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Virginia Tech

VA · Public · South · National university · Top 100 tier · 31,434 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate54.6%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision (per CDS)
0%30%60%'22'23'24'2557.0%57.0%55.0%54.6%49.7%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding (no Early Decision) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Test-optionaloptional through Fall 2028School announcement ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional through fall 2028. Virginia Tech doesn't state a superscoring policy on its admissions pages.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Applicants will self-report their coursework, grades, and test scores (if applicable) and it replaces transcripts in the application review process. ... If offered and you choose to attend Virginia Tech, you will be required to provide official score report(s).”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡50%SAT 42% + ACT 8%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT42%
Submitted ACT8%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
Combined SAT not reported; section scores shown below
SAT Reading & Writing
640–720 median 680
500800
SAT Math
640–730 median 690
500800
ACT composite
28–32 median 30
2036

Trends, Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'22'23'24'2558.0%54.0%50.0%50.0%47.0%45.0%41.0%42.0%11.0%9.0%9.0%8.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'22'23'24'2526–32322627–32322728–32322828–323228

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 32%
  • 2024: 14%
  • 2023: 0%
  • 2022: 32%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources