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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Villanova - admittedly it was a cold and grey day when we went, but the campus felt really uninviting.

Harvard - we didn't do a tour, and DD wasn't really interested in applying, but we popped over to Cambridge when visiting Boston. It felt like a tourist trap!

Duke - the main, historic part of the campus was beautiful, but it felt a bit [i]too[/i] manicured - like a Disney world type place. And the rest of the campus was mediocre.

[b]Surprised by all the William & Mary comments - we had the opposite experience! DD loved W&M even more after the tour.[/b] [/quote]

Definitely appeals to different types of kids... my son hated it but my daughter loved it![/quote]

Agree - I had one hate it and one love it. I felt like the Colonial Williamsburg aspect can be a real turn off for some kids, even though my DS who attends there considers that a non-issue. I had a friend who's DD saw a Thomas Jefferson walking around the town and said "forget it."  My nephew from NC got on the cypher postcards indicating likely admission and I am figuring out with my sister the best time to visit to make him love it![/quote]

I spent 4 years at William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg never really factored.  I would go for runs (and some walks) through the colonial part of town, which was nice because cars are restricted, but other than that, it didn't really have much impact on me.[/quote]

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