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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We recently took our DS on tours of UVA, VT, Radford, JMU, and UMW.

UMW was our favorite hands down. Beautiful campus, more than enough offerings- no Greek scene (son isn't a partier), ridiculously affordable and small enough to not get lost. All the others minus Radford just seemed so huge and overwhelming. I get that the academics might be stronger at UVA and Tech, [b]but not if you're a middle of the road undecided student.
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Why isn't UMW more popular?[/quote]

Well you may have answered your own question. Many students, especially around here, don't want to go to the 149th ranked LAC with a bunch of "middle of the road undecided students."  But if you liked it, by all means apply.  It shouldn't be that hard to get in since the acceptance rate is 82%.[/quote]

What a snarky and incorrect statement. [b]About 95% of my DD's and DS's friends had literally no clue what they wanted to study when they left for school. [/b]And the ones that were [i]certain[/i] they wanted to study medicine and computer science ended up studying education and engineering. A junior in HS is very different than a sophomore in college.[/quote]

Really?  Just go ahead and fill out a college application these days and tell them you "literally have no clue what you want to study."  I think that'd go into the reject pile pronto. Except maybe at schools like UMW with acceptance rates of 82%, and even they might have second thought on such an applicant.[/quote]

My kids pretty much said exactly that in their SLAC interviews, and between the two of them got into multiple top 10 and top 20 SLACs (and also UVA and W&M btw) -- all while being very clear that they were undecided and had widely varying interests.  This was universally met with "that's ok, most students are that way here, or if they start out thinking what they want to study, they change anyway."  My DS changed his mind on his major 4 times before settling on his major, which he didn't need to declare until late sophomore year.  My DD's best friend is headed off to an Ivy in the fall, having told them he wants to maybe major in French or Chemistry or Environmental Studies.  I'd say if you are headed to a SLAC or a College of Arts & Sciences at a larger university its very common.

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