Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 08:22     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
My dd got the cypher!
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 07:36     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:VA public school kid: just got the cypher postcard with a kind handwritten note!

Congrats! 💚💛
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2026 07:34     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
VA public school kid: just got the cypher postcard with a kind handwritten note!
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 20:21     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It isn’t different.


Pushed submit too soon! There are tons of mainstream kids at W&M and have been for years. This board reflects the school twenty years or more ago. I wouldn’t say the typical kid there is the same as the predominant kid at UVA, though. My kid got into both but preferred W&M in part because she felt the kids were nicer, less strivery, and more into being genuine and part of a community. She is a freshman and in a sorority and other activities and has had a great experience so far.


My kid is at UVA but was admitted to W&M as a Monroe Scholar. She’s in a sorority and I feel like she’d be in a similar group at W&M. I hope our younger kid applies to both as well.
People who paint in such broad brushes often have no real experience to speak of — just an agenda.


I think they've gotten a lot more comparable socially beyond size and athletics of course. Looking through the Instagram account another poster shared, seems like more and more people are realizing that.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 19:44     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It isn’t different.


Pushed submit too soon! There are tons of mainstream kids at W&M and have been for years. This board reflects the school twenty years or more ago. I wouldn’t say the typical kid there is the same as the predominant kid at UVA, though. My kid got into both but preferred W&M in part because she felt the kids were nicer, less strivery, and more into being genuine and part of a community. She is a freshman and in a sorority and other activities and has had a great experience so far.


My kid is at UVA but was admitted to W&M as a Monroe Scholar. She’s in a sorority and I feel like she’d be in a similar group at W&M. I hope our younger kid applies to both as well.
People who paint in such broad brushes often have no real experience to speak of — just an agenda.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 19:37     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.


WM is much more grade inflated than it used to be! Below 3.65 is below average


I've been trying to tell people the stress culture 24/7 grind nonsense is many years behind now. 53% of students made the dean's list this year.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 19:23     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Easy to find, William and Mary Dean's List
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:39     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.


WM is much more grade inflated than it used to be! Below 3.65 is below average


Where is this published?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:32     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.


WM is much more grade inflated than it used to be! Below 3.65 is below average


UVA is about 3.6.

Have to keep up with the inflation at Harvard and Brown.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:20     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.


WM is much more grade inflated than it used to be! Below 3.65 is below average
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:10     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:If it’s a handwritten note from the AO, they have started arriving.

Source?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 17:10     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.


Ha! Caught you looking.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 17:08     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Anonymous wrote:Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.


Everyone? No one’s looking. And like half the class is in the dean’s list.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 16:59     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
Sure would be nice to get a card for my younger one, but at least they finally published the Dean's List so everyone can see my older one.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 16:48     Subject: William & Mary Cypher
If it’s a handwritten note from the AO, they have started arriving.