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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][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]
+1 my daughter had the exact same experience.  There’s definitely a certain type of student who goes to w&m.[/quote]

It's a little disheartening to hear adults drawing sweeping conclusions based on their kid's ONE day on a campus surrounded by kids who may or may not choose to go to that school. I hope your kids grow up to be more critical thinkers. [/quote]

This is the dumbest comment.  They literally go there to see what kind of school they want. It is to define if they want a small or big or city or small town….it is literally to critically think of the type of school that they want in their school. 🤣 [/quote]

I was referring to the dumb comment that, based on her daughter’s one day on campus, she can confidently state that there’s a very particular type of kid who goes to WM. [/quote]

DP.  That's not a "dumb comment" at all.  You go to admitted students' day to see *what kind of students will be attending the school.*  Sure, a lot may not wind up choosing that school, but at least you can get a good idea of what kind of kids WILL be attending.  I'm sure you found ASDs helpful at the campuses your kid(s) visited.[/quote]

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