<p>Flebor, You are not correct that Virginia Tech does not focus on GPA. Son in '09 was deferred , waitlisted, and eventually admitted from the waitlist with higher SAT’s than yours (with no prep)-1360 (710 M and 650 CR), above their average SAT. GPA was barely over 3.5 with multiple AP courses and great EC’s. The GPA was the weak point but he increased it after he was deferred and has gone on to do very well at VT so far. Do not think you can slack off at this point. Virginia Tech is getting more selective all the time. I can understand though that you are ready for a break. Older son , who went ED in 2005 (when they still had ED) to UVa felt relieved at his acceptance and did relax a bit after that. I think that is normal, just don’t take it to extremes.</p>