should i ed 2?

NorCalDad
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:47:41 +0000

blondechild,

Yep… college admissions is never predictable, I suppose. Still, notwithstanding the strong importance to W&M for VA state residency, your GPA must certainly place you within the top 5-10% of your class, and your SAT scores would place you within the top 25th percentile for enrolled freshmen at W&M, all of which you would think would be enough for acceptance ED, but I guess not, for now anyway.

I was curious to see their numbers for ED and looked it up in their Common Data Set. They have averaged about 800 ED applicants in the past, and admitted just over 51%. So, I guess they truly do weight in-state residency as very important. I tend to think that W&M is a great value for VA residents; however, the OOS tuition is twice the amount for in-state ($15K+ vs. $31K+). Because of this huge discrepancy, I think there are other schools that at least comparable, and perhaps more, academic opportunities, of which Emory is one alternative.

Interestingly, one of my daughter’s good friends from here in our community in No. California now attends W&M. She is an exceptional student who always had W&M on the top of her list for some reason.