<p>I was accepted at both UVa and W&M. Which would be the better school for psychology studies? Any difference in acceptance rates into med schools? Has more success in placing students into top medical schools?</p>
<p>They’re both very good. Your decision at this point should be made on non-academic factors.</p>
<p>So, they are similar at the academic level? Same prestige?</p>
<p>Yes. (10 characters)</p>
<p>uva is more prestigious to non-academia people.</p>
<p>Though I may not know much, from what I have read or heard W & M is better in the sciences than UVA, though I prefer UVA myself. But then in other programs UVA has a slight edge over W & M. So if its medical school go W & M ( read somewhere 80% of their med school applicants get accepted) which is awesome.</p>
<p>None of that is true.</p>
<p>If you say so</p>
<p>I don’t understand how sciences at a smaller liberal arts school would be better than sciences a larger institution with presumably more funding/resources/research opportunities… but maybe I’m seriously misguided? I’m not sure.</p>
<p>Anyway, hopeforfuture, congrats on getting into both schools. Your decision really should be based on non-academic factors as both are schools of the same caliber. I think UVA is more well-known to people in general and their sports are definitely a plus, but of course none of this matters on you grad school application as they are both excellent schools. UVA, however, has a great medical school so I think that is definitely a plus whereas W&M has no medical school so you wouldn’t be able to get the hands-on experience/research/connections there as an undergraduate. Definitely visit them if you have time, I’m assuming youre instate so it shouldnt be too bad of a drive. And if you’re not instate then you should get good advice from this board :)</p>
<p>W&M produced four presidents. UVA only 1 (Law School). In fact, the very founder of UVA, Mr. TJ, was actually a W&M grad; so was GEORGE WASHINGTON, AMERICAN HERO AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. When W&M was the preeminent college in the South and one of the best in the United States, UVA was a mere academical village. So if we’re talkin’ about prestige, sir, W&M all the way!!! Afterall, W&M was directly named after royalty, King William and Queen Mary. UVA was merely named after the state, which is only implicitly named after the Virgin Queen; by then, the colonies have already “dissolve[d]” their political bonds with Britain, so there was really no connection to any royalty name for UVA; that’s right UVA is just a state university—every 50 state has one, NOTHING SPECIAL: University of Arizona, University of New Mexico, University of Alasaka, etc. Therefore, if you go to W&M, people will think you’re a southern gentleman; go the UVA, just some village pumpkin who read some books at state university.</p>
<p>zhonggong, that criteria on judging prestige is the biggest load of ******** i’ve ever read</p>
<p>clearly, fjchowdhury, you are no southern gentleman.</p>
<p>clearly. haha</p>
<p>zhonggong, your engrish sucks. No wonder you didn’t get into UVA. lolZ.</p>
<p>I’m thinking of going to W&M because I like small classes and I’m not into sport games. No offense 
Is it okay if I can do undergraduate studies at WM and research at a larger institution in the summer?</p>
<p>W&M is a smaller school. That doesn’t necessarily mean the classes will be smaller.</p>
<p>Cavalier, what is the average class size at UVA?</p>
<p>I’m not sure. It’s probably comparable to the average class size at W&M. It’s a statistic that is important but should not lead you to make any decisions at this point. As I said before, the differences between UVA and W&M academically and prestige-wise are almost non-existent. You should choose on non-academic factors. Which one would you feel more comfortable at? Which is cheaper? etc.</p>
<p>“UVA was merely named after the state, which is only implicitly named after the Virgin Queen; by then, the colonies have already “dissolve[d]” their political bonds with Britain, so there was really no connection to any royalty name for UVA; that’s right UVA is just a state university—every 50 state has one, NOTHING SPECIAL”</p>
<p>Hmm… I guess being the only university in the United States to be named a UN World Heritage Site isn’t a big deal. Oh yeah, W&M is a state school as well.</p>
<p>lol, there’s nothing to be gained from responding to that ■■■■■. This is the guy who tried to put down people by making up BS just because they got into substantially better schools than him- that was amusing.</p>