<p>Yea, W&M in-state definitely has way more unpredictable admissions than UVA in-state. At my high school, just about everyone who applied to UVA and had a 1950+ SAT score and top 10% class rank was accepted to UVA. I have friends who go to two different high schools, and it was the same way at their schools as well. This has lead me to believe that UVA in-state admissions is extremely stats based.</p>
<p>I can’t say the same thing about W&M, because not as many kids from my high school applied to W&M for me to make this type of generalization-- pretty much everyone in the top 10% at my school applied to UVA (and most of them are going). At my school, no where near as many kids applied to W&M - I actually only know of 8 kids that applied, 6 boys and 2 girls. 5 boys and 2 girls were accepted.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that W&M places more emphasis on your essay, especially the optional one. I’d say that it’s much harder to get accepted off of stats alone for W&M in-state (unless you do ED).</p>