<p>My scores, grades, and academic program are well beyond the average of those who typically end up attending Virginia Tech. I was accepted to both USC and Johns Hopkins, as well as UVA and NYU. The VT admissions department can correctly assume I was accepted to colleges with higher prestige. They want the highest caliber of students possible at VT, so they keep doing things like giving me more scholarship money and having current students call me to sway me in the direction of VT.</p>