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It doesn't have stats (GPA, SAT, ACT), though.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like?

This has been mentioned her many times, and hotly contested by W&M fans. The vibe to my kids was somewhat nerdy, try hards, serious students but quirky and friendly. When we visited everyone looked very stressed and hardly any smiles.

My DS liked it but not as much as UVA so it was second choice. my DD hated it.

+2 This is what my 3 kids said too. Plus, the social life is boring. Their words, not mine.

But W&M is #9 for happiest students and #5 for students love their college based on Princeton Review student and alumni surveys.

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Anonymous wrote:The vibe for WM is small liberal arts. Nothing wrong with that a lot of people enjoy it, but it tends to generate a strong reaction. Either love or hate rarely meh.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like?

This has been mentioned her many times, and hotly contested by W&M fans. The vibe to my kids was somewhat nerdy, try hards, serious students but quirky and friendly. When we visited everyone looked very stressed and hardly any smiles.

My DS liked it but not as much as UVA so it was second choice. my DD hated it.

+2 This is what my 3 kids said too. Plus, the social life is boring. Their words, not mine.

But W&M is #9 for happiest students and #5 for students love their college based on Princeton Review student and alumni surveys.

Just saying I could count the number of smiles we saw on two hands lol this was in November maybe that’s why. The tour was great. Loved the tour guide. I really liked the school but yeah they didn’t look like they were having fun. And maybe that IS fun for these kids. It was a beautiful sunny day and people were out reading books but no one playing sports or throwing a frisbee.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like?

This has been mentioned her many times, and hotly contested by W&M fans. The vibe to my kids was somewhat nerdy, try hards, serious students but quirky and friendly. When we visited everyone looked very stressed and hardly any smiles.

My DS liked it but not as much as UVA so it was second choice. my DD hated it.

+2 This is what my 3 kids said too. Plus, the social life is boring. Their words, not mine.

But W&M is #9 for happiest students and #5 for students love their college based on Princeton Review student and alumni surveys.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like?

This has been mentioned her many times, and hotly contested by W&M fans. The vibe to my kids was somewhat nerdy, try hards, serious students but quirky and friendly. When we visited everyone looked very stressed and hardly any smiles.

My DS liked it but not as much as UVA so it was second choice. my DD hated it.

+2 This is what my 3 kids said too. Plus, the social life is boring. Their words, not mine.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like?

This has been mentioned her many times, and hotly contested by W&M fans. The vibe to my kids was somewhat nerdy, try hards, serious students but quirky and friendly. When we visited everyone looked very stressed and hardly any smiles.

My DS liked it but not as much as UVA so it was second choice. my DD hated it.

+2 This is what my 3 kids said too. Plus, the social life is boring. Their words, not mine.

DS chose W&M because he is nerdy, quirky, works hard (if that's what you mean by a try hard), serious student who prefers a laid back (no drinking and hard parties) social life. We visited a few times. DS also shadowed in the classroom and spent a few hours with a student ambassador.

And that’s great. My DS was so close between UVA and W&M but went with Uva. Would’ve been happy ant either school. There is nothing wrong with “the vibe” just that is suits some kids and not others.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred from Nova HS 4.1 w, 1450 SAT, lots of ECs, white male, applied to Pamplin
Afraid we are on the deferred/waitlist/deny train.

So Va Tech is harder to get into than William & Mary? I just read the William & Mary ED thread and almost all the accepted stats are around 4.1 or 4.2 weighted with lower SAT. Some 4.0 weighted.

For Virginians, VT and W&M are practically peer schools right below UVA.
Some Engineering majors at VT are considered peer to UVA.

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Also, many kids just don’t like the vibe at W&M and don’t even apply. For certain students W&M is amazing. None of my DC’s friends applied to W&M. Most applied to UVA and VT.

What's the vibe that they don't like? Honest question from mom of potential applicant...

DS didn’t apply. The reputation is that the students don’t really party and have social fun. The school environment is very liberal and predominantly female. It’s liberal arts based and not as strong for hard sciences.

From my experience, a colleague’s son went a hated it there. I know two other women who went there and neither went to many parties with drinking. I

My DS is probably going to ED there and he’s hoping it’s true It’s not a party school! So, for some kids that’s positive about the vibe. I don’t think it’s true that it’s bad in sciences. I think the sciences are strong just that it’s not an engineering and CS school. I think bio, chem and physics are supposed to be good.

Yes, sciences are very strong with lots of professor contact and research opportunities since it’s a small school. I think lots of people confuse Engineering with science.