This thread is for the high school class of 2024 to share their Virginia Tech admissions decisions. Please NO DISCUSSION on this thread. RESULTS ONLY.
(For future reference, the first round of early action decisions (25% of total offers) were released on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 5 pm, after an email went out around 4:21 pm alerting applicants.)
Date Applied:
Early/Regular:
Desired Major/School:
GPA:
SAT/ACT:
Rank:
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken:
Any impressive extracurriculars:
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc):
State residency:
Date Applied: 10/12
Early/Regular: Early Action
Desired Major/School: Criminology, School of Liberal Arts
GPA: 3.87 UW/ 4.3 W
SAT/ACT: 1330, 30 (submitted)
Rank: top 10% (close to 5 percent) out of 800+
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 6 APs
Any impressive extracurriculars: State distinction in Music, IHSPA Hooiser finalist, National french comp (les grand concours) medalist, AP scholar + College Board National Recognition Program, a lot of leadership positions
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): rural area, minority student
State residency: IN
Date Applied: 9/15
Early/Regular: Early Action
Desired Major/School: Criminology, School of Liberal Arts
GPA: 3.87 UW/ 4.19 W
SAT/ACT: TO
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 4 APs
Any impressive extracurriculars: NHS, Multiple volunteer groups, part time job
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): No hooks
State residency: PA
Date Applied: 11/15
Early/Regular: EA
Desired Major/School: CDMA/Science
GPA: 3.91 UW/4.48 W
SAT/ACT: 35
Rank: NA
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 3x AP, 12x IB
Any impressive extracurriculars: Tennis Team Capt
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc):
State residency: Y
Date Applied: mid October (before the EA deadline)
Early/Regular: EA
Desired Major/School: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 4.0uw/4.7w
SAT/ACT: 34
Rank: top 1.2%
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 13 APs
Any impressive extracurriculars:
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): none
State residency: OOS
DS Stats
Date Applied: 10/13
Early/Regular: EA
Desired Major/School: Cybersecurity
GPA: 99% W (102% max)
SAT/ACT: 1420 submitted
Rank: HS doesn’t rank
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 12 AP/DE through 12th (limited by school)
Any impressive extracurriculars: Started own company online, worked 4 years
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc):
State residency: OOS
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Date Applied: 9/19
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Pamplin
GPA: 4.06 W/ 3.84 UW
SAT/ACT: 1180 SAT and 23 ACT so Test Optional
Rank: N/A
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 6
Any impressive extracurriculars: Track 4 years, President of a club, VP of 2 more Clubs, 3 Jobs
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): Some minor awards and did a summer program at Virginia Tech the year before
State residency: Maryland so OOS
Date Applied: 10/25
Early/Regular: Early Action
Desired Major/School: Biochemistry
GPA: 3.91/4.3 unweighted, 4.14 weighted
SAT/ACT: 1440
Rank: top 25%
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 2 DE, 5 AP (some in progress)
Any impressive extracurriculars: SNHS VP, End Gun Violence club treasurer, feminist club, key club, NHS, ASA, Piano for 10 years, trainer.
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): First gen immigrant
State residency: Yes
Date Applied: 11/12
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Number of AP/Dual Enrollment: 9 APs and 6 DEs
GPA: 3.89 unweighted, 4.51 weighted
ACT: 34
Rank: Top 5%
Awards: National Merit and AP Honors with Distinction
Extracurriculars: 4 honors society, 3 leadership positions, varsity swim, Capstone project, over 400 hours of community service
Out of State
Date Applied: 9/28
Early/Regular: EA
Desired Major/School: General Engineering/COE
GPA: 4.0/4.8
SAT/ACT: 1520
Rank: Not published
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 8 AP
Any impressive extracurriculars: 3 sports, a few clubs
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): N/A
State residency: OOS
4.0uw/5.0w
30 - 36 English, 34 Writing #6 of 515
12 AP
4 years varsity golf (women), 4 year All State academic team (golf), NHS multiple offices held
N/A
OOS - Nevada
Date Applied: 11/10ish
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Accounting / Information systems
GPA: 3.94W
SAT/ACT: TO
Rank: top 35%
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 6 APs, no DE
Any impressive extracurriculars: 4 years ROTC, 4 years football (no outstanding accomplishments)
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): he is interested in the Corps of Cadets
State residency: DC
Date Notified: 12/21
Decision: TBD
Any merit aid: TBD
I wanted to post this because it feels like everyone is posting their incredibly high-scoring, high GPA, highly accomplished applicants and I think there is hope. I will say two things, I suspect the 4 years of ROTC / interest in the Corps helped and his essays were extremely strong.
Accepted in the School of Engineering (CS major)
GPA: 4.3W
SAT/ACT: 30 ACT
Rank: school does not rank, but likely in the top 15-20% of a large competitive HS in a strong school district
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 4 APs
Any impressive extracurriculars: volunteer work at community food/clothing bank, involved in a few school clubs, and a member of the school marching band
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): nothing special
State residency: PA
Date Applied: 11/12/2023
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Neuroscience
GPA: 3.82 UW
SAT/ACT: 1460
Rank: School Doesn’t Rank
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 9 AP’s
Any impressive extracurriculars: AP Scholar with Distinction, Varsity Baseball and Golf, state DECA, part-time job, helping run youth baseball camps, Youth Group.
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): Coaches award for Golf.
State residency: OOS (WA)
Date Notified: 12/21
Decision: Accepted
Any merit aid: TBD
Any need aid: OOS, so anything would help…
Date Applied: 10/20/23
Early/Regular: EA
Desired Major/School: College of Engineering - Electrical
GPA: 3.1 UW / 3.7 W SAT/ACT: 1410 (submitted) Rank: N/A (School doesn’t rank) Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 12 AP, 2 DE Any impressive extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics team Captain (2 years), TSA School Captain (2 years), Life Scout, NASA VASTS & VESS program, School IT office volunteer for 1 yr. Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): First gen - Pathways for future engineers participant (didn’t do fall visitation), 3 state level awards from TSA, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, BSA World Conservation award State residency: In state
Date Applied: 10/30/23
Early/Regular: Early
Desired Major/School: Undecided
GPA: 3.88 uw/4.44 w
SAT/ACT: 33
Rank: 38/415
Number of APs/dual enrollments taken: 10 AP
Any impressive extracurriculars: Swim team captain, major fundraiser for community organization, swim team coach
Any hooks (first generation, residency, awards, etc): AP Scholar with honors, AP Capstone Certificate
State residency: out of state
Date Notified: 2/2/24
Decision: accepted (denied for honors)
Any merit aid: none yet
Any need aid: won’t qualify
