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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W&M has the highest median parental income out of all public universities for a reason.

Honestly, low and middle-income students shouldn't be attending W&M to begin with. LACs all tend to be specialized in graduate/professional school, which many low and middle income cannot go to without having parental support throughout ones 20's. The school doesn't have any engineering or tech-related majors (except CS), which are the ones that pay well with only a bachelors. It's too small and far away from major metros for many companies to recruit from, so many students get internships/jobs with parental networks. Plus it's easily the most expensive public at $40k/year for in-state. [/quote]

W&M meets 100% of demonstrated financial need in state. Even more than UVA typically. My middle class friend's son only pays about 18k/yr total. Cheaper than any other major public he got accepted at.[/quote]

Doesn't change the fact that it's geared towards professional/graduate schools, [b]lacks recruitment[/b] due to it's small size, lacks the engineering/IT  degrees that tend to be greatest movers from low/middle-income to high income with a bachelors, etc.

Covering demonstrate need is great for low income, but not for middle income. Most middle-income families get donut holed.[/quote]

I have to disagree with the "lacks recruitment" statement  My DS just graduated from W&M last year.  He landed a very high paying job with ZERO support from his family - other than listening to him talk about the process and bouncing ideas off of him when he received four very generous offers.  My DS did all his job search with the career center on campus.  He had his job offers before Thanksgiving of his senior year.  And this was during Covid when almost every single one of his contacts with a company was done virtually.  W&M was just recently ranked the #5 public school in the country for salaries in finance.  [/quote]

+1 We are middle class and have zero connections in the field my kid chose which isn't known for being a high-paying one, but he landed a great job before graduation through the W&M career services--solid-paying, good growth opportunities, work he enjoys.  Job offer was spring his senior year.  Really happy with how things turned out.[/quote]

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