<p>cavalier302, is his gpa weighted or unweighted? Because if it is unweighted, he may not have as good of a chance at VT as he would hope. Unfortunately this year’s large class size is making for extremely competitive admissions. We were told at the open house in BLacksburg that they are looking at UW incoming freshmen GPA’s being in the 3.7-3.8 range (for general studies majors- for engineering and architecture it was a 3.9-4.0)
Granted, his SATs are great; that should help, and hopefully he has a strong curriculum (they also stressed that in the open house, they want honors and APs on that transcript). I have been shocked by how good students like your brother get turned down, even from their own state schools. I know you said that you didn’t care for any of the other state schools, but maybe it would be wise to encourage him to apply to a few more, just to be safe. What is the old saying, "love thy safety’? Good luck!</p>