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Will Stewart
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VT's competitiveness depends upon where you live.

Virginia Tech is a landgrant university that must serve the entire state. So it behooves Virginia Tech to admit a cross-section of students from all over the state. Virginia Tech could fill their entire freshman class from a handful of high schools in Northern Virginia. But that's not their mission/mandate. So they must limit the number of students they take from dense areas like NOVA, where it's actually super-competitive to get into Virginia Tech. But down here in Radford, my own personal experience with my kids is that nearly every kid from Radford HS, as long as they have decent grades, is offered admission to VT when they apply. We're talking about kids who wouldn't get a sniff from VT if they lived in NOVA, including my own son and daughter. I also know a handful of kids from Radford High who were decent-but-not-great students who were offered admission into UVA. Same story: transplant those kids to NOVA, with the same classes and grades, and UVA would laugh at them. But since UVA has a rep of being difficult to get into, no one cares or talks about it. BTW, UVA threw a lot of money at those kids, as well. They've got money to burn. I know kids who grew up wanting to go to VT, got into both schools, and went to UVA because it would up being 1/2 to 1/3 the cost of VT, after financial incentives. I'm not exaggerating. It's depressing. UVA plucks who they want from down here. ** Edited by Will Stewart at 3/28/2025, 9:06:21 AM
Posted: 03/28/2025 at 09:05 AM ET
(In response to this post by AggHokie)

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OT: I have Hoo cousin, whose twins were both waitlisted @ Tech for the fall
AggHokie • 03/26/25 09:47 PM ET
If you want your smart kids to get into VT transfer to a rural high school
BG Hokie • 04/01/25 12:18 PM ET
1997 is not 2025
Beerman • 04/01/25 01:47 PM ET
Don't disagree. Nicest thing about all of those AP courses is my oldest
BG Hokie • 04/01/25 02:22 PM ET
VT's competitiveness depends upon where you live. ◄
Will StewartAdmin • 03/28/25 09:05 AM ET
State of NC has a limit on the % of out of state students accepted to a
HoakieBS • 03/28/25 10:37 AM ET
I believe VT has a limit as well. 30% I think. **
Ultra Hokie • 03/28/25 04:05 PM ET
Georgia does something similar**
hoosnowahokie • 03/28/25 11:06 AM ET
5.0 GPA
cripwick • 03/28/25 09:01 AM ET
Too many set asides for "out of state" and "out of country" students.
hok1eboy • 03/27/25 10:06 PM ET
ok lets do a budget
1947Sunbowl • 03/28/25 09:12 AM ET
Alabama doesn't have enough qualified HS students in state
Windows NT • 03/28/25 01:17 PM ET
Agree. If we want VT to be more of a "State" school than we all need to
Femoyer Hokie • 03/28/25 10:14 AM ET
Does that mean you would be fine if public schools charged a flat rate
VTHokie2000 • 03/28/25 08:03 AM ET
It’s been that way in TX now for quite some time
Marooned • 03/27/25 07:33 PM ET
Does VA still have the agreement between the community colleges and public
VTHokie2000 • 03/27/25 11:24 AM ET
Guaranteed admission is still a thing
Happy Dog • 03/27/25 11:52 AM ET
The VA CC System aligned their classes with Virginia Universities.
EDGEMAN • 03/27/25 05:39 PM ET
98% sure that it still exists. I believe it works this way...if the
Tuckahokie • 03/27/25 11:29 AM ET
That is the case
Burgrugby • 03/31/25 12:16 PM ET
There are specific requirements for specific programs
Happy Dog • 03/27/25 12:29 PM ET
That was my understanding of it too, but I wasn't sure if Richmond tweaked
VTHokie2000 • 03/27/25 11:32 AM ET
My daughter was waitlisted ended up going to JMU,
HortHokie • 03/27/25 09:53 AM ET
In 2008 my friends from 2005 told me their admission stats
soflahokie • 03/27/25 07:58 AM ET
Any time somebody mentions......
2hhoop3 • 03/27/25 11:40 AM ET
Unless your student is an athlete
Beerman • 04/01/25 02:00 PM ET
That might be your opinion...
2hhoop3 • 04/01/25 02:17 PM ET
It is my opinion, certainly
Beerman • 04/01/25 02:29 PM ET
Like I said......
2hhoop3 • 04/01/25 02:57 PM ET
My daughter is at VT. She said professor recently showed her an
GreenvilleVT • 03/27/25 12:27 PM ET
FWIW, my experience in the late 90's was that football players most
BG Hokie • 04/01/25 12:22 PM ET
Tuten was in my son's biz class
furnulator • 04/01/25 05:15 AM ET
As a former faculty member at VT, there is no way any of my colleagues or I
Gadfly • 03/27/25 05:12 PM ET
I agree but they did.
GreenvilleVT • 03/27/25 05:54 PM ET
With the portal there is very little accountability for academics
Spider73 • 03/27/25 04:36 PM ET
I do not disagree or dispute.....
2hhoop3 • 03/27/25 12:56 PM ET
I agree the UNC issue was systematic
GreenvilleVT • 03/27/25 01:06 PM ET
Just to clarify......
2hhoop3 • 03/27/25 01:25 PM ET
One thing fyi they are not considering legacy admissions
1947Sunbowl • 03/27/25 07:00 AM ET
Well at least VT still asks if parents attended. My son was deferred
HOKIE • 03/27/25 02:00 PM ET
is not considering legacy a good or bad thing. I struggle with that. I like
radhokie1 • 03/27/25 08:15 AM ET
when you consider all the other factors that are considered,
hokieluver • 04/01/25 01:49 PM ET
"Tie goes to the runner" rule for legacy
VT757to276 • 03/27/25 08:43 AM ET
that's basically my position.The other stuff you mention makes it even more
radhokie1 • 03/27/25 10:00 AM ET
Would say VT should balance parent donations with that decision.
EDGEMAN • 03/27/25 07:23 AM ET
I haven't given much, but I've certainly been both an academic and athletic
BG Hokie • 04/01/25 12:26 PM ET
should get in on merit, not what parents did! This is not Hollywood..**
HOKIE75-79 • 03/27/25 07:55 AM ET
your use of "very qualified" makes me wonder..were they good enough?**
HOKIE75-79 • 03/27/25 11:03 AM ET
You have a legacy who had a 4.2 GPA and scored 1430 on their SATs vs...
EDGEMAN • 03/27/25 11:14 AM ET
I take whichever student is out of state so I can charge them more money.**
VTHokie2000 • 03/27/25 03:59 PM ET
I am talking about very qualified students who are denied
EDGEMAN • 03/27/25 08:30 AM ET
Remember that Tech, with it's land grant mission, admits students ....
Atlee Hokie • 03/27/25 01:39 PM ET
To further complicate it, initial review of applications is now done by
saret • 03/27/25 12:10 PM ET
Doubt it matters much to admissions when an equally qualified
HortHokie • 03/27/25 10:02 AM ET
IIWII
EDGEMAN • 03/27/25 11:12 AM ET
I feel fairly confident stating I wouldn't get into VT now. I wasn't an
Tombo • 03/26/25 10:42 PM ET
No way I get in today. I was below the average acceptance when I got in
ChrisLords • 03/28/25 11:40 AM ET
No way I get in today.
OrlandoHokie • 03/27/25 01:05 PM ET
I'd be sweating Univ. of Mary Washington and Longwood now**
Tuckahokie • 03/27/25 09:40 AM ET
My application today would be returned unopened!**
Tech76G • 03/27/25 06:32 AM ET
lol. same**
Windows NT • 03/27/25 08:07 AM ET