So, where are your kids starting college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:Washington and Lee. Woo hoo!

Why? The expense? The humidity. The expensive frats and sororities. The lack of diversity. The 80+++ % of kids who participate in Greek life. That was a tour I wish we had cut from the list.

This dolt had humidity second on its list.

You've cleared never toured. You also don't know the dorms don't have AC.

Yep, sure have. And of course they do. Boy you’re dumb.

Not as of two years ago. No AC except for two old-style box A/Cs.

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"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

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Anonymous wrote:"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

Yes, by all means if you can’t afford a $200 air conditioner for the tiny minority of housing options that aren’t AC’ed look elsewhere. Sad that someone posted about their kid getting into this fine school and people can’t resist being mean. But hey, welcome to DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

And technically these aren’t dorms, so your defense of the poster’s assertion is both wrong and douchey. Then again, I’m sure you’re one and the same. Have a great day!

To the W&L poster, congrats. Great experience sure to follow, provided he/she can tolerate the dreaded humidity during the fall, winter and spring.

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Anonymous wrote:"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

Yes, by all means if you can’t afford a $200 air conditioner for the tiny minority of housing options that aren’t AC’ed look elsewhere. Sad that someone posted about their kid getting into this fine school and people can’t resist being mean. But hey, welcome to DCUM.

You're not allowed AC in the dorms unless you get allergy clearance. Would you like to talk instead about General Lee's horse?

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Anonymous wrote:"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

Yes, by all means if you can’t afford a $200 air conditioner for the tiny minority of housing options that aren’t AC’ed look elsewhere. Sad that someone posted about their kid getting into this fine school and people can’t resist being mean. But hey, welcome to DCUM.

You're not allowed AC in the dorms unless you get allergy clearance. Would you like to talk instead about General Lee's horse?

The dorms are air conditioned. All of them.

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Anonymous wrote:The poster's kids may well have chosen JMU over UVA and William & Mary, but it's also an unusual and probably unwise choice. It's not one that I would have encouraged my kids to make. At a minimum, I'd suggest s/he try UVA first, then transfer. There's nothing wrong with JMU and it has some very good programs, but it's nowhere near as good as UVA and, in fact, the quality of its student body has been stagnant for years.

Source? Or is this just your own opinion? JMU's student body is much like that of UVA, Tech, etc. No real difference. And JMU has far more degree choices than UVA or W&M. And finally - and perhaps most important - the students at JMU don't have chips on their shoulders.

I love JMI - multiple family members have graduated from there. However, the student body may seem the same, but the common data set (or SCHEV numbers) tells a different story in terms of test scores and grades of the average student.

Agreed. Anyone who has put kids through the Virginia school system knows that there is a huge difference in high school performance between the typical JMU and UVA student. Tech is also a tougher admit than JMU. JMU is a nice school, but it's not UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:"Air conditioners not provided by the university". Wash & Lee. They have an allergy exception for window A/Cs. https://www.wlu.edu/student-life/residential-life/upper-division-housing/faqs/upper-division-housing-faqs

Yes, by all means if you can’t afford a $200 air conditioner for the tiny minority of housing options that aren’t AC’ed look elsewhere. Sad that someone posted about their kid getting into this fine school and people can’t resist being mean. But hey, welcome to DCUM.

You're not allowed AC in the dorms unless you get allergy clearance. Would you like to talk instead about General Lee's horse?

The dorms are air conditioned. All of them.

My daughter is going to William and Mary. Another not-fully-air-conditioned college. We’re going to roll the dice anyway.

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It's also very unusual to apply to W&M, UVA and JMU. They are very different types of college experiences.


You do not honestly think that, do you? Virtually every high achieving public school student in NOVA applies to at least two of those three schools, and probably all three. UVA and William and Mary are a crapshoot, and everyone knows that, so many people apply to both. You are just completely wrong about this.


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That was one of the most uninformed posts yet. Most high-achieving VA students apply to UVA, JMU, Tech, and W&M. You may or may not get into one of them - and you're lucky if you do.

False assumptions for both posts. Check earlier threads on UVA and W&M. Only 2700 kids apply to UVA from Fairfax County, 1700 to W&M, many, probably most of these being the same kids. At this point, few are uninformed about what it takes to get into these schools. If you don't have the requisite GPA + SAT/ACT you self select out. Or your counselor discourages you. One way to look at that is that there are only 2700 or so "high achieving" or achieving on that level kids in Fairfax. Fewer if you weed out those that apply but don't get into these schools -- those at the lower end of the applicant pool. If someone selects JMU over the others, fine, but one needs to be clear about the numbers.

