There was a FB live presentation by admission back in Nov and i just watched it the other day. They specifically said that they thought University Studies would be more competitive this year which i found odd.
The persepective on overcrowding I got from all previous threads was … a lot of parents worried … but not kids.
This Today Show piece put it really in perspective and showed how it is a nationwide issue not a VT only issue:
https://www.today.com/video/colleges-find-creative-ways-to-house-overflow-of-students-67539525815
In 2018 you had
31936 Applications
20709 Admitted (65%)
6285 Accepted (30%)
2019 was
31974 Applications
22393 Admitted (70%) … which is in line with every year except 2018
7651 Accepted (34%)
Appears they were shooting for over 6700 Acceptances (with their theoretical max at 6836 - which they squeezed in for the 2017 incoming class + 335 rooms with O’shag coming back online … so max 7171 freshman going to some triples and using common areas as dorms)
The assumption I see here is with the Coalition application coming online in 2018 they saw a 30% acceptance rate and thought that was the new normal (with the coalition making it easier to apply for students not overly interested in attending). That was a miscalculation when the acceptance rate jumped back up to 34% - which is closer to their average pre-coalition app. I can see their logic - my daughter applied to at least 2 schools this year that she didn't have much interest in just because it was easy in the Coalitin App.
That would put 2020 expected at about
32250 applicants
19500 Admitted (62%)
6798 Acceptances (34% and could handle up to 36%- 7171)
So that's an expectation of almost 3,000 less admitted this year. I imagine you will see half of those added to waitlist - so waitlist will be much higher than prior years.
2021 you will have the new dorm come online - so then they will probably be back to 7200 target on acceptances. That would get acceptance rate back up to about 65%. So this year appears to be what will be the hardest on record and in the near future.
2018 stats represent results of applications submitted primarily in 2017 (deadline was extended into January 2018 for RD). The coalition app was not in use for that cohort. There is only 1 year of historical data related to coalition app - those who applied in 2018 for admission this past Fall 2019. Clearly they must have projected a lower yield than the actual result, but it would’t appear to be associated with transition to the coalition app.
Sort of explains why colleges are raising their prices…mainly, because they can. :-/
In that case they most likely expected an acceptance rate even lower than 2018 - and less than 30%. Making the 34% actual way above what they believed would happen.
I wonder how those numbers breakdown between OOS/In-state. I would think that the admittance rate is likely pretty consistent in-state, but perhaps they had a big spike in OOS that they weren’t expecting.
Out of State is trending up over past 3 years. Doesn’t seem enough to effect acceptance levels.
2016 - Instate 73% / Out 27%
2017 - Instate 65% / Out 35%
2018 - Instate 69% / Out 31%
2019 - Instate 67% / Out 33%
Good evening,
Does anyone know when students will receive their award packets? My son applied Early Action to VT. He received his letter of admission back in Nov. at VT Campus Connection Day (COE). The letter stated he will receive his admission packet by Feb. 22nd. Will awards/scholarships come later? He interviewed for the Calhoun Discovery Program but didn’t get it. I’m hoping he gets something.
Welcome to College Confidential Colin6
Awards are supposed to come out Friday 22nd as well. Historically the mailed packets don’t reliably come quickly, so the best place to find out your financial aid awards will be via the admissions portal. It should be on the same page as the acceptance information on the portal.
@ShenVal18 thanks for your info on Clemson as well. I’ll have to PM you the other schools we are considering too lol
I guess a “parents” concern as goes this thread regarding overcrowding is the worry of where our child might end up living and how much ($more$) it might be. I have read/seen elsewhere, although it escapes me now, that since VT is in a small community the rentals for the students were being maxed out as well. No parent wants to have to deal with the worry of trying to find a place to live from far away. Additionally some of us with more than one (or two) children in college at the same time like to have a decent grasp of a general budget of food/lodging. Living on campus, eating on campus usually remains about the same (more expensive year to year but not wildly so) one has a general idea of the cost. Off campus, who knows? But it seems as though the majority of people posting here seem to be of the opinion that the worry is for naught so that is helpful.
The kids seem to figure the housing out. Lots of kids make friends as freshman and decide to move with their friends off campus after that. You shouldn’t have to get that involved, except for paying the bill!
@cbl1 - This is what I expect for 2020 which is very much aligned with your projection.
Applicants: 32,300
Admitted: 20,000 (62%)
Accepted: 7,000 (35%)
Is the off-campus housing generally newish and upscale like the “luxury” apts you see at some schools?
This is something we don’t usually think to check out when visiting.
And the bill is generally a lot cheaper than on-campus. And you can still get your child a meal plan for them to use. Cost of Living in Blacksburg is LOW.
Unless they’ve built a lot of new apartment complexes, I would never classify Blacksburg apartments as “luxury”. They definitely have a lot more space than the dorms, they are close to campus, and they are usually pretty inexpensive.
Just curious -without knowing anyone. From admissions , where do you come up with these numbers
@jgwolf - Those numbers are based on following assumptions. I hope you can come up with some projections and share with us based on your expertise.
- Total applications this year will be slightly higher than 2019.
- Total admittance will be around 20,000.
- Acceptance rate (yield) will remain the same or slightly higher than 2019 because VT continues to become popular.
They may end up at 7,000 accepted when all is final (after pulling from waitlist I wouldn’t be surprised if their wanting 6,900 new freshman). I don’t think they will be admitting 20,000 off the bat - I’m thinking closer to that number once they add admits from waitlist. They are going to have to rely on the waitlist more this year or face another possible overacceptance.
@jgwolf - we are all just guessing here just looking at prior year trends and knowing they need to avoid another overacceptance.
@PLO2020 i asked you a simple question just wondering how you figured out what you are posting . My expertise is just like yours none. You are simply giving it an good guess based on. Past years and you actually have no idea what VT is going to do. So let’s leave it at that and we can see what happens Friday