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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tech is way up, nipping at UMD’s heels, and is higher ranked engineering.  UVA, William & Mary and Tech really pulled the trifecta over lowly UMD.  [/quote]

Virginia Tech will always be the 3rd best public and 5th best university in Virginia though. Meanwhile UMD is the best public university (and flagship) and 2nd best university in the state, behind a medical behemoth that is currently ranked #7 (over-ranked but certainly not a mediocre school to be ranked behind).

UMD gets priority over Maryland's state education budget. There's no the major public university in the state. Virginia's get split over UVA, W&M, VT, VCU and GMU. UMD has far more potential. [/quote]

I went to VA tech, but agreed on UMD has great potential as a flagship state school. 
There's basically only another private T10 level school other than UMD.

However VA Tech may catch up with W&M for the 2nd place. 
There are already a lot of kids chooing VT rather than W&M depending on majors, personal preference, and fit.
W&M is not a definite choice at all over VT.  Practically already almost viewed as tied 2nd after UVA for Virginians when choosing a school.

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That's always been the case though, at least for the last 25 years. W&M is a great fit for a certain type of student but it's definitely not for everyone. For in-state kids wanting the big sports school experience, the choice has always been VT vs UVA.

I think the main thing that's changed is that VT (non-engineering) is ahead of JMU whereas in the past we thought of them as interchangeable for academics. I knew a lot of kids in high school who went to one or the other and they were all very similar students.

-- W&M '00[/quote]

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