Virginia Tech is my ride or die...how should I proceed?

[austinmshauri]

I spoke with an admissions person and gave her my speech I rehearsed in the car the entire ride up there and she said that I had done more than 99% of other applicants…

She told me she would remember my name, and also that had I come a week later, my application would have already been read (she checked while I was there and I wasn’t in her queue, but I was close to being read in someone else’s).

I would take this with a grain of salt. I think it was actually inappropriate for her to tell you that you’ve done more than 99% of applicants. You weren’t on her list to read. If she’s not seeing every application, how would she know how you compare to every other applicant?

Your math SAT is ~100 points lower than their mid-50% if I remember correctly. For a tech school that heavily considers test scores that can hardly be classified as doing “more.” I point this out only to temper your expectations. You’re not a shoo in for transfer. Certainly apply if it’s what you want, but fully throw yourself into whatever school you do attend in the fall in case transferring doesn’t work out.