Chance Me: ED Yale, Stanford, Amherst, EA UVA? [NV, 3.82 UW, 1560SAT, 35ACT, Anthropology, Sociology or IR,<$100k family income]

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This was a really great comment (linked below) from @NiceUnparticularMan a few days ago, highlighting William & Mary for someone looking for a Yale-or-LAC-like school that wasn’t quite as difficult to get into. Especially for someone with an interest in history, international relations, and social sciences, it could be a really great fit for you in the “Toss-up” bracket.

Chance Me - SCEA Yale or ED Dartmouth - Social Sciences and Humanities, 3.7 GPA, 1570 SAT

I don’t know what it would take to convince your parents, but William & Mary is really a great option for people who like colleges such as Yale. William & Mary is actually older than Yale (second only after Harvard), and it has a really historic-feeling campus, but with modern facilities. I really like Yale’s campus (including because I like Collegiate Gothic), but William & Mary is one of my other favorites. Also like Yale, it has long been among the favored colleges of US sociopolitical elites. Again also like Yale, it has maintained very strong departments in core humanities and social sciences, while also being quite good for natural sciences, and increasingly some tech stuff too. William & Mary grads are definitely employable! In terms of undergraduate size, there are about 6800 at William & Mary, 6750 at Yale. And actually, like Yale, William & Mary is basically a coastal college, with good access to beaches and the ocean. OK, so given all this, why isn’t William & Mary, …