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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are new to VA. Curious about the academic rigor for W&M. Anyone with experience watching their kid from NoVa go there and feel successful, supported academically? Is it competitive? Is it a grind culture? Our tour was rather flat on academics, more look see / ooh aah to the campus & the fixation on the new building/ stem programs. Our DC might not even get in, given stats, but would like to know what the learning and study culture is like. TIA [/quote]

If you think your kid’s stats might not be enough to get in, then the level of rigor is more than sufficient for them.[/quote]

Correct.

They deflate more than elite schools for sure, and the courses themselves are challenging. The professors give more C range grades than are given at elites but they remain the minority often around 1/3 of any given stem course. There is no regurgitation of homework problems to get an A and one must invest a lot of time studying for the more difficult courses. 
Anyone who is borderline to get in should expect 3.5 Gpa and that will be with hard work. [/quote]

This may have been true a decade ago but I believe over half of the student body makes deans list (3.6+) each semester so I would say there is definitely inflation there like at pretty much every school. [/quote]

I’m a hiring manager at a major consulting firm in the DC area and I can tell you grades don’t really matter as long as they are not many Cs. What does matter is how they think, how they present themselves, how they problem solve, original thought and not regurgitation, etc. We have a very rigorous interview process. And [b]we also have an unofficial “snowflake test” to screen  out individuals who will most likely become a legal problem.[/b] [/quote]

good[/quote]

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