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Anonymous wrote:Seems like your kid can’t go wrong. I don’t know enough about Lewis and Clark to give an informed opinion. But, I have a kid at WM and would say:

If they want to go to grad school, don’t take out loans for WM over accepting the posse placement. It’s not a cheap school, so if you can’t comfortably full pay, strongly consider L&C.

Greek life at WM is a small part of the social scene, because it’s less intense and less exclusive than at many southern schools. This not buying the perfect wardrobe for rush, it’s all about big sports and tailgating, UAB type Greek (WM has a decent football team in a nothing D1 league and is not exactly known for sports).

LGBTQ+ is very accepted on campus. And I say that as a parent of a kid who falls into that category. W&M ranks very well on LGBTQ friendly on lists like niche and Princeton Review. Again, this isn’t a traditional southern school.

If your kid decides to give up posse for WM, apply ED. “My kid shouldn’t have any problem getting into WM” are famous last words in NoVA.

Good luck! Reality is your kid will probably be happy and do very well at either school.

Our kid was a Posse finalist too and matched with a LAC that was not really on their radar. They went with W&M RD as the LAC felt too small to them. Kid let W&M know in an email they made finalist, but really wanted W&M (application to W&M was submitted before the Posse finalist notification).

The prior posted made some good points, especially regarding finances.

Good Luck!

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Anonymous wrote:My niece is there and loves it. Very easy to find your place there. Kind students and faculty are very, very accessible. I haven't seen it, but apparently the campus is stunning. It's on the edge of Portland, which is a great city.

And of course, William and Mary is a great place. Probably the most intellectual environment of any state school in the country.

Oh, dear... no.

Among state schools? Name others. I'm not saying highest scoring students (Berkeley and UCLA beat everyone), and also not saying best university (lots are better overall, from Michigan and Berkeley on down). But for an environment where students and professors are seriously discussing and pursuing knowledge, I don't know better for state schools than William and Mary. But let me know if you have other nominees. I'm definitely Interested

It's kind of amusing that you don't think Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, et al are "environments where students and professors are seriously discussing and pursuing knowledge." Nope, just W&M! I mean, seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:My niece is there and loves it. Very easy to find your place there. Kind students and faculty are very, very accessible. I haven't seen it, but apparently the campus is stunning. It's on the edge of Portland, which is a great city.

And of course, William and Mary is a great place. Probably the most intellectual environment of any state school in the country.

I should add that i agree that, for better or worse, it's mostly west coast students. But for a non-binary DC, that seems to be a plus over Virginia with Youngkin as governor.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My niece is there and loves it. Very easy to find your place there. Kind students and faculty are very, very accessible. I haven't seen it, but apparently the campus is stunning. It's on the edge of Portland, which is a great city.

And of course, William and Mary is a great place. Probably the most intellectual environment of any state school in the country.

Oh, dear... no.

Among state schools? Name others. I'm not saying highest scoring students (Berkeley and UCLA beat everyone), and also not saying best university (lots are better overall, from Michigan and Berkeley on down). But for an environment where students and professors are seriously discussing and pursuing knowledge, I don't know better for state schools than William and Mary. But let me know if you have other nominees. I'm definitely Interested

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to apply early action to other schools while you are waiting for a final decision from Posse?

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to apply early action to other schools while you are waiting for a final decision from Posse?

Anonymous wrote:OP here again. Decision has been made! DC decided not to move forward with the posse program. I think a came down to a coin toss, and I'm not joking. I suggested lots of ways of making a decision similar to the helpful posts from others here, but none of them really worked for DC. But DC said they are feeling fine about the decision (but admitted they would probably also feel fine if they had made the opposite decision). These 17/18 year olds are really becoming their own people, with their own decisions to make, and sometimes seemingly nonsensical decision making process. But I guess it's a part of parenting this age to learn to live with it and support them. Anyway, here's hoping DC gets into some schools they want and that they offer some merit (hope that common data set doesn't lead us astray!) so that DC will have options.

Thanks for all the input everyone!