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[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]

You need to separate that thinking. We have been working on it with my son--also received the Monroe scholarship.  He has gotten into higher 'ranked' schools--including GU, UVA, BC, some West Coast, etc. and waitlisted at 2 from HPYSM.

Cost is a big factor--so he leans toward UVA because in his mind the 'ranking'. I think its hard for these kids that are high stat and measure their success by going to highest ranked schools. This is undergrad I remind him and what he needs to look at is what undergrad is giving him what he needs the most now.  My husband and I like the fact that WM is smaller and all courses taught by professors. From the alum we know--grad schools and employers in the DMV love WM students. It is known to be very rigorous in comparison to some of the schools my kid was accepted to.

This post-grad job placement is very, very high---upper 90% and their placement in law/grad programs is excellent.

I worry at a bigger school they are more a dime a dozen.  The referrals from profs and those relationships are key--as well as being able to get courses scheduled, internships--which also great network-DC semester interships, etc.  [/quote]

All of this is why my DS chose W&M. Paying literally double for some privates with perhaps a smidge more prestige didn’t make sense. We are very impressed the more we learn about W&M. We hope it’s a great experience. [/quote]

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