About Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA reports an overall acceptance rate of 55.0%, an early-round acceptance rate of 58.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1240–1420, a class size of 7,289, and a yield of 25.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Strong engineering and CS. Large research university. Corps of Cadets tradition.