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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious. For those whose kids top choice is W&M, how would you describe them? What majors are they pursuing?

We're starting to look at colleges for our son, and of all the in state schools, I think W&M would be the best choice for him because it's small and has a reputation for not being a big party school (assuming he could get in).

But I have a friend who went there in the 90s and was the president of her sorority and tells a different story. I didn't really even know W&M HAD sororities!

My husband is a legacy (graduate school as an adult). I don't know if that helps. I'm also a little on the fence because Williamsburg is such a blah town, if you're not really into history. But it definitely seems like the best choice in Virginia if you're looking for a strong and small college.

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My kid's top choice was WM, so he did ED for WM and EA for UVA.  Got into both, but obviously withdrew the UVA app.  He's a senior now and no regrets! He's an international relations major.  His main reason was the depth of undergraduate research opportunities and the size--that midsize is rare.  He parties quite a bit but I think it would be worse at UVA (and I think he knew that).  He's had a lot of opportunities for research that seem like graduate research to me--presenting research with professors at conferences, paid travel opportunities for research (the year before covid hit!).  Their Global Research Institute is really impressive and undergraduates are doing major work with complex statistical software etc.  Like the other poster, he joined a frat and they do drink quite a bit, but it's not what I think of as the typical frat culture.  (The first fraternity was founded at W&M--so there's definitely a history there!)[/quote]

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