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Anonymous wrote:CNU is small like W&M, nearby, and in state tuition. She sounds likely for W&M but would probably get honors at CNU (possibly with merit money). Ask her how to get onto your high schools’s Naviance and look at scattergrams. They will show the stats of other applicants to W&M from your school.

I think that Covid-19 makes it more important for anyone who’s not wealthy to focus on in-state publics, or HYPS type schools with huge endowments.

If a school is going to have a lot of chaos, the idea of paint $70,000 all in for a chaotic year at that school is going to be painful.

And, if a school has some kind of shutdown or other emergency, getting your kid home from an in-state school might be a lot easier than getting your kid home from the middle of Ohio.

School in the middle of Ohio (presumably rural) will fare better during Covid.

I disagree. Small rural schools have a prayer of creating a bubble. Large state universities, where many kids live off campus, cannot.

Anonymous wrote:CNU is small like W&M, nearby, and in state tuition. She sounds likely for W&M but would probably get honors at CNU (possibly with merit money). Ask her how to get onto your high schools’s Naviance and look at scattergrams. They will show the stats of other applicants to W&M from your school.

I think that Covid-19 makes it more important for anyone who’s not wealthy to focus on in-state publics, or HYPS type schools with huge endowments.

If a school is going to have a lot of chaos, the idea of paint $70,000 all in for a chaotic year at that school is going to be painful.

And, if a school has some kind of shutdown or other emergency, getting your kid home from an in-state school might be a lot easier than getting your kid home from the middle of Ohio.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon. Davidson. Mary Washington

Davidson is a safety for no one. It is significantly harder admit than W&M with a 19% acceptance rate and is light years better than Elon and Mary Washington. It's a toss up whether Davidson or Wash & Lee is the best SLAC in the south.

I agree Davidson would not be a safety, but W&M has a higher 75th percentile SAT, ACT, and higher top 10% and high school GPA stats than Davidson. Acceptance rate should not be only indicator of a "harder admit."

I like Kalamazoo for pre-med. The college that looks most like W&M is Miami of Ohio. Miami of Ohio is much more of a party school, though. If she likes a chill atmosphere, maybe Case Western Reserve? Good shadowing opportunities at Case and at Kalamazoo.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon. Davidson. Mary Washington

Likely bored at Mary Washington unless she likes a low key atmosphere.

I went to Mary Washington and wasn't bored at all. I loved everything about it. People want different things.

If you.like W&M for it's LAC qualities, look for safeties among the LACs. Mid to LACs offer merit aid. Many would likely meet in-state Virginia prices, especially Virgina LACs.

Anonymous wrote:Elon. Davidson. Mary Washington

Davidson is a safety for no one. It is significantly harder admit than W&M with a 19% acceptance rate and is light years better than Elon and Mary Washington. It's a toss up whether Davidson or Wash & Lee is the best SLAC in the south.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD also has W&M as first choice. She's interested in sciences, particularly ecology. Also on her list are Wooster, St. Mary's of Maryland, Mt. Holyoke, Juniata. In state she'll apply to Mary Washington and VT. VT of course not at all like the others but it has a very strong natural resources school and that particular program is not big. So, at least considering it as an option.. She didn't like CNU.

This is a very good list for a kid who wants to study Biology at a SLAC.

Im PP who said Mary Washington May feel too small. However, it’s a good place to start and then transfer to VT for science or natural resources. You avoid the huge into classes for a better start and seminars, then switch to VT for lab opportunities etc. Mount Holyoke good for sciences. If she’s sure she wants ecology natural resources, look at SUNY Environmental which lets you take some liberal arts classes at Syracuse. Decent merit aid for out of state there, but it’s def not a liberal arts college. So if she likes the W and M vibe SUNY Environmental may not Be a match. Look at Cornell.

William and Mary is sui generis, mostly because it’s public.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

UVA is a safety for W&M? Ok

Why did you take the bait?

Anonymous wrote:Elon. Davidson. Mary Washington

Likely bored at Mary Washington unless she likes a low key atmosphere.

It’s hard to find another VA public college like W&M. If these other choices offer FA that’s good but if not then whole different approach. VTECH. for safety.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

UVA is a safety for W&M? Ok

I suspect they were really suggesting to apply to UVA as well.

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