Let us pick for you…list acceptances

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Anonymous wrote:Political science major, girl

JMU
CNU honors
GMU honors
Gettysburg
Mount St. Mary’s honors
High Point honors
Stetson honors
W&M waitlist/January start

If she really likes W&M, I’d go the January start. Otherwise, maybe Gettysburg.

If she really likes W and M, then I think she’ll also like Gettysburg. I think it’s worth it to go there and start in the fall.

Gettysburg isn't nearly as good a school as WM - I'd take the delayed start at WM

OP—can you describe more about your kid’s personality? Bc that will help with differentiating btw Gettysburg Fall vs W&M Spring. My son is going to W&M and my sister went to Gettysburg.

She’s an introvert but has made friends quickly in the various summer programs she has done. She’s into chorus and theater and interested in continuing on some level in college. We both liked Gettysburg a lot but she applied to W&M ED, and in the last week she is solidifying on W&M spring with a London fall semester. I’m a little concerned about the downsides of the spring start, but not sure it really matters what I think anymore LOL. Sounds like a good number of W&M kids do the London program so will not be coming in totally alone anyway.

I think that sounds like a wonderful path and from a fellow alumna, welcome to the W&M Tribe.

Thanks! So nice that the option is offered for those who really love W&M.

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Kid accepted Duke, UPenn, Columbia (also Dartmouth but not considering). Leaning Duke but wants to visit UPenn and Columbia before committing.

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W&M
Kelly School of Business

Which one? Interested in Business and ready to transfer out after first year to a better business school.

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers
JMU
West Virginia
Hofstra
Towson
Hood

Kid struggles with ADHD. Does not want to be too far from home. Does not drive. Is very social and wants an active social life (which makes me want to choose the least expensive school in case they struggle academically).



Music business - or possibly some other type business. Very outgoing, people oriented person.

JMU sounds like a good match for your really social kid, it will be the right level of challenge, if you are in-state it will be less expensive, and it has an outstanding music department.

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Anonymous wrote:Good liberal arts generalist. Wants Environmental biology/ecology + humanities. Plans on grad school. Makes art, writes poetry, rarely shares these things. Square peg. ADHD. Introverted, with a goofy, theater kid vibe when comfortable.

Kenyon at mid-60s annual coa.
St. Olaf at mid-40s coa
Wooster at mid-30s coa
Hendrix at 30-ish coa
Beloit at 30-ish coa.

St. Olaf sounds like a great match. A friend’s daughter sounds just like your kid and she is really thriving there. Also, they have a great Environmental Science dept.

Definitely agree, St. Olaf.

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Anonymous wrote:W&M
Kelly School of Business

Which one? Interested in Business and ready to transfer out after first year to a better business school.

They are both quite good business schools. W&M as you probably know is not a direct admit, so first year would not be in the business school.

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Anonymous wrote:W&M
Kelly School of Business

Which one? Interested in Business and ready to transfer out after first year to a better business school.

They are both quite good business schools. W&M as you probably know is not a direct admit, so first year would not be in the business school.

How about job prospects and internships from these schools

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Anonymous wrote:Kid accepted Duke, UPenn, Columbia (also Dartmouth but not considering). Leaning Duke but wants to visit UPenn and Columbia before committing.

You've got similar level schools, but two are urban vs. one more isolated in its campus. I'd choose Duke, but if your kid wants NYC, Durham isn't that.

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Anonymous wrote:Political science major, girl

JMU
CNU honors
GMU honors
Gettysburg
Mount St. Mary’s honors
High Point honors
Stetson honors
W&M waitlist/January start

If she really likes W&M, I’d go the January start. Otherwise, maybe Gettysburg.

If she really likes W and M, then I think she’ll also like Gettysburg. I think it’s worth it to go there and start in the fall.

Gettysburg isn't nearly as good a school as WM - I'd take the delayed start at WM

OP—can you describe more about your kid’s personality? Bc that will help with differentiating btw Gettysburg Fall vs W&M Spring. My son is going to W&M and my sister went to Gettysburg.

She’s an introvert but has made friends quickly in the various summer programs she has done. She’s into chorus and theater and interested in continuing on some level in college. We both liked Gettysburg a lot but she applied to W&M ED, and in the last week she is solidifying on W&M spring with a London fall semester. I’m a little concerned about the downsides of the spring start, but not sure it really matters what I think anymore LOL. Sounds like a good number of W&M kids do the London program so will not be coming in totally alone anyway.

PP here: As far as personality, it sounds like she would be really happy at W&M. My son is similar and when we attended an ED accepted students event last month, he discovered that so many of the kids he met were just like him. Bright, funny, kind, interesting, and social kids, with a good mix of extroverts and introverts.

The theatre and chorus programs are big there, and they just opened a new arts center, dedicated to Alumnae Glenn Close. A really amazing young woman from my son’s high school, is a freshman at W&M. She was the lead in all the plays and musicals in HS, and a leader in the a cappella group, and she is incredibly talented. She chose W&M OOS, and from what I’ve heard (second-hand), she loves it.

A friend’s son goes to W&M (also a freshman) and he was a big theater kid in HS and he is so happy there.

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech/Engineering (in-state)
WashU/Engineering (St.Louis)

VA Tech

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rutgers
JMU
West Virginia
Hofstra
Towson
Hood

Kid struggles with ADHD. Does not want to be too far from home. Does not drive. Is very social and wants an active social life (which makes me want to choose the least expensive school in case they struggle academically).

Music business - or possibly some other type business. Very outgoing, people oriented person.

JMU sounds like a good match for your really social kid, it will be the right level of challenge, if you are in-state it will be less expensive, and it has an outstanding music department.

PP here: I just read that you are in DC and someone else wrote that JMU is overwhelmed and not doing that well with their student support dept. I don’t know anything about that, but I do have a son with ADHD and so I know how important it is to really look into this. If JMU is working to do better for these kinds of kids, it sounds like a good fit otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:W&M
Kelly School of Business

Which one? Interested in Business and ready to transfer out after first year to a better business school.

They are both quite good business schools. W&M as you probably know is not a direct admit, so first year would not be in the business school.

How about job prospects and internships from these schools

More firms will likely recruit at IU Kelley because it is larger, but I believe W&M was ranked tops among public schools in Princeton Review for internships.

WSJ had a ranking of graduate salaries by public universities in different fields. It wasn't specific to the business school, but probably overlaps significantly. In finance, W&M ranked 5 and IU 18. In management consulting, W&M ranked 9 and IU 13. In Marketing, W&M was 18.

Both are beautiful campuses.

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Anonymous wrote:Here's another:

Interests in education & public policy

UVA - in state
Barnard
Georgetown
U Mich
U WI

Leaning UVA...

Public policy is a particularly strong program at Michigan. Not sure I would recommend adding out of state costs, though.

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Anonymous wrote:W&M
Kelly School of Business

Which one? Interested in Business and ready to transfer out after first year to a better business school.

They are both quite good business schools. W&M as you probably know is not a direct admit, so first year would not be in the business school.

How about job prospects and internships from these schools

More firms will likely recruit at IU Kelley because it is larger, but I believe W&M was ranked tops among public schools in Princeton Review for internships.

WSJ had a ranking of graduate salaries by public universities in different fields. It wasn't specific to the business school, but probably overlaps significantly. In finance, W&M ranked 5 and IU 18. In management consulting, W&M ranked 9 and IU 13. In Marketing, W&M was 18.

Both are beautiful campuses.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Davidson
Middlebury
W&M (OOS)