Here is FAQs for Va Tech’s 2016 Wait-List in case others have not seen it. I know it can be frustrating, but everyone will find a place to call their own. Some of the best things that happen in life are ones you may not have expected.
Briefly, my DS2 was wait-listed ED and RD at VT in 2014 (the year they pulled over 750 from the wait-list). Good stats, 4th generation legacy, 7 APs including Calc and Phys, not an Engineering major (his older brother was already at VT doing that), blah, blah, blah. He was so disappointed and felt like a failure. Couldn’t understand why not him when many of his friends with lower stats were admitted, etc. Well, he accepted an offer to his 2nd choice and low and behold was admitted off the wait-list. He did not accept the VT offer but stuck with his second choice because “they always wanted me”. (Ok, not a great reason, but it was his decision to make not ours) He is so happy and can’t imagine being anywhere else. So, please believe it will all work out, no matter what, because there really is not 1 perfect school for you. Lecture over…hahaha
Best of luck…I will be watching my final son go thru this craziness next year.