How does William and Mary compare with UVa...??

[Datkid]

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@nurjahan

UVA is far more superior academically and name-wise, and in all the aspects.

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<p>Looking at your grammar, you’re going to need every bit of that “more superior” academic instruction that UVA offers. </p>

<p>Anyways, UVA is not superior to W&M academically. W&M has undergraduate programs that are just as strong as UVA’s in most cases. I would agree that UVA is the better school for engineering and business (because of McIntire), but other than that they’re on the same level. I would even argue that W&M would be the better school for certain majors because of the location of the school (History, comes to mind). The quality of a W&M education is indiscernible of one from UVA.</p>

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@nurjahan

its echols and rodman programs vie for students accepted into harvard/stanford/penn/duke.

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<p>I’m sure W&M has more than it’s fair share of kids who turned down Ivies and other prestigious universities. I’d be willing to bet that the majority of the in-state student body turned down UVA for W&M.</p>

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@nurjahan

UVA has a higher med/dental school acceptance rate than WM.

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<p>Where’s your source?</p>

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@nurjahan

[Charlottesville’s] average annual household income is far to the top than national average.

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<p>This article paints a different picture: <a href=“http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=25000&pid=1359[/url]”>http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=25000&pid=1359&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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@The Cavalier Daily

According to the U.S. Census Board Report for 2002 on regional income and poverty, the most recent regional report, approximately 16 percent of Charlottesville residents live in poverty, compared with 7.2 percent of Albemarle County residents and 9.6 percent of Virginia residents.</p>

<p>Additionally, while the median household income is $48,224 for Virginia as a whole and $52,365 in Albemarle County, the number drops to $32,785 in the City of Charlottesville.</p>

<p>He said 12 percent of Charlottesville families are living below the poverty line, and another 12 percent would be classified as working poor. Lynch compared that 12 percent of families living below the poverty line in the City to 4.2 percent of families in Albemarle County and 4.8 percent in nearby Greene County.</p>

<p>According to the Census Bureau report, 21.8 percent of children ages 5-17 living in families in Charlottesville live in poverty, while only 7.2 percent of Albemarle County children and 11.8 percent of children statewide in the same age group live below that $18,000 line.

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