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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp, how do you know your b point, that [b]wm treats Ed and rd applicants the same[/b]? There are ppl on this thread who talk about likely differential treatment.

It’s just odd that there’s only one public in the country (as far as I know, Ed and no ea) to do what they’re doing. Maybe you work for wm or have a kid there, but it’s out of sync for a school that says that it wants to boost economic diversity.[/quote]

I don't work for WM nor have a kid there--though have a kid who is a junior who is interested in applying to WM and LACs and so I have researched these things as we are not high income and she is considering where and whether to do ED.  As for evidence for b point, the admitted applicant profile in GPA/SAT is consistently nearly identical for ED and RD (with often more students submitting test scores ED). So the odds may be better ED because they accept all students who meet their high standards for admitted applicants (providing they also meet their desires for ECs, quality recommendations etc), but the standards are the same.  This is not true for many (but not all) private LACs where the admitted student profiles of ED students are somewhat lower, or there are more test optional applicants.  Also, all private LACs do not necessarily make the statement that they treat ED and RD the same with regard to financial and merit aid.

WM is the only public who have a lot its students whose main alternative is a private liberal arts college--that's why it's out of sync in application processes compared to other publics, but it does everything "right" to make it an okay decision to choose ED even if you're low or middle income.  It may make it a little harder for people with UMC incomes, but since W&M is the most expensive in-state public, they have no problem attracting those.  [/quote]

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