W&M is HARDER to get in to by the simple fact that their freshman class is only about 1500 students and UVA’s first year class is about 3,700. Approximately 70% of students must come from VA. We are in state and maybe three from our high school get into W&M compared to about ten to UVA.
If you are looking for merit aid consider VCU. They give a lot of departmental scholarships. There is a big push on, according to our local newspaper, to enroll more African American students. Also University of Richmond, which is private, is known to be generous. They have a law school. Most lawyers here (Richmond) went there or UVA with a sprinkle of W&M.