The children of Virginia Tech alumni will no longer get special preference in the admissions process. Virginia Tech will stop considering legacy as an admissions factor, administrators announced ...

Virginia Tech will no longer consider legacy status in its admissions process or accept early decision applicants, the university announced last week. The changes, which will take effect during the ...

On Mar. 8, 2024, Virginia signed into law a new bill effectively banning the practice of public universities and colleges admitting students based solely on legacy. Universities will be required not ...

Virginia Tech, in its annual examination of its admissions process, has recently announced several changes to its undergraduate admissions procedure. Starting with the 2023–2024 application season, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech will no longer consider legacy status when considering potential students following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action. Virginia Tech ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a new bill into law on Friday that will end the use of legacy admissions at the state's public colleges and universities. The new law requires schools to stop ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Three big changes have been made to the application process at Virginia Tech. One of the changes deals with a student’s legacy status at the university. “One of the things we ...

Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill banning considering legacy in public university admissions, making the commonwealth the second state to end admission advantages through family connections.