Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:50     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It sounds so immature when school boosters respond to "hurt feelings" but saying that the poster's loved one must not have gotten in.

Grow up and argue based on substance people.


+1

It's a fine school. It's not the greatest. It's going downhill rapidly. And yes, before the crazy W&M boosters show up, I'm an alum.


I doubt that.


Same here.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:50     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
It’s difficult to argue that the school that educated Thomas Jefferson and Jen Psaki doesn’t have some solid claim to prestige.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:26     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It sounds so immature when school boosters respond to "hurt feelings" but saying that the poster's loved one must not have gotten in.

Grow up and argue based on substance people.


+1

It's a fine school. It's not the greatest. It's going downhill rapidly. And yes, before the crazy W&M boosters show up, I'm an alum.


I doubt that.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:23     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Yes.

End the thread.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:17     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.


Wrong take, most people don't even know that their are 8 ivy league schools. Williams, Amherst and others are extremely prestigious. What the working class and poor think of colleges does not matter. I've met many people that have no clue what Princeton is.


Exactly. "Prestigious" doesn't mean "good football team".
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 10:08     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.


Wrong take, most people don't even know that their are 8 ivy league schools. Williams, Amherst and others are extremely prestigious. What the working class and poor think of colleges does not matter. I've met many people that have no clue what Princeton is.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 07:45     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.



The median person in this country has never heard of MIT or Princeton. They have heard of Ohio State and Alabama.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 07:30     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.



What you think and reality, are two different things here. There are a lot of "national" schools, particularly private ones. William and Mary isn't one of them, being public and somewhat more regional. But if you don't think Columbia, Penn, Northwestern, Hopkins and so on, aren't "national" schools, I don't know what to tell you.


+1
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 07:21     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It sounds so immature when school boosters respond to "hurt feelings" but saying that the poster's loved one must not have gotten in.

Grow up and argue based on substance people.


+1

It's a fine school. It's not the greatest. It's going downhill rapidly. And yes, before the crazy W&M boosters show up, I'm an alum.


Why do you think that it’s going downhill rapidly?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 07:09     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.



What you think and reality, are two different things here. There are a lot of "national" schools, particularly private ones. William and Mary isn't one of them, being public and somewhat more regional. But if you don't think Columbia, Penn, Northwestern, Hopkins and so on, aren't "national" schools, I don't know what to tell you.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 06:47     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
It's too expensive

That St Andrew's combined program is really expensive
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2021 00:42     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:It sounds so immature when school boosters respond to "hurt feelings" but saying that the poster's loved one must not have gotten in.

Grow up and argue based on substance people.


+1

It's a fine school. It's not the greatest. It's going downhill rapidly. And yes, before the crazy W&M boosters show up, I'm an alum.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2021 23:10     Subject: Is W&M a prestigious college?
It sounds so immature when school boosters respond to "hurt feelings" but saying that the poster's loved one must not have gotten in.

Grow up and argue based on substance people.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2021 23:05     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
Anonymous wrote:No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.



Sorry you or your loved one didn’t get it. It’s a great school especially for instate Virginians and it’s students score well in world wide competitive scholarships like Rhodes, Marshall, etc. My DD is at Ixford now for grad work (from UVA) and says there are a lot of W&M students doing grad work at both Oxford and Cambridge
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2021 22:21     Subject: Re:Is W&M a prestigious college?
No, it's not. Perhaps within the state of VA.

I'd define "prestigious" as a school that has for a long time viewed as elite not just by the wealthy/well-educated, but also by the vast swathes of the population.

Outside of Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, I don't think any top privates even would be considered prestigious nationally. Doesn't mean that they aren't prestigious regionally.