Good safety schools for those who like W&M?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christopher Newport is also a good in state option for someone interested in W&M.

Yes it was originally the junior college for W&M.

I would also consider St John’s in Annapolis.

[Anonymous]

William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never known anyone, or heard about anyone, who said, oh, I didn’t get into William & Mary, so now I’m going to UMW. Aim higher.

You're not a Virginia resident.

I am, and I would not want my kid who just missed W&M to go to UMW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

At W&M, the middle bar of SATs 1300-1490, middle ACT 30-34. That means a full quarter of the students are in the 99.9%ile for standardized tests. It may not be Harvard, but most of us need a safety.

[Anonymous]

UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never known anyone, or heard about anyone, who said, oh, I didn’t get into William & Mary, so now I’m going to UMW. Aim higher.

You're not a Virginia resident.

I'm a Virginia resident, and completely agree with this posted...there are much better schools in VA as backups to W&M that I would put in place before UWM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

At W&M, the middle bar of SATs 1300-1490, middle ACT 30-34. That means a full quarter of the students are in the 99.9%ile for standardized tests. It may not be Harvard, but most of us need a safety.

I agree with you, but 1490 is the 97th percentile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

At W&M, the middle bar of SATs 1300-1490, middle ACT 30-34. That means a full quarter of the students are in the 99.9%ile for standardized tests. It may not be Harvard, but most of us need a safety.

I agree with you, but 1490 is the 97th percentile.

Not according to this chart: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/understanding-sat-scores.pdf

[Anonymous]

SUNY Geneseo
College of New Jersey

Wooster, Juniata if interested in science?
Bryn Mawr if female

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

At W&M, the middle bar of SATs 1300-1490, middle ACT 30-34. That means a full quarter of the students are in the 99.9%ile for standardized tests. It may not be Harvard, but most of us need a safety.

I agree with you, but 1490 is the 97th percentile.

Not according to this chart: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/understanding-sat-scores.pdf

The SAT user is the more important number, so 98th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never known anyone, or heard about anyone, who said, oh, I didn’t get into William & Mary, so now I’m going to UMW. Aim higher.

You're not a Virginia resident.

I'm a Virginia resident, and completely agree with this posted...there are much better schools in VA as backups to W&M that I would put in place before UWM.

Name them.

[Anonymous]

I have one kid who got into WM and went elsewhere. But applied to SLACs. Kid 2 is doing it now. Their safeties included:

Pitt— surprisingly attractive to both my kids who wanted small schools
Wooster
St. Olaf
Lawrence
American (but, kid was super focused on IR)

Other kids I know looking at WM used Dickinson, Denison, Clark, Emerson and Susquehanna as safeties.

All these schools could give you enough merit aid to match WM price.

Oberlin, Kenyon and Macalester are often used matches for these kids. You could get good aid from them too.

For kids who applied in state only, CNU and UMW are the main safeties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary has fallen off so you probably don’t even need a safety anymore.

At W&M, the middle bar of SATs 1300-1490, middle ACT 30-34. That means a full quarter of the students are in the 99.9%ile for standardized tests. It may not be Harvard, but most of us need a safety.

I agree with you, but 1490 is the 97th percentile.

Not according to this chart: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/understanding-sat-scores.pdf

The SAT user is the more important number, so 98th.

Okay, so a quarter are above that in 2020 scores. And similar for past decade. Same point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA

funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA

funny

This might be true is if you had SATs under 1300, but a GPA of 4.4. Then you'd have slightly better odds at UVA than WM (at least from my HS Naviance report). But neither would be a safety for you.