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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W & M had 15,000 applications last year so it appears that somebody applied.[/quote]

Just saying that it's not like all kids are applying to UVA or W&M as first choices, with VT as the safety.

Maybe back in the day this was the case, but it seems now that the three are of equal stature in the kids' eyes, just different types of kids are applying to each one.  That's a good thing I think that they're trying to find the right fit vs. just legacy status.  Legacy not as in alumni but legacy as in the past.

My kid is at a STEM magnet so maybe my views are skewed by DC and friends. They report that [b]W&M is more of a SLAC, while VT is the STEM school and UVA is big state U[/b], but they're all equally good according to the kids.

Didn't mean to knock W&M.  [/quote]

You say VT is [b]the STEM[/b] school, but I don't think you can say it is stronger in science than UVA or W&M.  That isn't to say it isn't good.  UVA has the same percentage of majors as VT in  Bio/Biomed, Math/Statistics, Computer Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, and W&M has a higher percentage than either.   STEM at VT is heavy on engineering.  Among national public universities, only Berkeley produces as many STEM PHDs on a per capita basis as W&M.  And referring to UVA as Big State U when VT is significantly larger seems like a misnomer.[/quote]

I was just saying what the kids are expressing these days.  I suppose it matters if the parents feel that the kids went to a less-than university, but I would hope it matters more what the kids think, and the kids seem to think that the three are equal.  Technically I suppose the kids shouldn't give a cr@p what anyone else thinks, but I don't think we can expect that from most high schoolers with their social media lives these days.  [/quote]

I wrote the prior response.  I agree that ideally kids should just make their choice and/or live with the options they had and move on.  College shouldn't define you or what you can achieve in life.  My comment was simply about any implication that UVA and W&M aren't STEM.  They have strong options and have the same percentage of students or higher in areas like Bio/Biomed, Math/Statistics, etc.  [/quote]

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