<p>MiketheMench-</p>
<p>W&M has had higher average and median SAT scores that UVa for the past 10-20 years. The Cavalier above is apparently using 2006 or OOS SAT ranges above for UVa and 2005 SAT or in-state statistics for W&M. Ask any guidance counselor in Virginia and they will tell you that W&M is the harder admit (more than 10,000 applications per year for ~1,250 spots). In fact, W&M has the lowest acceptance rate for OOS undergrad applicants in the South at 20% (Duke is 21% and Georgetown is 22%). W&M’s contemporary alumni are a veritable who’s who of government, arts, academic and business leaders but they don’t blow their horn on this subject like UVa. Some examples are Michael Powell (ex head of the FCC), Glenn Close, Scott Glenn, Perry Ellis, Mark McCormack, Walter Zable, Linda Lavin, Robert Gates, Jon Stewart, James Comey, etcetera.</p>
<p>As for “prestige,” that depends on your definition. If you value a school by its sports program, then UVa has more prestige. If you value a school by its historical substance and academic rigor then W&M wins hands down. The fact that the school is the second oldest in the US and produced 3-4 presidents is pretty tough to beat and it is undiminishable. Remember, Jefferson was a W&M alumn. So was the founder of MIT.</p>