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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there does not appear to a significant academic difference. [/quote]

There is a difference, but the significance of that difference is up for debate.[/quote]

A slight difference on paper maybe. The rankings are so similar it's hard to imagine a student from one school would seem more intelligent than the other. [/quote]

This.  The 25th percentile SAT is 1320/1350.   And 75th is 1470/1500.   Neither of those represents a marked or even noticeable difference in caliber of students.

The real differences are that a) W&L is remote while Richmond is close to, well, Richmond, b) Richmond is about 2/3 bigger (3000 vs 1800), c) Greek concentration (75% for W&L and ~20% for UR), and d) W&L has 30% varsity athletes vs 15% for UR.  No one has convinced me they have different caliber of students intellectually.  W&Ls rejection rate is higher probably because it fills about 2x its class ED as compared to UR.  Thats not necessarily more selective.  [/quote]

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