<p>I’m sorry if you found my response harsh. With no context your post is arrogant. For a student from FCPS (read Fairfax County Public School, the heart of NoVa and an IB school), the only notable thing your post reveals is your math SAT. The rest is at the 25th percentile. What VT historically does not care about is ECs, LORs, & essays.</p>
<p>The following are stats for admitted engineering students in 2010:
College of Engineering SAT Scores and High School GPA of Fall 2010 First-time Freshmen
SAT Scores/GPA Mean 75th 50th 25th Pctl<br>
SAT Reading 606 660 610 560
SAT Math 674 710 670 630
SAT Writing 593 640 590 550
HS GPA 3.96 4.18 3.97 3.74 </p>
<p>VT obviously saw a student, not statistics, that was capable of being a valuable, successful member of their university. I will repeat the original advise, which I would give ANY student:</p>
<p>You can slack (ease up, relax, whatever verb you want) to the extent you are willing to hand your admit to another student.</p>
<p>Search these forums and read the posts from students who have been revoked. These are panic stricken kids who regret their sr. slump after years of hard work. You can think I’m harsh, but I’d rather you not be one of these students.</p>
<p>NOTE: We crossed posts. VT’s common data set states GPA, scores, and class rigor as ‘highly important’. Essays are ‘not considered’. EC’s, LOR’s, etc. all fall into the ‘important’ category. I think it’s pretty clear.
<a href=“http://www.ir.vt.edu/common_ds_2009.html[/url]”>http://www.ir.vt.edu/common_ds_2009.html</a></p>
<p>Congratulations on your admit and best of luck.</p>