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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they are equal in reputation so would let student pick which they prefer, assuming cost is similar.[/quote]

They absolutely aren't[/quote]
You're right. UMD is ranked higher (46) than WM (53). 
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities[/quote]

And yet, according to Parchment, when applicants are admitted to both, they choose W&M over UMD-CP 70% to 30%.  Revealed preference tells us a lot more than pseudoscience rankings.   [/quote]
preferences can be about many things, and not necessarily about academics.[/quote]

Yes, but what makes a university “better” than another if not the revealed preference of a population who can choose between them?  What you think is important is NOT the only criteria in evaluating a university.  And there is no way accurate way to measure the “academics” between the two in a way that you can say flatly one is stronger than the other.  Sure UMD is bigger and offers things that W&M does not, but what W&M does do I think it does quite well.[/quote]

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