<p>I have no idea what I’m talking about? HAH! I went to an instate school that sends 30+ people per year to VT, many of whom I knew fairly well. VT, along with JMU, is the second choice school for those aiming at places like W&M, UVA, and other top 25ish universities. Don’t kid yourself - VT does not steal very many cross-admits from these schools. The Virginia Tech website lists the average SAT of ENTERING engineering students as 1256, which isn’t far off from the number you mentioned as being the average for admitted students. You should also know that SAT scores of enrolling students are ALWAYS lower than SAT scores of admitted students. It’s like this at every school, ESPECIALLY schools like VT, which are SAFETIES for students applying to top schools. Think about all the NoVa kids with their 1450’s who sent apps to VT after they finished their apps to Duke, UVA, JHU, Cornell, etc. You can’t make statements about an entire population based on the limited sample you’ve come into contact with. That represents a huge logical fallacy and poor sampling. Also, what are these GPA’s you’re tossing around here? Weighted or unweighted? Weighted GPA’s have no value when there’s discussion of students from different schools, since the purpose of the weighted GPA is to rank students within one school, and schools apply weights differently. At my school, one could have a 3.8 weighted GPA and be nowhere near the top 10%. Unweighted GPA’s, too, aren’t particularly relevant, since the grading at various schools can be different. The better measure, in this case, would be to look at the percentage of VT students who come from the top 10% of their class, which is in the 36% range. I’ll grant that the engineering school is probably a bit more competitive, so there are probably a few more from the top 10%, but it’s likely not over 50%. </p>
<p>Oh, I should cite my source for the SAT average: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.vt.edu/academics/ugcat/ucCEng.html[/url]”>http://www.vt.edu/academics/ugcat/ucCEng.html</a></p>
<p>Sanded, good luck in applying to schools. I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere fine.</p>
<p>VTengineer, enjoy VPI.</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>