This was a VERY informative collection of data. It looks like the last admissions cycle resulted in a freshman class for the College of Engineering that was heavy on OOS students. Looking at last year’s VT waitlist thread here, it looks like the EA acceptances were mostly to OOS, and then they committed at a higher rate than expected, leaving too few spots for IS students in regular/waitlist.
I dunno. I am hoping my DS22 still has a chance. We are IS, he applied ED and was deferred. He has been accepted to Penn State, but VT was his first choice, and we REALLY like the lower tuition.