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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.[/quote]

smart decision, it's a private ivy-like education for a public school price.[/quote]

The sad thing about William & Mary is its free fall in the rankings.  It's not even a Top 50 school anymore.[/quote]

My kid loves W&M, but honestly is somewhat bothered by the lower ranking.  She is deciding between W&M (where she loves everything, but the ranking) v. UVA (where she mainly loves it for the ranking).  She understands that the ranking methodology is based on things that don't affect her personally (i.e. Pell grant recipients) - but still seeing the ranking so far away from UVA is bothersome to her.  Yet, W&M is one of those rare schools that seems to have maintained its prestige and reputation without the corresponding ranking.  I wonder if its small size made it unable to cater to the metrics that are important in the rankings.  [/quote]

DD feels pressured to go to UVA (from her friends mainly b/c of the ranking), but she, too, genuinely feels like W&M is a better fit.  She wants to like UVA b/c she is "supposed to," but keeps feeling drawn to W&M.  We are going to the admitted students event this weekend and will most likely make a decision at the end of the day.  [/quote]

DP.  My DC knew at the W&M admitted students day that it was *not* the school for her.  Your DD will probably know either way right away.[/quote]

Just curious - what specifically made the school not the right one for her based on DFAS?[/quote]

I don’t want to diss the school or have the W&M boosters jump all over me, but suffice it to say she just felt completely uncomfortable around the other admitted kids.  Totally different personalities from her.  [/quote]

Fit is an important thing!

My kid selected between 2 schools ultimately.  Both very similar academically, both with a strong stem and premed focus.  One has more LA/Humanities along with the very strong STEM/premed.  At admitted students day, my kid picked the one for mostly the same reason.  The one with LA/Humanities kids was a better fit for my kid.  My kid is all STEM but is not "nerdy/robotics/geeky" at all.  The other school tended more that way.  Every visit to the other school had my kid really seeing themselves gel with the tour guides and all the students we spoke to.  
Fit is a key factor in making decisions for most students.

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