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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had an experience similar to yours when we visited.  Prior to this, I didn’t know much about Mary Washington and my daughter and I were both pleasantly surprised.[b]I too don’t get why it flies under the radar.[/b]  [/quote]

[b]Maybe because it's ranked 149th among Liberal Arts Colleges by USNWR? [/b] I didn't even know there were that many LACs.  [/quote]

The point is why does it rank 149th? [b] The school seems to have a lot going for it.[/b] That’s the mystery.

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Other than academics. It has an 80% acceptance rate and is thought of as a safety for kids trying to get into JMU or VCU. Part of what makes SLACs good is the student body and Mary Washington isn't selective enough.[/quote]

No way. VCU is far below UMW. It's a school for druggie artist wannabees.[/quote]

What do you think UMW is? It's basically open enrollment and still can't get numbers it wants [/quote]

Nah.  That’s not accurate.  UMW attracts and enrolls good students.  It’s self-selecting. [/quote]

Its enrollment is shrinking and not by choice [/quote]

The pandemic cratered enrollment at every single college and university in the country. Radford University lost 35% of its enrollment for two years. This is not a reflection on the school but a reflection of the pandemic. You'd know this if you worked in higher education. But you don't, so you spout off BS like this instead.[/quote]

UVA, VT, W&M,  JMU and GMU all had higher freshmen enrollments in 2022-23 than 2018-19. UMW shrank [/quote]

Let the numbers speak for themselves -- just select the relevant fields in SCHEV to do the comparisons.  It shows that overall applications to UMW (not just enrollment) this year are down considerably from 2018 and that's NOT the case for UVA, VT, W&M and JMU -- some major increases there.  Why this is, I don't know, although perhaps test optional has caused some students to focus on the more selective schools.  CNU appears to have remained more or less static apart from a one-year dip.

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B8_Report_new.asp

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It's not just applications, enrollment grew at the other schools and shrank and UMW. In 2018-19 the rejected almost 1/3 of applicants in 2022-23, they had a 15.7% rejection rate. A school that gets fewer applications, accepts a higher percentage of them and is still shrinking is not healthy [/quote]

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