@wahoowahoo - given your many serious disappointments at W&M, pursuing a transfer appears to be your best option. For any prospective students or concerned parents who may read this thread, I would like to counter the accusations and impressions of posters like the OP, @wahoowahoo, and @cruelprofessors by providing the link to W&M’s Counseling Center webpages, which provide an extensive look at the counseling program available (free of charge) to W&M students, its scope, and its limitations : http://www.wm.edu/offices/wellness/counselingcenter/index.php
As I see it, the center provides a reasonable response to student needs. Students in crisis can be seen immediately during regular business hours; a counselor is always on call outside of regular hours, reachable through the Campus Police. UVA provides the same service, with the same limitation, except that the student phones the Student Health answering service instead of the police. If there are public universities that provide 24/7 walk-in counseling appointments, I don’t know of them.
Regarding the CAPS program at UVA - the program was discussed in this thread last year: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/1612619-suggestions-for-improving-the-uva-experience.html The student, and her parent, did not consider the response adequate.
As to how W&M “pushes for medical withdrawals to avoid having to deal with depressed students” - it’s entirely reasonable for many, if not most, seriously depressed students to withdraw until they recover. Colleges can’t stop being colleges to be mental health facilities instead.