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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.  [/quote]

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.[/quote]

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT. [/quote]

What's the vibe that they don't like? Honest question from mom of potential applicant...

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DS didn’t apply. The reputation is that the students don’t really party and have social fun. The school environment is very liberal and predominantly female. It’s liberal arts based and not as strong for hard sciences.

From my experience, a colleague’s son went a hated it there. I know two other women who went there and neither went to many parties with drinking. I [/quote]

My DS is probably going to ED there and he’s hoping it’s true It’s not a party school! So, for some kids that’s positive about the vibe. I don’t think it’s true that it’s bad in sciences. I think the sciences are strong just that it’s not an engineering and CS school. I think bio, chem and physics are supposed to be good.[/quote]

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