Guys, tell me how bad my situation is right now. During senior year so far, my grades have not looked too good. I have 2 C-'s in my Physics C double block and the rest A’s and B’s. I think I can get those C-'s up to a C or maybe even a C+. However, do you guys think I will get rescinded with 2 C-'s? I am really stressed about this.
Vt won’t see until after acceptance. They won’t revoke over 2 Cs
The engineering department are not interested in 2 Cs…
Anything is possible this year, tbh. In the past, I’d say you’re fine, but there is a long list of surprises in this year’s admissions process, so who knows. Get those grades up!!
My sister lives in Blacksburg and I want to live with her if I will get in. The lady told me that her son lived with his father in Christiansburg his freshman year at Tech. So it is possible to live off campus with a close relative, like a parent/grandparent/sister/brother. If I will get in, I will just need to call the housing department, they will ask for some proof that my sister lives there.
Does anyone know if more merit often comes out in March for honors students? I was accepted OOS GE with a 4K scholarship but that’s not nearly enough. Simple stats are 35 act/1530 sat and 4.38 gpa!
@acoinster VT is not known for a lot of merit. Even their top engineering scholarship, Davenport, is only $7K per year. I would not expect any more this year. You have the possibility of applying to other scholarships later years.
Link below tells you all you need to know re: an exception request:
https://housing.vt.edu/contracts/apply/first_year_students.html
Does anyone know who/ where I would send a letter of continued interest? I wrote one but I don’t know the right place to send it
Just a gentle reminder that there are many students following this and the various other VT threads. While I understand and sympathize with parent frustration re: waitlist decisions, repeatedly suggesting that the students admitted by VT are somehow sub-par (even when presented as a joke as above) is not a good look…
@aewlmom I couldn’t agree more. I am sorry for the kids that were waitlisted who feel they should have been accepted. My child has higher stats than most of the kids listed in this forum who were waitlisted at VT (he was accepted at VT in engineering) and he has been straight out rejected at some schools that I thought he had a shot at and that on paper seemed like good matches. It is what it is. We move on. Frankly, after some thought, I realize those schools may be doing my son a favor since he probably won’t fit in the right way. You shouldn’t make others who were accepted feel like they haven’t done the work to get their acceptances. You win some, you lose some. We have lost some.
@mfmtb01 They told me to email appchange@vt.edu when I went up there. Be sure to include letter of continued interest in the subject and your birthdate somewhere in the letter as that is how they track you. I got a reply back confirming it had been attached to my app so thats how you will know! I sent mine back in January, so I hope you can still have one attached!
Thank you, I wasn’t planning on writing one but I got waitlisted so I would like to now, I’ll try that
I have been reading messages on this forum the last few days…first time going through the college process and VT was my daughter’s first choice. And frankly, I’m disturbed at the way some supposedly grown adults are acting. I can understand disappointment for your child if they were rejected or wait-listed, but to suggest those who were offered admission were somehow less deserving is ridiculous and childish. And to suggest it’s some big giant conspiracy by VT against top performers is even more ludicrous. The college acceptance process has become more competitive than ever and it stands to reason that in that world some deserving, highly qualified applicants will be left out. It’s just the way the world works; no conspiracy, just reality.
My daughter did get accepted and we are very happy for her. I will not post her stats because I don’t think that’s anyone’s business but VT’s. I will say she is in the top 10 percent of her class so she “earned” her acceptance, but no more or less than anyone else. She worked just as hard as anyone else, just as hard as those kids who are wait-listed. I think those who are badmouthing VT, the accepted students and the administration would be better served by helping their child accept reality. Sit down with them and go through the options they DO have, help them to pick the best school for which they have an acceptance, move forward and hope for the best.
I hope those who have been wait-listed get the answer they are waiting for. If not, I hope they find someplace to land that will make them happy.
@2mom24 Very well said. Getting a student focused and enthusiastic about all the other very good choices they have is the best medicine for disapppointment.
I couldn’t agree more. Perfectly said @2mom24!! I can’t believe the posts Ive read the past few days. Very proud of my son for his acceptance and sorry for those who did not get the news they wanted nor expected, but if that is the case, maybe it’s time to move on and concentrate on something more positive.
@2mom24 I agree with you on some aspects but what I can say from someone whos child was wait listed is its not really so much about moving on but about those kids that had their hearts set on VT(my son did not) to just get some sort of rationale. As adults yes, we can move on but many of these kids are 17-18 yrs old and maybe have never had to deal with this. Its like when you apply for a job and you dont get it, you want to know why. If the company never says anything it stings a lot more and you carry that with you. I know legally VT would never give an explanation but you have to feel for these kids that have worked their tail off (not to say others haven’t) and are left hanging. I only think that when comparing, if you takes kids OOS that have considerable lower stats, something is not right.
Many times the kids seem to move on more quickly than the parents.
@jgwolf I have no doubt it does sting and I feel for the kids who are left hanging with no explanations as to “why”. Unfortunately they will never get an explanation of why they weren’t picked.
As to the results being skewed in favor of OOS kids with lesser stats…not one of us knows for sure that’s even the case. This message thread is just a small sampling of the over 31,000 applications they received. Going by what is posted here, or some survey somebody did at their child’s high school of accepted vs wait-listed really doesn’t mean anything. We should probably wait for VT to post their actual admissions statistics before we slam them for doing something they may not be even doing.