<p>I’d say your chances are excellent. VT engineering puts less weight on your verbal SAT score but yours is pretty low. I’d recommend practicing the SAT verbal over the summer and retaking the test in the Fall. IMO you are likely to be admitted to many of the schools that you are planning on applying. I’m not sure though whether any of the out-of-state options are going to offer enough in merit aid to make them competitive with VT. Personally, if you are applying to “match” schools I don’t see the need to apply to eight different universities. I’d recommend visiting each of the schools and dropping any that you find you don’t like. Of course, others prefer to wait until they are accepted but the actual cost may not be known until late when you would be scrambling to complete campus visits. Good luck.</p>