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[quote=Anonymous]I think of W&M as the best "academic arbitrage" value out there. Fiske lists W&M at their highest tier for academics — along with only 13 other midsize schools (at least in the book I have access to) — and because of how USNWR changed their ranking algorithm a few years ago, W&M dropped on the National Universities list significantly. But (as has been noted a ton in threads here) the things that really matter for undergraduate education didn't really change at W&M — there are still full professors advising students, fantastic professor/student connections, research opportunities for undergrads (even freshmen), and professors committed to undergraduate teaching. In some ways, I think it's a shame that the USNWR rank for W&M is lower than it would be their algorithm were different; in other ways, I think that dynamic serves it well, as people focused on prestige-over-everything chase other schools, and I think the school is much better off for it.[/quote]
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