W&M vs Richmond - thoughts?
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Anonymous
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hi all - we are a new england family and my DC wants to consider these schools as a potential track athlete - her times seem to
fit pretty well at both. Don’t really know much about either at this point, but was directed to this site by a close friend. High level pros and cons of each and how they compare academically, socially, type of admits favored, prestige, job placements, or anything else! thank you in advance.. |
Anonymous
| Richmond will be patriot league, so you'll get to go to some meets closer to home |
Anonymous
| The W&M coach is excellent |
Anonymous
| My BFF is s history prof at W& M. Speaks very highly of the students. Phd from Yale. My DD was interested in Richmond. Was accepted but too small. They have act together but too pre prof for me. |
Anonymous
yes we were impressed with our initial interaction - thank you |
Anonymous
| there was a thread on this exact same topic three weeks ago. |
Anonymous
| W&M is a university so naturally it’s a better institution. Liberal arts colleges are not good schools. Williams has the outcomes of a T200 |
Anonymous
WTF is this psychobabble, lmao. |
Anonymous
Richmond is a university, too. It’s in the title. You’re an idiot. |
Anonymous
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What does you son plan to study ?
Any career planned/desired ? |
Anonymous
| Richmond is the stronger academic school. |
Anonymous
| No. It’s not |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| W&M is more diverse and has a varied range of types of students (everyone can kind of fit in and find their people…er, tribe…there). Richmond is more preppy, wealthy, and insular if that matters. W&M has a strong reputation for track and the team is very close. A friend’s son is on the team and having a great experience (they’re from the Northeast). |
Anonymous
| The food is probably better at Richmond from what I hear. And the Richmond dorms are probably nicer. Private vs public. |