I'm not sure what your point is. You seem to be entirely discounting the FIT FACTOR here. Many kids simply prefer JMU - or other schools - to the usual UVA/W&M. Fit is something that should never be dismissed. Some kids are accepted to all of these schools, yet only feel comfortable at one of them. It's beyond foolhardy to insist a child attend the school *you* want them to simply due to some sort of perceived status factor. Huge mistake.

It's hard to know, really. But I'd bet that W&M is more self-selecting than UVA. Certainly far fewer boys apply there than girls. But many in state students who apply either to UVA or W&M (or both) often apply to JMU as a safety. If you're good enough for UVA to be on your radar, you're pretty much guaranteed admission to JMU.

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It's hard to know, really. But I'd bet that W&M is more self-selecting than UVA. Certainly far fewer boys apply there than girls. But many in state students who apply either to UVA or W&M (or both) often apply to JMU as a safety. If you're good enough for UVA to be on your radar, you're pretty much guaranteed admission to JMU.

There is this urban myth going around that W&M has become a school that only interests girls. Someone posted on another thread that it's on it's way to becoming a private all female college. Nothing could be farther from the truth. UVA's current undergraduate enrollment is 55% female vs. 58% at W&M. Is this a meaningful difference? And BTW, JMU is a very good school. Is there any question that Virginia overall has the finest state university system in the country? Imagine if you were stuck with SUNY Binghampton/Geneseo. Not ideal!

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Harvard in the fall.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard in the fall.

Wow, awesome. Congrats.

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Anonymous wrote:The poster's kids may well have chosen JMU over UVA and William & Mary, but it's also an unusual and probably unwise choice. It's not one that I would have encouraged my kids to make. At a minimum, I'd suggest s/he try UVA first, then transfer. There's nothing wrong with JMU and it has some very good programs, but it's nowhere near as good as UVA and, in fact, the quality of its student body has been stagnant for years.

Source? Or is this just your own opinion? JMU's student body is much like that of UVA, Tech, etc. No real difference. And JMU has far more degree choices than UVA or W&M. And finally - and perhaps most important - the students at JMU don't have chips on their shoulders.

I love JMI - multiple family members have graduated from there. However, the student body may seem the same, but the common data set (or SCHEV numbers) tells a different story in terms of test scores and grades of the average student.

Agreed. Anyone who has put kids through the Virginia school system knows that there is a huge difference in high school performance between the typical JMU and UVA student. Tech is also a tougher admit than JMU. JMU is a nice school, but it's not UVA.

To some that is a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:The poster's kids may well have chosen JMU over UVA and William & Mary, but it's also an unusual and probably unwise choice. It's not one that I would have encouraged my kids to make. At a minimum, I'd suggest s/he try UVA first, then transfer. There's nothing wrong with JMU and it has some very good programs, but it's nowhere near as good as UVA and, in fact, the quality of its student body has been stagnant for years.

Source? Or is this just your own opinion? JMU's student body is much like that of UVA, Tech, etc. No real difference. And JMU has far more degree choices than UVA or W&M. And finally - and perhaps most important - the students at JMU don't have chips on their shoulders.

I love JMI - multiple family members have graduated from there. However, the student body may seem the same, but the common data set (or SCHEV numbers) tells a different story in terms of test scores and grades of the average student.

Agreed. Anyone who has put kids through the Virginia school system knows that there is a huge difference in high school performance between the typical JMU and UVA student. Tech is also a tougher admit than JMU. JMU is a nice school, but it's not UVA.

To some that is a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:The poster's kids may well have chosen JMU over UVA and William & Mary, but it's also an unusual and probably unwise choice. It's not one that I would have encouraged my kids to make. At a minimum, I'd suggest s/he try UVA first, then transfer. There's nothing wrong with JMU and it has some very good programs, but it's nowhere near as good as UVA and, in fact, the quality of its student body has been stagnant for years.

Source? Or is this just your own opinion? JMU's student body is much like that of UVA, Tech, etc. No real difference. And JMU has far more degree choices than UVA or W&M. And finally - and perhaps most important - the students at JMU don't have chips on their shoulders.

I love JMI - multiple family members have graduated from there. However, the student body may seem the same, but the common data set (or SCHEV numbers) tells a different story in terms of test scores and grades of the average student.

Agreed. Anyone who has put kids through the Virginia school system knows that there is a huge difference in high school performance between the typical JMU and UVA student. Tech is also a tougher admit than JMU.
JMU is a nice school, but it's not UVA.

Well DUH. No one said it was.