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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back in the day I had two daughters accepted at UVA but both were only waitlisted at W&M.  It was fine because UVA was the first choice for both so whatever.

Also, I laugh at the implication that W&M is better because it either is or is perceived to be more “rigorous” (god I hate that word, which is so overused on DCUM).  Even if it is, that’s not necessarily a good thing. [/quote]

I'm the PP who wrote about my two kids at UVA and W&M.  I wasn't claiming at all that W&M is "better" because the classes are more rigorous--just that my kids when comparing it found that to be the case in their personal experience (and other posters seemed to agree).  I'm sure my eldest found the rigor frustrating at times because he had to do more work than his brother. I personally value having tough classes with supportive professors--as long as the toughness isn't pointless or arbitrary and is helping you build meaningful skills.  But I can also see that it can get stressful when you have too many of those in one semester, so you need balance too.  And sometimes it was frustrating for my W&M kid to have a class that he was taking outside of his major area to be one of the core requirements end up being a really killer workload. (One good thing to note about W&M, is that while they are tough graders, they will let you retroactively decide a couple of courses over your four years to be pass/fail if you bombed them--this helps them keep the standards high without totally killing everyone's GPA).[/quote]

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