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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Son is struggling between University of Maryland and William & Mary. 
 
Major = economics
Straight A student in high school
accepted in Scholars at Umd and James Madison scholars at W&M

Worried that there is little school spirit at W&M and there will be little to do other than studying with the high academic rigor often spoke about at W&M.

First impression of UMD was that it was [b]"so big....I'm going to get lost"....[/b]but has school spirit.  He knows that he will find his way if he went there.

University of Md is our state school but was given some aid to attend W&M.

He needs to make the decision but is struggling.  First of many struggles in life, I know.  I would love to hear from any parents or students in the same situation.  He will make the best of either situation, I"m sure.  As his parent, I see him feeling "stuck".  Not sure what else we can offer to help him make the decision.  [/quote]

Your kid won't get lost at UMD. While its campus is physically large, it won't matter. He will have classes with same kids over the 4 years. [/quote]

Not to hijack the thread but can you explain this? Is it just because OP’s kid is in honors? What about kids who aren’t? I went to a school half as big as Maryland and only had the same classmates in a couple of my major classes. [/quote]

No, not scholars/honors or anything like that (my three kids were in honors for full disclosure). It's just that kids with same majors have to take same classes (different times maybe) over the years. They will see the same kids. Upper classes are not as big either (classroom size). OP's kid may have a couple of classes in large lecture halls but I doubt that many. [/quote]

New poster - our DS got UMD Scholars (in state)  but waitlisted at W&M.  Sounds like yours got money from W&M and yet regular admit to UMD.  Strange.[/quote]

Curious....Why is this "strange"?[/quote]

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