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[quote=Anonymous]I graduated HS in 1982 in VA, and my best friend went to W&M, but I went to VT.  So clearly I had heard of both.   I did not have the stats to get into W&M, so I knew it was more selective.

With that said, I am a PhD physicist, and wish I had more of a liberal arts undergrad curriculum.  The difference in the science education at a top Liberal Arts school (W&M, for example) and VT is negligible, but a a liberal arts school, I would have had to write more, which means I would have been a good writer by college graduation rather than mediocre  after finishing my Doctorate.  I would have thus published more papers in grad school, and potentially been competitive for an academic position (I was not and am working in Applied Science division of Wayne Enterprises (e.g., working out the science of weapons systems which is morally questionable imho).

We my DD, also interested in STEM, graduated HS, on her own her first choice was VT.  I insisted she look at W&M. Just a 1 day tour.  We did, and she fell in love with it.  When she realized that Undergrad research is key to the STEM curriculum at W&M, and really excited her.  At Tech, it is possible, but most faculty focus on the grad students).

She is a freshman at W&M.  She is doing well (3.45 GPA), taking 3 STEM and one COL course each semester. And she seems happy.

As for the reputation, the big difference in W&M and VT is seen in tv shows.  West Wing never made reference to VT, but I can think of multiple references to W&M (for example schools that inference Vincik (aka Alan Alda) a place to teach after finishing his senate term.  I would rather go to a school that graduated Jon Stewart than Steve Bannon (or Richard Spencer : UVA).
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