Richmond or W&M?

IAmTheRainKng
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:02:25 +0000

Well, even with my low GPA I’m sure I would have been accepted to W+M because:
1-I’m an in state male
2- I aced both William and Mary classes I had the privilege of taking
3- I had the acting Dean of Undergraduate Studies write me a letter of recommendation to UR only after he and I had an hour long conversation about my future educational opportunities. In a freak twist of good fortune I had been allowed to take an already overloaded history class that this same kind man taught.
4-My SAT breakdown wasn’t brilliant, but with a 610M and a 770V I put myself in the running to go to W+M
5-My extracurriculars were abnormal in the sense that I did things like work in an outdoor living history museum for over ten years.

With all this said, William and Mary still would have cost my roughly 13K. Prior to applying anywhere this past fall I did my research and discovered UR’s policy of meeting 100% of expressed need based aid. Combined with local academic scholarships UR turned out to be a steal. In your particular case, if it helps I’ve heard of a few instances where students went to UR for a year and then informed the school they wouldn’t be able to stay with the institution because of the high price (then even lower than it is now). From what I have heard these students were given extremely positive feedback and ultimately were able to finish their education at Richmond.