<p>Since I am going to try to transfer to WM as a sophomore the probability that I can visit it is rather low. Please everyone who has been there tell me what you like about it. Thanks.</p>
<p>Strengths can include:
Campus
Academics
Students
Faculty
Specific Buildings i.e. library
grading system
intramural sports and clubs
etc</p>
<p>campus: pretty
Academics: strong as hell, kids there study alllllll the time
students: conservative. I have more than 3 Asian/indian friends who tranferred out of W&M because they couldnt stand the stereotype and racism
Faculty: dont know, should be good
IM sports: again, WM is big on study. really, big, HUGE. You will find out. (the average GPA for WM first year is 2.9, that shows how hard it is) IM sport? no time for that</p>
<p>is it really that bad? lol
I like the price, and for college I want a very rigorous academic schedule as my main goal in college is to become as well educated in college as possible. So I guess it’s a good fit in that respect.</p>
<p>check out <a href=“http://www.studentsreview.com%5B/url%5D”>www.studentsreview.com</a> </p>
<p>“…again, WM is big on study. really, big, HUGE. You will find out. (the average GPA for WM first year is 2.9, that shows how hard it is) IM sport? no time for that” </p>
<p>So I guess getting a pt-time job is out of the question…</p>
<p>It’s a smallish public school.</p>
<p>I’m a minority…and I’m liberal and I think W&M is def. tilted left…soo many liberals, the racism? I never experienced any type of racism, the people were extremely friendly and nice. The academics…I mean it all depends on what you take so it could be really hard if you’re premed or not.</p>
<p>I toured W&M in October, right before the election. We walked through the girl’s dorms, and it was almost exactly 50/50 Bush/Kerry, judging by the very enthusiastic decorating of doors. LOTS of bumperstickers… 
I read in one guidebook, “The liberals think it’s too conservative, and the conservatives think it’s too liberal,” which I thought was interesting.</p>
<p>Even in such a small school, I think the political atmosphere, racism, whatever, would really depend on who you hang out with. It’s like on this site, someone posted a thread asking how the average SAT score could be 500 on each section, since that person had never met anyone with such a low score. (Or something like that.) And then you have my school, where you announce that you got a 1200 (old SAT) and everyone bows before you.</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s my (rather worthless!) two cents.</p>
<p>thx…anymore input? I’d really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Teachers at William and Mary are most accessible…as if you are paying for a private and elite Liberal Arts College. Gracious, demanding. The historical factor in the William and Mary campus is totally genuine and rare and wonderful. The more you scratch the surface of the true heritage aspect of the college they more you respect it. The tourists are not really a problem either.
Grad schools respect the degree. I live in Virginia and know many docs and judges and lawyer graduates. Lots of Northern Virginians in the student body, excuse me that means diversity. I am not claiming that there is cultural mecca in Wmsburg similar to say NYU…Wmsburg is a negative in my book–boring, dull as a town. But I claim the students are intelligent, well traveled and thoughtful and intense. To live in DC means your parents are likely from somewhere else and that means your high school was also diverse culturally and you have practice at managing this.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m the odd one out, but I think Williamsburg is charming. I’ll agree that it takes a certain person to like it, but if you’re into the “quaint” so to speak and history, it’s wonderful. It’s a really big tourist attraction but there are lots of things to see. The old time taverns have ridiculously good food and people are charming. It’s really calm and quiet outside the touristy areas and looks somewhat like the stereotypical American town.</p>
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<p>I agree. I’m partial to big cities, but if you’re going to be in a town the size of Williamsburg, it really is charming.</p>
<p>W&M is an unbelievable bargain in-state, and that’s legitimately considered one of its greatest strengths.</p>
<p>William & Mary has an amazing historical and academic tradition which easily rivals or exceeds that of that slightly older institution, Harvard University. W&M is also the most selective public/state-supported university and 16th amongst all US universities, public & private. SAT scores are the highest in the South after Duke & Rice Universities and W&M’s out-of-state SAT scores (taken as a carved-out group) are actually higher than these two peer schools. W&M is also moving toward a more private status so selectivity is probably going to get even more intense.</p>
<p>southernboy where did you get these stats from?</p>
<p>US News & World Report.</p>
<p>the out-of-state SAT is higher than Duke or Rice’s is on usnews?</p>
<p>Southernboy, W&M has, I believe, has an acceptance rate of over 30%, with an average incoming gpa of 4.0 and an sat breakdown of Verbal 25th-75th 630-730 and math 25th-75th 630-710. Those are great numbers, but are not even close to Harvards, or even some other state schools. BTW, could you post the top 20 in the selectivity rankings? Thanks.</p>
<p>I hear that Williamsburg is very touristy which can be a turn-off for some potential students. But, living in the midst of such amazing history and tradition might be worth it.</p>
<p>Once you get into the real deal and take any history studies there, the touristy factor fades out and you realize you are actually living in a endlessly rich area for Colonial history and scholarship. Wmsburg has ties to many many corridors for the study of early Americas and students and teachers are very hard working.</p>
<p>it just seems so cool. Anyway is it really that hard to get in out-of-state? I’m going to be a transfer student so attending will be much easier, but how difficult is it for first-time freshman from say Florida to get in?</p>
<p>W&M’s chief strength is, in my opinion, that you get a LAC education at a public research university. In my first year there, not once did I lay eyes on a TA, and 7 out of my 10 classes were 40 people or less. It was really fairly incredible.</p>