<p>Fairfax is incredibly competitive, actually if I had to say statistically 10 times harder than PWC right next door. </p>
<p>Here is the reason why. Most Fairfax schools are nationally ranked in the top 100 in the nation by USNWR, Time and Newsweek. If you are attending one of those schools, you are competing against kids with much higher gpas. TJJHS is the number 1 in the nation and has been for yrs. VT is their safety. </p>
<p>To me you have one thing going for you and one against you. I would have to say, it is really which one they place more weight on in determining your admission.</p>
<p>Being in Fairfax hurts you big time. That is just a fact.
Being here 4 yrs helps you.</p>
<p>Now here is the twist…where are you from. Being Asian is not a URM at VT. Being Hispanic is. </p>
<p>Tech wants diversity and that includes geographic location, plus your ethnicity. The 4 yrs of just entering the country does help, but again VT not only wants the best applicants, they want ones that will graduate. If they are looking at a 3.75 wgpa with 11 APs on a 5.0 scale, plus a 10 pt grading scale it does not look good. It looks like you did take the hardest courses, but you are squeaking by.</p>
<p>The one thing you have not placed into the equation is your rank. I would assume, with that wgpa, you are in the top 50%. That tells VT another part of the equation.</p>
<p>VT is stat driven…let’s all be honest about that fact. If it was not that way, they would request more than 1 essay.</p>
<p>Again you have 100% of not getting in if you don’t apply. Yr after yr people ask for chances, some are told YEAH YOU ARE IN, only to get a thin envelope, while poster remain shocked over their rejection. Then, there are the opposite, NO WAY, and they get a BFE.</p>
<p>Here is last yrs acceptance thread
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/virginia-tech/869972-official-decisions-thread-2010-a-10.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/virginia-tech/869972-official-decisions-thread-2010-a-10.html</a></p>
<p>Pay attention to NoVA acceptances to see how you stack up.
Remember, VT had a banner yr in apps, they had over 30K apps for their 4K spots. I believe not one student was taken off the waitlist.</p>
<p>What are your other schools you are applying to?</p>