OOS (SFBayArea) - public HS
GPA 3.96 UW, 4.68 W
SAT 1550
10 APs/7 honors (incl. multi DE)
Great ECs in leadership and community service, but not STEM/no internships
Part-time job
Year-round athlete varsity/club
Kid accepted
OOS
Engineering
GPA: 4.0/4 UW 4.63 W
Class Rank 15/370
SAT 1530
Public HS 12 APs by the end of senior year, 1 college course
Sport and clubs and a few hundred volunteer hours plus leadership experience
Also received a $3k merit which sounds like the Provost award
Daughter accepted
OOS
Architecture
GPA: 4.2/4.0 UW 4.78 W
Class Rank: 11/745
ACT: 33
Public HS; 14 APs by end of senior year; so far 9 APs - 7 (5s) and 2 (4s)
2 Sport Varsity athlete - Volleyball and Basketball (Freshman)
250+ Community service hours
Also received $12k merit
Let us know what you find out! My son sent an email. Iāll let you know if he hears back from anyone. Oh and apparently, he selected āyes to waitlistā and submitted it a couple of times thinking it didnāt go through. Hope it doesnāt mess it up for him!
If you look now there is a message saying they know there are some issues with people being misdirected to that page. We were now able to see the waitlist form.
I think your kid will be fine at GT! My in state senior just got his 4th 4.0 semester letter and he is an engineering major. He has over a 3.8, and has done very well and had a great time. If your kid got in OOS he can handle it. You can major in anything to go to med school. My husband (a MD) was a microbiology major. My sister (also a MD but a little more savvy) majored in psychology with the football players (and was in a study group with and asked out by Tiki Barberš). Undergrad major doesnāt matter. Choose the easiest one!
Check the box to be considered for the Honors College on your VT Undergraduate Admissions application or the Common App. Please note that first-year students who meet the criteria for admission to the Honors College will receive a separate Honors College decision notification soon after their Virginia Tech admissions decision. Additionally, if invited, your decision to accept or not accept your Honors College invitation will not affect your Virginia Tech admissions decision.
I looked at the community page from last year, and there was a tab for Honors. I guess if itās not here, no invitation. Itās just odd that no one here has posted that they/their child was accepted to honors this year. Anyone out there see an honors decision?
I got waitlisted for Tech and it brought me to that Agtech page. Unfortunately I accidentally clicked start new application and now it wont let me see my EA decision at all. Just showing me my application portal for the Agriculture application thing. I emailed them i just really hope this wonāt withdraw my EA appā¦
Just an FYI about the Honors program, for those whose decisions are hanging on that - VT will send an invite to apply to students whose gpaās are 3.6 or higher (I believe that is the gpa threshold), so there are opportunities to join the Honors program once they are VT students. My daughter got an invite after first semester freshman year (she declined). If youāre on the big Facebook parent page for VT, you can search the Honors program and find a ton of discussions on it. Depending on the major, it may or may not add any value.
He is kind of a disaster and she is happy she avoided it but we still laugh about it - and I am happy he is not my brother in law. Still choose the easy major for med school!