William and Mary feedback

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love w&m - didn’t go there but many in my family did (I was a lazy HS student). One of the main cons I hear about it, though, is that the work is hard and grading is tough. I also hear that undergrad GPA a is very important for med school. That’s potentially a bad combination. So I would be concerned about pre med at W&M for that reason alone.

That's the reputation, but the undergrad GPA is no different than schools like UVA and has had very significant grade inflation. The average undergrad GPA was a 3.33 in 2014 (compared to a 3.32 at UVA in 2013), and I'm sure it's higher now.

https://www.gradeinflation.com/Williamandmary.html

Gotta remember that UVA has an engineering school + UVA is work hard, play hard.

I was in grad school at UVA in the e-school, and I don't think the undergraduate grades in the e-school were that far off the normal grades. Not so sure about the "work hard" aspect from what I could see as well....

Not to get in a UVA argument but one of the things I always thought funny about UVA was that I'd see all these people out partying at all hours of the night and those same people on Clem 1 (iykyk) at 8am on Sunday morning. Very work hard play hard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who is a sophomore there. There is a parent Facebook page ("Conservative Families of William and Mary") where posters have been grossly unhappy with WM's COVID policies. Can't tell how big a group they represent (I suspect not big), but there is a cohort who(se parents) aren't happy with the school.

My kid is not crazy about the COVID policies - he probably spent 22 hours a day in his room during his freshman year - but he's generally a rule follower, so he's doing what he's asked.

This sounded weird so I checked. There is no such Facebook page.

It is called Conservative Families of W&M - it does exist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who is a sophomore there. There is a parent Facebook page ("Conservative Families of William and Mary") where posters have been grossly unhappy with WM's COVID policies. Can't tell how big a group they represent (I suspect not big), but there is a cohort who(se parents) aren't happy with the school.

My kid is not crazy about the COVID policies - he probably spent 22 hours a day in his room during his freshman year - but he's generally a rule follower, so he's doing what he's asked.

This sounded weird so I checked. There is no such Facebook page.

It is called Conservative Families of W&M - it does exist!

I searched for it and couldn’t find it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who is a sophomore there. There is a parent Facebook page ("Conservative Families of William and Mary") where posters have been grossly unhappy with WM's COVID policies. Can't tell how big a group they represent (I suspect not big), but there is a cohort who(se parents) aren't happy with the school.

My kid is not crazy about the COVID policies - he probably spent 22 hours a day in his room during his freshman year - but he's generally a rule follower, so he's doing what he's asked.

This sounded weird so I checked. There is no such Facebook page.

It is called Conservative Families of W&M - it does exist!

I searched for it and couldn’t find it

Probably on Gettr not FB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love w&m - didn’t go there but many in my family did (I was a lazy HS student). One of the main cons I hear about it, though, is that the work is hard and grading is tough. I also hear that undergrad GPA a is very important for med school. That’s potentially a bad combination. So I would be concerned about pre med at W&M for that reason alone.

That's the reputation, but the undergrad GPA is no different than schools like UVA and has had very significant grade inflation. The average undergrad GPA was a 3.33 in 2014 (compared to a 3.32 at UVA in 2013), and I'm sure it's higher now.

https://www.gradeinflation.com/Williamandmary.html

2014! Utterly irrelevant!

Average Spring 2021 GPA is 3.56 according to this report. In general, college average GPAs just keep going higher and higher.

https://www.wm.edu/offices/fsl/documents/scholarship/spring-2021-grade-report-final.pdf

[Anonymous]

In a previous thread about this school, I recall complaints about the dormitories. They sounded old and out of date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a previous thread about this school, I recall complaints about the dormitories. They sounded old and out of date.

My impression is that a few of the freshman dorms are older but upper classman dorms are fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who is a sophomore there. There is a parent Facebook page ("Conservative Families of William and Mary") where posters have been grossly unhappy with WM's COVID policies. Can't tell how big a group they represent (I suspect not big), but there is a cohort who(se parents) aren't happy with the school.

My kid is not crazy about the COVID policies - he probably spent 22 hours a day in his room during his freshman year - but he's generally a rule follower, so he's doing what he's asked.

This sounded weird so I checked. There is no such Facebook page.

It is called Conservative Families of W&M - it does exist!

I searched for it and couldn’t find it

Probably on Gettr not FB.

It's on Facebook - I'm not in the group and I can see it. Says there are 166 members

[Anonymous]

My DD went to W&M class of 2020. Loved it. We were worried about the tourist town aspect of CW but that turned out to be no big deal. DD did say that social life for men is more difficult if they don’t do fraternity because frats invite women but not men and that’s the party scene. Greek life is pretty low key at W&M. It’s the more expensive state school though.

[Anonymous]

Sailing on the river. Close ties with profs. Internship opportunities. It’s a great school. Freshman dorms are small but it’s easy to get AC. They will install for you.

[Anonymous]

Most reports sound very positive

[Anonymous]

It’s a very unique school. Intellectually rigorous but collaborative, perfect mid-size student body, gorgeous campus steeped in history, full of tradition but kids are not pretentious. Surrounding area is picturesque with decent weather. There are a few quirks, like some of the freshman dorms, but dd absolutely loves it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very unique school. Intellectually rigorous but collaborative, perfect mid-size student body, gorgeous campus steeped in history, full of tradition but kids are not pretentious. Surrounding area is picturesque with decent weather. There are a few quirks, like some of the freshman dorms, but dd absolutely loves it there.

Yes to ALL of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sailing on the river. Close ties with profs. Internship opportunities. It’s a great school. Freshman dorms are small but it’s easy to get AC. They will install for you.

We love W&M but “sailing on the river”? Really? It is a 20 min drive to the boathouse from camous, and not many kids do it. Are you sure you aren’t think of SMCM?

[Anonymous]

Dont you mean William & Gary?