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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago, when it still was mostly male, it seemed to possibly be a sort of safety valve school for the mediocre sons of rich parents.  Maybe things have changed.  It is well ranked.  But the last name “Lee” is not on trend...[/quote]

W&L has always been well regarded. Not a safety school for mediocre sons. Which means you know little of how the South traditionally viewed W&L. It was a regional college in the same sense Haverford and Bowdoin in the northeast drew heavily from a certain segment of the northeast's population with some coming from further afield for the excellent academics. Same for W&L except it was the Southern version.

You're thinking of Hampden-Sydney. Or Randolph-Macon.

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DP.   Growing up in DC and graduating from a cathedral school in the late 80’s I can assure you that W&L was viewed as nothing more than a safety and hardly in the same league as Bowdoin or Haverford.[/quote]

I suspect your bias has little to do with reality. W&L along with Davidson always had a reputation for strong liberal arts academics in the South. The school didn't miraculously reinvent itself into a well regarded LAC in the last 20 or 30 years.

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Yes but he graduated from a cathedral school so...[/quote]

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