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 12:29PM