Virginia’s Colleges and Universities

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an alumna of a woman’s college. I hadn’t heard of Hollins and Sweet Briar before moving to this area. Both have a longstanding history of educating the daughters of wealthy Southerners. The latter almost closed, but then was revived by alumni. It also has a well regarded equestrian program.

My new boss is a graduate of Hampton. She’s very impresive. My doctor is a graduate of VCU. Also very successful.

VCU BSMD?

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Full ride in Maryland: https://www.coppin.edu/presidential-scholarship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

For foreigners, sure. W&L gets a ton of applications from foreign students and admits almost none of them. So if you’re an international student, W&L is a harder admit. For Americans, UVA is more selective.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

And it costs twice as much.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

For foreigners, sure. W&L gets a ton of applications from foreign students and admits almost none of them. So if you’re an international student, W&L is a harder admit. For Americans, UVA is more selective.

I’ve always heard it was harder to get into William and Mary.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

For foreigners, sure. W&L gets a ton of applications from foreign students and admits almost none of them. So if you’re an international student, W&L is a harder admit. For Americans, UVA is more selective.

I’ve always heard it was harder to get into William and Mary.

The public schools publish their stats. Did you ever think to double check?

[Anonymous]

NoVA parents refuse to even consider most of the state schools but then whine about having to pay for OOS tuition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

And it costs twice as much.

False. W&M is $44,884 for in-state. UVA $42,000

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

Not true. In all but three categories of nine UVA picks higher stats kids. From SCHEV in order of GPA, ACT and SAT:

UVA gpa 4.5 4.6 4.3; 35 33 32; 1510, 1470, 1410.

W&M: 4.51, 4.34, 4.16; 34 33 32; and 1520, 1450, 1390

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

And it costs twice as much.

False. W&M is $44,884 for in-state. UVA $42,000

The comparison was UVA vs W&L, not W&M. W&L is private, COA $90k

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s be honest, UVA is the only real university in VA.

Only UVA has produced alumni who are significant in their achievements.

Only UVA has produced such utterly insecure alumni.

Stop falling for troll responses.

DP. It’s hard to believe that’s a troll when I’ve met so many UVA alums who act like that.

Well, I haven’t and I was a UVA Dad. It’s a myth created by the parents of kids who didn’t get in or weren’t even contenders (like one of my children) so an application didn’t make sense. All of the parents and students I met over those four years were delightful and down to earth. Remember this is a public university - it’s not like an uber private in the NE enrolling kids from tony, expensive privates. Sure, there may be an outlier here or there but my DC and our family never met them. Would you say the same about other great publics like UCLA and Michigan? No, I didn’t think so.

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

And it costs twice as much.

False. W&M is $44,884 for in-state. UVA $42,000

The comparison was UVA vs W&L, not W&M. W&L is private, COA $90k

Why would someone compare a private to a public? That makes no sense …

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Anonymous wrote:NoVA parents refuse to even consider most of the state schools but then whine about having to pay for OOS tuition.

Bitter much? Not true in my experience

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Anonymous wrote:Stay away from W&L. The school is literally named after a confederate general. 'Nuff said.

W&L is the most selective college in VA. Even UVA is easier to get in.

For foreigners, sure. W&L gets a ton of applications from foreign students and admits almost none of them. So if you’re an international student, W&L is a harder admit. For Americans, UVA is more selective.

I’ve always heard it was harder to get into William and Mary.

False. See stats above. It’s more difficult to get into UVA.