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GFallsFan

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I think it's a big stink because of social media.


There are upwards of 14,000 members of the VT parents facebook page. I believe it's one of the largest groups on facebook. Wow! Mostly it's a positive place but recently there have been fights with some upset parents revving up the masses. Moderators turned off any new posts on the subject.

I don't get involved in the fight, but I want to ask them why they are so sure their kid would have gotten in at all if not for the overage. Maybe their kid would have been #1-1800 of the overs that otherwise would have been rejected.

To me, that offer of paying for one year of community college or 2 summers of summer school at VT is HUGE. Either one of those offers is worth $5k-$7k. If I was a parent with a kid in that situation I'd really try to convince my kid to do it.

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Posted: 05/31/2019 at 11:07AM



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  Start 2nd semester or an entire year? ** -- BG Hokie 05/31/2019 09:32AM
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