<p>granipc,</p>
<p>I’m from NOVA and, while I think your son will be accepted to VA Tech OOS, I would not term it a safety OOS, especially if he wants to attend the colleg of engineering, which has higher SAT medians than the rest of the school (save for architecture). Medians at Va Tech as a whole (class of 2016) are 1150 to 1340 (CR + M). I cannot find the numbers right now, but would not be surprised at all if Eng’g is clsoe to 100 pts higher (about what architecture is). I am conservative re safeties (more than 90% chance) and think your son falls in thre match category there. I would go with one more safety if I were you. </p>
<p>PS – Va Tech is a great school with a very loyal alumni network and the best eng’g college in VA (my son goes to UVA, but not eng’g, and so I say this with some regret). Good luck!</p>