 35 and 780, but they had better weighted GPAs and more rigor overall compared to my music major kid who isn't very academics oriented).

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, just got admitted in the early round. Calc BC junior year, taking stats now. NOVA public.

So took Algebra 1 in 7th, Geo in 8, Alg Ii in 9th and precalc in 10th?

Correct.

NP. Congratulations on the admission!
May I ask, how many years of foreign language did your DC take? My DC is interested in VA Tech Engineering and really hoping to be done after three years and we're trying to figure out whether that would be a mistake.