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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W&M hypes the sciences on tours because they already have a strong brand around humanities and social sciences, and the primary head-to-head school they're competing with for in-state students is UVA, which … has an engineering program. In a lot of peoples' minds — even in this thread — STEM === Engineering. So it makes sense that W&M would emphasize that they're a "liberal arts and sciences" school.

They already have the ear of the political science or English major. They want to capture the imagination of the "I'm thinking chemistry or bio?" major who's currently planning on something like EDing at Rice and then EAing at UVA (despite preferring something smaller).[/quote]

I'm not so sure about this.  W&M has always had great success with pre-med students who gain acceptance to med school thanks to majoring in science.  65-85% of W&M students applying to med school with at least a B+ average typically gain admission.  W&M students have a higher acceptance rate, 70 to 61%, to medical school compared to UVa.  Because the schools are much different in size, in terms of absolute #s UVa probably sends more grads to medical school, but you see the point.  [/quote]

You need to cite your sources.  Otherwise, you’re just making up numbers.
DP[/quote]

Google it for yourself.[/quote]

You must be new here.  Don't make claims that YOU can't back up with citations.[/quote]

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