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One would think this would negatively affect the college rankings that -- 501 03/06/2019 6:31PM They are looking for a few cunning litigants. ** -- Mighty Fine Catch 03/06/2019 3:58PM All colleges use a holistic approach. They consider what the kid has done -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 3:50PM Very simple. Diversity more important than academic standards. -- HokiesBill48 03/06/2019 3:24PM Thankfully getting away from the white male engineer only acceptance. -- Stork 03/06/2019 4:43PM So you're implying that up until now VT had a "whites only" policy? ** -- HokieNoVA 03/06/2019 5:23PM Yup. Walk around campus up until 3-4 years ago. ** -- Stork 03/06/2019 5:44PM Come on stork...I attended the MBA graduation 3-4 yrs ago and... -- HokiesBill48 03/06/2019 6:41PM Necessary changes? Let me see if I have this right -- HokiesBill48 03/06/2019 5:07PM The 40% includes 1st-generation college students & students from low-income -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 4:40PM So are we using objective or subjective evaluations.... ** -- RTFC 03/06/2019 5:03PM The whole point of schools like VT was to give opportunities to people in -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 3:53PM Dang. Is that for real? Do you know for a fact or is that just a guess? -- GobbleGobble Hey 03/06/2019 3:38PM Prepscholar says aim for an 1180 SAT score or higher for VT -- VT Pops 03/07/2019 11:12AM With those criteria will likely depend on which major she wants into.... ** -- RTFC 03/06/2019 5:05PM Real? Sands has publicly stated the 40% QUOTA many times. -- HokiesBill48 03/06/2019 4:10PM No. Have her take the SAT again. They are de-emphasizing it but still -- RhinoVT 03/06/2019 3:44PM Again. Not true. Academics still a hard line to acceptance. No C's for -- RhinoVT 03/06/2019 3:34PM Damn, I may have been able to get in with this criteria. Maybe I'll apply -- Hurley09 03/06/2019 3:11PM 120 words, not held to any spelling/grammar standards? -- HWA 03/06/2019 3:07PM The problems I have with both criteria is that they just favor the wealthy -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 2:08PM Life favors the wealthy, that's life, its what incentives people to grow ** -- Vienna_Hokie 03/06/2019 3:04PM One thing that helps people grow is access to education. -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 4:30PM No one is giving them advantages, having money allows them to buy them -- Vienna_Hokie 03/07/2019 09:36AM Thought about this recently. People get pulled-over for busted head-lights. -- HWA 03/06/2019 3:17PM I sincerely hope you never fall on hard times. -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 4:34PM Average cost of a halogen bulb is $15-20. -- HWA 03/07/2019 09:13AM So your safety and the other people on the road with you is not important? ** -- fordham 03/06/2019 5:24PM One soft metric considered is, are you the first in your family to attend? -- RTFC 03/06/2019 2:21PM Let's face it. Everything favors the wealthy. GPAs SATs favor wealth b/c -- RhinoVT 03/06/2019 2:13PM Just more evidence that this country is losing its freaking mind ** -- fordham 03/06/2019 2:03PM Couple of thoughts from a teacher.....and someone who didn't have the -- HokieGator 03/06/2019 1:45PM Wheneas in silks my Julia goes, methinks how sweetly flows... -- `lag 03/06/2019 11:46PM GPA compression. They need something else to differentiate applicants -- lchoro 03/06/2019 2:12PM It's tough. There are so many more options now in high schools. GPA's used -- HokieGator 03/06/2019 2:18PM Not a fan of GPA either after seeing whats going on in HS now -- Vienna_Hokie 03/06/2019 1:55PM Read where Sands says he wants to take the student population makeup ** -- 133743Hokie 03/06/2019 1:39PM I want to thank you for ruining what was going to be a fun week -- Vienna_Hokie 03/06/2019 1:32PM Whoops, sorry, bro! And another thing.... -- GobbleGobble Hey 03/06/2019 1:39PM Not true. Less emphasis on SAT/ACT b/c the avg scores are much higher -- RhinoVT 03/06/2019 1:36PM I'm glad you picked the Summer for Tech. :-) ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/06/2019 1:36PM Two words: International applicants -- RoanokieHokie04 03/06/2019 1:30PM DELETE** -- indiahokie 03/06/2019 3:53PM VT (and most US schools) are accepting more international students for $$$$ -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 1:35PM This also applies to -- RTFC 03/06/2019 3:50PM I just see on tv the nonsense loony bin that is UC Berkley -- RoanokieHokie04 03/06/2019 1:43PM 1. It's Berkeley, 2. It's regarded as the best public school in the US -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 2:01PM I'd rather VT be VT and true to it's pillars -- RoanokieHokie04 03/06/2019 2:15PM Guess it's regarded as the best public school from their alumni -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 2:11PM I think you are letting the media drive much of that perception -- BB Hokie 03/06/2019 2:33PM Having a mob of rioting