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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this level, its rather dumb to worry about the &quot;name recognition&quot; of Virginia Tech vs. W&M. Both are very unrecognized schools nationally, and perhaps decently known regionally.

Most people haven't even heard of Dartmouth, until you tell them that it's in the Ivy League.

Have you heard of Case Western? Wake Forest? Colorado School of Mines? Would you really be impressed if you met a student from one of these schools, or would you either think its a random school you've never heard of, or that perhaps this student is potentially above-average in intelligence? Same goes for Michigan State, NC State, Texas A&M if in engineering.

In industry, Virginia Tech is going to be more well-recognized for engineering, but its no where close to the national/international reputation of schools like Purdue.

Perhaps W&M would help in DC politics/government jobs or graduate studies in the liberal arts and may have a very slight edge for law school.

In terms of regional reputation, W&M students are generally considered smarter in DC-metro area since its a much smaller school, unless its VT engineering.

But nationally, both schools are relatively unknown.

So considering their national reputation for both is so-so, and ignoring size/location/fit, the general advice holds:

Liberal arts, politics, perhaps graduate/medical/law school since smaller school grants better recommendation letters -&gt; W&M
Any Engineering -&gt; Virginia Tech

Business -&gt; Neither, aim for UVA or Georgetown[/quote]

Less than 1/3rd of all U.S. citizens can name the three branches of government.  Kyrie Irving, a person admitted to Duke University believes the earth is flat. I don't think what most people don't know is the best way of looking at it.

And by the way, I am familiar with Case Western, Wake Forest, and Colorado School of Mines and know they are all very good schools.  [/quote]

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