@adwc19 Good luck to your son for Pamplin – maybe our boys will both end up thrilled Dukes too. Who knows. Just hard to get Hokie off the brain (coming from a Hoo whose son always wanted to be a Hokie like dad). I feel like Pamplin esp BI is really tough for his demographic – he really wants to study CS so maybe it’s better for JMU. Should just give in… somehow hard, but let’s give it a go —Go Dukes!
If you do decide to accept at JMU, then accept a waitlist pull from VT and go the deferral route, make sure to check the transfer compatibility for the courses your student will be taking during their time at JMU.
Following up the post above - JMU doesn’t have a math course that is equivalent to Math 1524 which is required of all business majors. They do have equivalents for 1225 and 1226 (non business major math requirement for VT). Unfortunately you can’t access the equivalency database at the moment unless you have a guest login.
My son is still on waitlist but he has moved on and going to UofSC. I am very impressed with that school and the preparations they are making to go back in the fall. They are way ahead of the game of many other schools. Im just really still shocked he didnt get into VT- SAT and GPA were both above avg for Pamplin. He is very happy to be a Gamecock
Announcement this morning from VT admissions on Twitter:
Sort of has a tone of being done with pulling from the waitlist, doesn’t it?
Thought so too…but no notification yet, to those on the waitlist
@HokieCrazy Lord I sure hope not
Yeah, sorry to even bring it up, but they made it sound like the only thing outstanding was the transfers on 6/1. Fingers crossed for all those waiting, though!
I’m wondering if they’ll string along those still on the waitlist to cover their bases for the “summer melt”. My son’s last correspondence with Admissions said he would have a final answer by July 1. He has decided that after Monday he’ll move forward with his #2 school. He’s bummed not to be joining his brother at VT, but is ready to get excited about it, find a roommate, etc.
I called admissions today. The person I spoke to said that they don’t know if they are done pulling from the waitlist, they anticipate to be done pulling from the waitlist in June. It all depends on the people that accept the decision by today’s deadline.
@Adwc19 The article seems to indicate that the 7,131 acceptances received in prep for summer melt include waitlist pulls. The deadline given to the most recent waitlist pull offerees is today. It sounds like they have heard from all the waitlist offers and have hit the number they are comfortable with.
VT is probably playing it safe in case they have an unprecedented summer melt? Wouldn’t that be known past June/July, though?
With the current COVID-19 conditions, we are unsure at this time of the management of our waitlist. The best I can tell you is to keep checking your email, including your spam/junk folder, for any correspondence from Virginia Tech in the coming weeks regarding waitlist decisions… response from Admissions office this afternoon, I guess we continue to wait.
Logged in today Sat May 23rd morning and the text that says waitlist no longer shows up. There is the usual info about application data (term, type, college, major) as before. But the text waitlist is no longer there. There is nothing to show he has been declined or accepted or still on waitlist.
@rcaptap Ask your son to check his email that VT has on file and also his spam folders to see if anything has been sent re: waitlist being closed. From the sound of it, sure seems like the 22nd was some kind of deadline/cutoff (could be a “soft” cutoff though) and that may have been plugged into their systems as such.
I hope VT handles decision communication better going forward. The students who had been waiting for so long get the portal updated first before receiving an email on the decision…
Same here. The text “remain on waitlist” is no longer displayed on the portal which means VT is getting ready to close their waitlist process before sending out official announcement through email. It’s time to move on and fully embrace the school you have committed to. Second choice could turn out to be the best thing of your life. Good luck everyone!
@jgwolf Glad to hear your son has found enthusiam for the Gamecocks and moved on. I was watching your situation and hoping it’d work out – which sounds like it did just in a different way. Good luck on your pursuits! Best.
@PLO2020 Good advice --needed to hear that. When I get back from picking up older student from Boston, gonna get my son signed up for housing at his 2nd choice AND never look back. Oh well Hokies - Hokie dad raised a good one for ya and another school will appreciate his value. But, he was clearly NOT next gen as his father is Hokie legacy – I see from your announcement your focus is on first gen and diversity. I’m not salty about so before those who jump on me- stop (I do think the perfect SAT Asian with high high GPA and great extras should be salty for his E school ED deferral from our HS). I really like the 2nd choice for him and most importantly, he’s warming up to it as he lets he lifelong Hokie aspirations go. Bye bye Hokies!!!