<p>People who know schools will think UVa and William and Mary are pretty much academic equals - although w&m less “prestigious” in the true sense of the word. People who don’t know schools will consider UVa to be more prestigious.</p>
<p>saying things like “william and mary is the 2nd oldest school in the country” doesn’t make w&m prestigious. Making up statements like “william and mary is a 10 top academic school in the country” doesn’t make it prestigious. Neither does saying (falsly i might add) that its the “most selective public university.”</p>
<p>even if u just look at w&m and uva, w&m, is arguable equal if not less selective. according to 2005 data (the most current both schools give), w&m’s average SAT scores were 24 points higher…but its top 10% was 7% lower. Pretty even if you ask me.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.wm.edu/ir/freshman_sat_averages_history.htm[/url]”>http://www.wm.edu/ir/freshman_sat_averages_history.htm</a>
<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/Facts/Glance_Admission.htm[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/Facts/Glance_Admission.htm</a></p>
<p>Having a lower % acceptance rate means nothing considering that UVa is a little more than 2x the size, yet receives just 50% more applications - thats just a numbers game. Ask the university of chicago about that.</p>
<p>So what to conclude from this? Is w&m a tier 1 school? Yes. Is w&m quite the school mascuile would like you to believe? not quite.</p>