<p><a href=“http://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/documents/catalog/Prior-Year-Catalogs/07-08UGCatalog.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wm.edu/offices/registrar/documents/catalog/Prior-Year-Catalogs/07-08UGCatalog.pdf</a></p>
<p>Go to page 241 of the PDF file to see the geographic origin of students attending W&M in Fall 2006. 2006 was the most recent year I found, the W&M student body hasn’t changed much in this regard.</p>
<p>There were only 65 kids from NC attending W&M. Which sounds right because I think I only know one kid at W&M from NC.</p>
<p>The largest OOS populations:</p>
<p>1) New Jersey - 272
2) Pennsylvania - 256
3) Maryland - 201
4) NY - 192
5) Connecticut - 100
6) Mass - 99</p>
<p>The only states to send 100+ kids to W&M are all from the northeast. Also at least a third of the VA kids are from Northern VA, which is basically the northeast in terms of culture. </p>
<p>UNC is 88% North Carolinians. W&M is ~60% from the Northeast (counting NoVA as the Northeast). There probably is a significantly different feel of the student body.</p>
<p>Also, the two student bodies seem to have the same racial makeup - so that shouldn’t be a factor. </p>
<p>UNC has approximately 14% of students receiving Pell grants while W&M has 7-8%. So a bit more economic diversity at UNC, though 14% is still really low for a state school. I also have a feeling this demographic doesn’t matter much to the OP.</p>
<p>Overall, W&M student body is mostly people from the Northeast. Whereas UNC’s is 88% North Carolinian. That’s a significant difference that the OP should be aware of.</p>