Acceptance to honors college. It is invite only. Our daughter got invited and this just closed the deal since all her other top schools had offered her honors college and she fell in love with VT. Though it’s more money. I want the kid to be happy first.
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DC admitted with Honors College: In-state, Neuroscience, 4.0 UW, 11 APs, good ECs across several categories and leadership
This is the only in-state that I think DC is considering. We just got back from the Penn State Admitted Student Day and I feel like there were a lot of similarities between the two.
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Mine also and it’s her first choice so we are very excited about the program and well the school.
Any rejections?
Does anyone know how to sign up for Hokie Focus?
DS admitted for Computer Engineering!! Invited to join Honors College.
OOS, 1550 SAT, 4.0 UW/4.83 W. Good but not extraordinary ECs and decent essays.
He’s also been accepted at UIUC, Purdue, UMD, Pitt and Penn State. We are very grateful that he has multiple options to choose from.
Good luck to all the kiddos who have been waitlisted.
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Daughter admitted, OOS
engineering with a focus on cs
ACT 35
GPA 4.0 and 4.87
good cs and STEM focused EC.
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Accepted! OOS - NJ
Major:Architecture
3.9 UW
4.371 W
1340 SAT - submitted
7APs, 10 honors, 4 dual enrollments
Good rec letters
Good essays
Great ECs
No honors, small merit scholarship
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Accepted!
OOS- NJ
Music Tech Major
Will also minor in German
Need to visit now… Some nice choices, thankfully. Good luck to all!
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International here,
got accepted for CS with a 1430 SAT, 41 IB and a 3.0 GPA in my national school system. My extracurriculars were pretty above average compared to the other applicants in my region.
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Congratulations. This means you have been admitted into the Honors College and will get an email with more details. These details include what’s involved with the Honors College and how you can decide to accept a spot in the Honors College OR decline the Honors College and proceed at Virginia Tech without being in the Honors College.
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@Christmasmovie … we’re from PA … and our scripts are reversed a bit where only in-state school S25 would ultimately consider when the dust settles is PSU Honors College. Presently his top candidate is likely UVA (oddly enough this is a VT board). That written I agree with your comment PSU and VT “feel like” the same. This is our second rodeo with college admissions and have been to PSU and VT and know kiddos that go to both.
To help our S23 and S25 we kept a Scorecard together to kind of compare schools as we go… but ultimately it has to come down to gut feel when on campus, where did he feel most comfortable. See below, VT and PSU are side by side. 
Question : What is DC as you reference?
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@miya2trade … I thought the same thing when reading it… technically the sentence might be fine on its own but misleading… yes, every school knows they have X seats … or 7000, and they know their yield is 28% … so they have to offer 3.5 * 7000 … so they give out 25,000 offers … which means if 55000 applicants this year the acceptance rate is in the 50% range as always (estimates/rounding only) But, yeah, my brain is wired mathematically… so that issued statement made me do a double take too!!!
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I think what drives VT’s yield is the amount of merit they give. They give very little in their initial years because they want people who are committed to the school and they do not need to throw money to get the quality they need. The yield for in-state is in the 40’s since the cost is much lower. We hate that our child has to do loans but, I did loans while going there and the respect I have gotten in my career for how many people know VT when interviewing and selected me as a candidate because the school and when you are walking in another country wearing a VT shirt and someone calls out GO HOKIES! seals the deal everytime. A lot of pride at the school.
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Kid was admitted to College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Submitted 1350-ish SAT, other details were similarly competitive but not elite.
We paid the $400 immediately as VT was the kid’s first choice. There were two fee line-items, neither of which was labeled “housing deposit” - is there another fee lurking for housing that we missed?
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I tried to read up on this, and there doesn’t appear to be a housing fee. If I’m understanding correctly, they will send you the housing contract after your deposit is processed. This will lock in your early housing pick!
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S25 accepted into Engineering! Not accepted to honors.
In state - NOVA
3.8 uw/4.2 weighted
1560 SAT (800 math)
Very strong ECs and essays aligned to Ut Prosim and tech.
It’s his top choice by far and we’ve paid the $400.
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Thanks for reassurance that we’ve not missed something. The internet seems to agree with you, just the $400 for now, will watch for housing contract -
“Virginia Tech charges a $400 enrollment deposit to accept an offer of admission. The deposit secures a student’s place at the university.”
“First-year students must submit their housing contracts by June 1 of the upcoming academic year… Students must sign a Housing/Dining Contract before assignment.”
Waitlisted: In State
Major:Architecture
3.88 UW
4.44 W
1380 SAT - submitted
9APs, 15 honors, 1 dual enrollment
Good rec letters
Great personal statement, average mini-essays
Eagle Scout, HS Crew (4 years), NHS, PT job, lots of volunteer hours
Yes…and as the mom of a freshman that was invited to the HC, I’d recommend those future Hokies with a HC invite to go to their presentation at Hokie Focus. See if it’s the right fit before committing. Candidly, HC isn’t a big deal at VT. Frankly, we left half way through the presentation after seeing it wasn’t something that interested my Hokie. Lot of Hokies decide they rather spend time double majoring, taking other leadership opportunities, research, etc. over HC. At least last year, you weren’t required to accept the HC offer at the same time you commit. You could wait on that on bit. Also, after grades are posted after the first semester, they’ll invite Hokies with a high enough GPA to apply. So if your Hokie was disappointed they were not invited, there will be more opportunities to join if they wish to do so.
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