Don’t expect any merit from VT. VT is stingy with merit…even for high stats females in eng’g. Many schools want mroe females in eng’g, but don’t seem to want to offer money for that. I don’t know if it’s because many good students start in eng’g but end up changing their majors…or what. I guess a school may not want to award an incoming frosh a half tuition (or whatever) scholarship for being a female in eng’g and then have her change her major and then can’t afford the school.
How did your DD do on the PSAT? If she makes NMSF/F, she can get larger awards.