Mid-Sized Public Universities
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Anonymous
| High Point fits the bill |
Anonymous
NP. I suspect she meant to say public there, judging from the context of the entire post. |
Anonymous
| Op here and I realize it was confusing to ask about privates with merit. DD would prefer mid-sized rigorous publics for financial reasons, but hasn’t found any that compare to W&M. In order to consider privates, she’d need merit. |
Anonymous
Oh Dear Lord, no! Anyone considering W&M should not be looking at HPU. |
Anonymous
I used to live in Harrisonburg and the school doesn’t seem that big to me. Certainly smaller than Tech. |
Anonymous
Other than being in VA, JMU has almost nothing in common with W&M in terms of school features, culture, and academics. Plus, OP would be OOS and JMU not known for merit. |
Anonymous
Why not? Since WM fell in USNWR it’s hard to assess new peers. Maybe Elon. |
Anonymous
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Elon is private and is definitely below W&M, though not by a gigantic amount. However, Elon's base tuition (before any potential merit) is actually similar to OOS public, so it is fair to consider in this conversation.
Love the TCNJ suggestion - a hidden gem. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, JMU has 22,000 students. That is not really mid-sized. It has triple the number of undergrads compared to W&M. |
Anonymous
Or WPI, DC got great merit there and picked it over W&M. |
Anonymous
W&M is an established national university with a reputable academic record. HPU is a questionable regional university focused on “life skills,” and currently under an accreditation warning. |
Anonymous
Oh please. |
Anonymous
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Some interesting data points here.
https://www.wm.edu/about/administration/bov/_documents/meetings/2019_2020/2019-11-provost-report-peers.pdf |
Anonymous
That is interesting; thank you for sharing that. It’d be interesting to see updated data, and also the corresponding list of “students picked W&M over <these schools>”. In our case, the two nearest peers were Carleton (got in, was close; chose W&M) and WashU (waitlisted, but would have been similarly close). Would be interesting to see a wider dataset. |
Anonymous
| Case gives excellent merit. My son was high school class of 2023 and received $43k/year. |