students make the decision is what is troubling. ** -- RTFC 03/06/2019 2:38PM And they were encouraged by the faculty. ** -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 5:28PM Need to keep the Chinese out of our engineering/ computer science -- 133743Hokie 03/06/2019 1:40PM But only the ChiComs. Bring in students from "free China" (Taiwan)! ** -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 1:45PM Said down the board but it's not solely it despite what they say. Grade -- RhinoVT 03/06/2019 1:28PM Certianly they look at comparable metrics to get the pool of applicants -- HokieSignGuy 03/06/2019 1:27PM Interesting point. I've had to read through resumes and my brain becomes -- `lag 03/06/2019 1:30PM Universities were always a "holistic" approach.... -- `lag 03/06/2019 1:23PM I'm confused....so.... -- TD-Tech 03/06/2019 1:21PM I meant the spelling and grammar part. -- GobbleGobble Hey 03/06/2019 1:34PM Ohhh ok - gotcha! you wonder how much.... -- TD-Tech 03/06/2019 1:46PM My daughter just got accepted into VT -- sloshed in space 03/06/2019 1:16PM That's exactly what my kid's guidance counselor and principal say -- GobbleGobble Hey 03/06/2019 1:49PM Good luck. I hope your daughter gets in as well. ** -- sloshed in space 03/08/2019 08:43AM A quota or limit is different than ensuring all counties are represented... -- RTFC 03/06/2019 2:12PM West coast also going that route -- GobbleGobble Hey 03/06/2019 1:01PM Those are excuses and rationalizations for implementing quotas. -- RoswellGAHokie 03/06/2019 1:15PM Just wait until the pronouns discussions if she gets in ... -- vt90 03/06/2019 1:00PM There's an actual discussion on what to call people???? -- RoanokieHokie04 03/06/2019 2:58PM And don't dare guess based on how they look or what parts they have! ** -- fordham 03/06/2019 3:05PM Have to take an online exam before arriving as a freshman ** -- 133743Hokie 03/06/2019 1:42PM So they said kid who can't put 120 words together -- Pylons 03/06/2019 12:59PM He said spelling and grammar are not reviewed. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 03/06/2019 1:17PM Went through that last year -- HOKIEVET 03/06/2019 12:54PM The parroting of that ridiculous "1 in 5" rape statistic was the worst -- HokieNoVA 03/06/2019 1:57PM That 20% of women are sexually assaulted? That's not BS. That's been backed -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 3:45PM Then most of us are guilty of some crime, yea it does matter how they -- fordham 03/06/2019 4:07PM I don't know about you, but I've never done anything that would count -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 4:09PM Under todays standards you prob have, ever kissed anyone without -- fordham 03/06/2019 4:25PM But that's not how it actually works. That's a conservative parody of it -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 4:51PM So every time you interacted with someone both of you were 100% sober while -- fordham 03/06/2019 5:26PM That's a misrepresentation, though -- hucareshokiesrul 03/06/2019 5:35PM There have been many lives altered /ruined by your "misrepresentation" -- fordham 03/06/2019 5:43PM I'm sure it's FAR fewer than the # of lives altered/ruine by sexual assault ** -- SteveInBaltimore 03/06/2019 7:06PM Yes, committing a crime is not good for the victim. we both agree ** -- fordham 03/07/2019 11:58AM This is one part of the new PC culture that is a bit much. ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/06/2019 1:37PM Vet as in Military or Animals? ** -- Vienna_Hokie 03/06/2019 1:36PM Cows. But it’s a dying profession ** -- HOKIEVET 03/06/2019 1:55PM Did you go to vet school at VA/MD? -- Vienna_Hokie 03/06/2019 1:56PM Yeah undergrad and vet school at tech ** -- HOKIEVET 03/06/2019 2:09PM Complete garbage. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 03/06/2019 1:23PM This in IMHO -- RTFC 03/06/2019 12:44PM Spelling and grammar not a factor? -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 12:43PM Well if they can use emojis and twitter short hand who needs spelling -- fordham 03/06/2019 2:04PM LOL! -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 2:12PM The truth is those of us who look at one of those tweets and don't get it.. -- SteveInBaltimore 03/06/2019 7:19PM Grunts and clicks, however, are graded harshly. ** -- Guy LeDouche 03/06/2019 1:57PM I'd be willing to grant an exemption if English is an applicant's second -- Tafkam Hokie 03/06/2019 12:52PM That was kinda my first impression too. I work with a lot of smart -- Hokie360 03/06/2019 1:00PM They better dang well smoke the math portion of the SATs -- EDGEMAN 03/06/2019 1:43PM The “holistic approach” is how Harvard discriminates against Asians. Sands -- RoswellGAHokie 03/06/2019 12:42PM Sounds like they're purposely trying to obscure the process, probably to -- HokieNoVA 03/06/2019 12:40PM Yeah, in the past there wasn't even a written response. ** -- jmanatVT 03/06/2019 12:29PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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