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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W&M is always fun - massive event tbh[/quote]

[b]And my son was turned off by the vibe[/b] (and other things besides) and went elsewhere. This is exactly why Admitted Student Days are valuable: some schools look great on paper, and some campus tours are curated such that details important to your kid are glossed over... but Admitted Student Days is when colleges typically let their hair down, dorms and dining halls are open, and the nitty-gritty gets revealed.

Please attend as many of them as possible. 
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What was the turn-off for him?[/quote]

My son is a nerdy type. He did not like the really loud welcome in the sports arena. We visited examples of dorms, and they were old with no central air. The food was terrible, (but I hear that they've improved their meals since). The special program he was invited to be part of was inflexible with far less study abroad options than he was hoping for.

He went to his second choice, which turned out to be far more studious and nerdier (a plus for him), with renovated dorms, central air, better food and many more courses to choose from in the same major, plus exactly the study abroad option he was looking for.

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Where did he end up? Sounds like a great school[/quote]

Elliott School of International Affairs, at George Washington. The rest of the school isn't that highly ranked, but Elliott has a great reputation.[/quote]
NP. What was the first option you described above, the one he didn't choose? Just curious.[/quote]

W&M dual degree programme with St Andrews. It's a tiny program and VERY selective, so he was flattered to be invited. But he didn't like the W&M campus, and he was turned off by the rigidity of the course offerings, particularly at St Andrews. Elliott at GW has a lot more choices, and ultimately is the better known foreign affairs program. Price was the same, because he got merit aid from GW. So it's all good.[/quote]

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