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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elon is a nice campus, similar size. Easier acceptance rate. Mine is at WM, but also applied there and Wake. [/quote]

Interesting.
Did you kid visit Wake before applying? I know the stats are similar to W&M but the student vibe is completely different so just wondering.[/quote]

OP here. Wake is too expensive and doesn’t seem to give much merit aid. I’m sure it’s nice but doesn’t seem like a realistic option for us. I think the same of Richmond. [/quote]

It’s hard to find a similar size, similar geography that offers merit and has close to the same reputation as W&M.  Mostly what we found were smaller size and further away. Maybe Denison for mid-west, University of Richmond for a VA LAC and Lafayette for a Pennsylvania LAC. If applicable , a women’s college that offers merit and is in a consortium like Smith or Bryn Mawr.  While not a LAC, maybe Case Western. Not sure of your max budget but Richmond offers merit - including presidential 1/3 tuition scholarship.

If we had been in-state, my kid probably would have applied ED for W&M because most of the higher ranked schools would be at least double the cost (if you don’t qualify for need-based aid). Based on where and how much merit my kids got at other schools, they had to go a tier down to a likely school to have a good chance of the bigger merit (25-40K vs 0-20K).[/quote]

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