Virginia Tech notification date - Page 7

NovaDad09 · 03-21-2009, 02:56 PM

Waitlisted

ChinaTinyDragon · 03-21-2009, 03:41 PM

Waitlisted... any information about getting in from the waitlist besides the info provided on their website? Should I send in supporting documents like awards, certificates, etc.., or will it not help me at all? Is it wise for me or any waitlisted student to wait for their notification in June even though decisions have to be made to other schools by May?

I am passionate about getting into their school, especially to their Track & Field program. Is there anyway to let them know that and not have them disregard it? Also, could talking to their coach get me off their waitlist or is it out of the coaches hands?

sevmom · 03-21-2009, 03:59 PM

NovaDad, It is not just NoVa. Son waitlisted as well from SE Va. I do wish they would take EC's more into account. Son is Eagle Scout, all state is in his sport,etc. A 1360 SAT (M and CR) ,AP classes, but GPA could have been better(only about 3.6). It does seem they are fairly numbers driven in admissions and especially seem to value a high GPA( seems more important than high SAT). Hard to figure out what the schools are looking for. I felt Virginia Tech was a match for him and that above average SAT's for Tech would balance out a lower average GPA. Obviously, I was wrong.

Abc1 · 03-21-2009, 04:48 PM

If you are applying as a transfer and

Current Program: Undergrad
Catalog Term: Fall 2009
Campus: Blacksburg

appears on your application status, does that mean you have been accepted or just stating information? Thanks.

msc261 · 03-21-2009, 05:54 PM

ABC, all that means is that is the semester you plan on enrolling in if accepted. You'll know when you get accepted when you see under Application Data a congratulation for admissions in red above a button that direct you to paying the matriculation fee.

teachermom · 03-21-2009, 05:55 PM

D accepted, OOS NY, 1210 - SAT, 3.7 GPA - Engineering

Abc1 · 03-21-2009, 06:25 PM

Thanks msc, do all transfer applicants receive the current program box? And when will transfers find out? Thanks.

Zimmer07 · 03-21-2009, 06:30 PM

China, you definitely must accept another school and plan to go there. The chances of coming off the waitlist are slim to none, and if you put all your eggs in that basket and it doesn't happen, then you won't have any school to go to in the fall. If by some miracle of miracles, VaTech calls you off the waitlist, it will be in June and you will then have to make a decision on whether or not to stick with the other school, or go to VaTech and lose the several hundred dollars you had to put down on your other school.

I know it is very difficult to have to go with your 2nd or 3rd choice school, my son is having to do the same thing. But he only applied to schools he liked, so his 2nd choice is a close 2nd choice.

dadin8r · 03-21-2009, 06:58 PM

Nephew was waitlisted last year. He was told not a single person off the waitlist was admitted. But, this is hearsay....

parent2009 · 03-23-2009, 10:16 AM

Daughter accepted on Saturday. From NOVA. 3.7UW/4.0 weighted (10APs), 1970 SAT I (620M, 640CR, 710W). Happy to be accepted but will not attend.

sevmom · 03-23-2009, 03:53 PM

Parent2009. Nobody has said straight up yet but has been implied - more instate females than males and many out of state kids( M and F) seem to have had good success with admission to Virginia Tech this year. .That is great and all the best! High SAT instate males seem to be a dime a dozen . Son was always looking at instate schools as his best option even before the economy tanked.

parent2009 · 03-23-2009, 04:19 PM

Sevmom, regardless of gender most colleges emphasize grades and classes over SATs -- even schools that go straight by the numbers like Tech -- and are going to pick a kid with a 1260 over a kid with a 1360 if the kid with the 1260 has taken 10 APs and never gotten below a B in her life while the kid with the 1360 has a more checkered transcript. This is especially true if the kid with the 1360 is applying for engineering and the kid with the 1260 is applying to arts and letters. If you're going to compare your son with others, it should be limited to others applying to the engineering school.

msc261 · 03-23-2009, 04:47 PM

"Thanks msc, do all transfer applicants receive the current program box? And when will transfers find out? Thanks. "

ABC- yes all transfers have that box (at least I did). Tech says you should find out around may 1st, but it may be sooner, as was the case for me with both Tech and JMU. Good luck.

teachibi · 03-23-2009, 05:03 PM

I'm a Tech transfer and I don't have that box >

sevmom · 03-23-2009, 05:18 PM

Parent2009. I hear you. However, your " happy to be accepted but will not attend" rubbed the wrong way. Many schools like to look at the whole picture.