The University of Virginia or The College of William and Mary?

wow you must be pretty smart and pretty rich, both are very good mang-unit248

Have you visited either campus yet? If you haven't I would recommend that. You can always transfer if you don't like your choice too.Orlando_Magic

What was your major again? I know you wanted to be an actuary, so that'd be mathematics and some business study... but I forgot what you changed it to. I want to say bio.Dark__Link

Well isn't Virginia a Liberal Arts school? Depends on what you wanna do in life I suppose.LukeAF24

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]What was your major again? I know you wanted to be an actuary, so that'd be mathematics and some business study... but I forgot what you changed it to. I want to say bio.TheOT_King

[QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Well isn't Virginia a Liberal Arts school? Depends on what you wanna do in life I suppose.TheOT_King

[QUOTE="TheOT_King"][QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Well isn't Virginia a Liberal Arts school? Depends on what you wanna do in life I suppose.LukeAF24

[QUOTE="TheOT_King"][QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Well isn't Virginia a Liberal Arts school? Depends on what you wanna do in life I suppose.LukeAF24

You're an actuary? I thought you were getting a Master's in Poli Sci from UW-Madison?TheOT_King

[QUOTE="TheOT_King"][QUOTE="Dark__Link"]What was your major again? I know you wanted to be an actuary, so that'd be mathematics and some business study... but I forgot what you changed it to. I want to say bio.Dark__Link

 Here's what I was thinking though.  I want to go to a top law school so I was perusing some top law school pages.  I found this: http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php

 As you can see William and Mary sent 3 kids to Harvard Law... UVA sent 19.  William and Mary graduates about 1413 kids each year, while UVA graduates about 3360.  So, UVA had a better proportion of kids going to Harvard Law.  Of course, this doesn't take in to account kids who got accepted but decided not to attend... but seriously who declines Harvard Law?

William and MaryRoyTheViking

[QUOTE="RoyTheViking"]William and MaryTheOT_King

*sniff* No love for good ole UVA?HoosTrax

I beg of thee tell me everything I need to know WHY I should attend UVA. Here are my preconceptions about UVA and W&M, you tell me if they are ill-founded:

     As for what intrigues me into W&M is the sort of mystique that it has in Virginia. It's portrayed as the place where the true intellectual type go in VA. It has nicknames like "where your best hasn't been good enough since 1693," "the bootcamp of academia," "where fun goes to die," etc. Furthermore, it's portrayed as a place where grades truly have to be earned, not just given out. It's not a degree factory like most schools, I've heard that students study all day and all night just to get C's. Also, because of this perceived toughness their is a myth that William and Mary has the highest suicide rate of any college because the workload is so difficult. The myth is not actually true...

    I know this sounds odd but just something about the perceived difficulty of William and Mary is appealing to me. Not to mention that many people in Virginia actually consider W&M to be the better school no matter what the rankings say. UVA on the other hand is perceived to be a bunch of stuck up, pretentious, drunk, rich kids. They are also known to drink too much. Their unofficial mascot is the Wahoo - a fish that can drink double it's body weight - their students seem to take much pride in this with their annoying calls of "Wahooooowa." But, I think overall UVA has more prestige nationally. Also, I plan on attending law school afterwards and I think it will be easier to get into a top law school if I go to UVA. Not because of prestige but because it will probably be easier to maintain a high GPA at UVA.

    But for as many faults I found in UVA I see positives as well. I like the fact that the kids have a lot of school pride (I think they overdo it sometimes though). I also really like the fact that they are in the ACC... and students get free admission to all UVA home sporting events, which is awesome. Also, I like those really stylish blue and orange scarves that the students wear at UVA. I could totally see myself wearing that scarf with a Virginia sweatshirt lol I know it's a long read but HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

P.S. I also find the fact that UVA kids call UVA "the University" pretty neat, and that they call the campus "the ground." I also like how they say 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year instead of fresh, soph, junior, senior. Little things like that, I find those type of things "cute."

[QUOTE="HoosTrax"]*sniff* No love for good ole UVA?TheOT_King

wow you must be pretty smart and pretty rich, both are very good mang-unit248

Both of them are state schools so tuition is fixed and pretty cheap if he's a resident of Virginia.

TheOT_King  - Go to both schools and see which one you liked. Both UVA and W&M are good schools. W&M might be a litte more prestigious, but there really won't be much of a difference if you get good grades and dow well on the LSAT.

UVA kids are kind of preppy though. Just how they are. But they have much more school pride, especially in athletics. Charlottesville is kind of a dull place though. My parents live around there and, frankly, its just . . . meh.

W&M is old. That works both ways. While its great environment (being around Colonial Williamsburg and all) alot of the buildings are old. Also, I was underwhelmed by the dorms. They seemed rather small and sparse (though to be honest, the best dorm rooms are at CNU).

Both are really good schools, but you need to visit them to see if you want to go there. 

[QUOTE="g-unit248"]wow you must be pretty smart and pretty rich, both are very good manslateman_basic

Both of them are state schools so tuition is fixed and pretty cheap if he's a resident of Virginia.

TheOT_King - Go to both schools and see which one you liked. Both UVA and W&M are good schools. W&M might be a litte more prestigious, but there really won't be much of a difference if you get good grades and dow well on the LSAT.

UVA kids are kind of preppy though. Just how they are. But they have much more school pride, especially in athletics. Charlottesville is kind of a dull place though. My parents live around there and, frankly, its just . . . meh.

W&M is old. That works both ways. While its great environment (being around Colonial Williamsburg and all) alot of the buildings are old. Also, I was underwhelmed by the dorms. They seemed rather small and sparse (though to be honest, the best dorm rooms are at CNU).

Both are really good schools, but you need to visit them to see if you want to go there.

oooooh, i know something that concerns me. do both uva and w&m have residential bathrooms or private bathrooms? I know VA Tech has the residential bathrooms where you're basically taking a shower with 80 other people... nasty. Does UVA or W&M have private ones?TheOT_King

**** the wahoos, go to William and Mary. Sorry, I went to Virginia Tech, our general opinion of UVA is not very high, and vice versa.
crucifine

[QUOTE="crucifine"]**** the wahoos, go to William and Mary. Sorry, I went to Virginia Tech, our general opinion of UVA is not very high, and vice versa.
TheOT_King

[QUOTE="TheOT_King"][QUOTE="crucifine"]**** the wahoos, go to William and Mary. Sorry, I went to Virginia Tech, our general opinion of UVA is not very high, and vice versa.
HoosTrax

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[QUOTE="g-unit248"]wow you must be pretty smart and pretty rich, both are very good manTheOT_King

Both of them are state schools so tuition is fixed and pretty cheap if he's a resident of Virginia.

TheOT_King - Go to both schools and see which one you liked. Both UVA and W&M are good schools. W&M might be a litte more prestigious, but there really won't be much of a difference if you get good grades and dow well on the LSAT.

UVA kids are kind of preppy though. Just how they are. But they have much more school pride, especially in athletics. Charlottesville is kind of a dull place though. My parents live around there and, frankly, its just . . . meh.

W&M is old. That works both ways. While its great environment (being around Colonial Williamsburg and all) alot of the buildings are old. Also, I was underwhelmed by the dorms. They seemed rather small and sparse (though to be honest, the best dorm rooms are at CNU).

Both are really good schools, but you need to visit them to see if you want to go there.

Well...

I wouldn't ask a bunch of random people in the interweb that don't know what you want to do or what you like for advice as big as college...

but i choose W+M because i would rather go to a smaller school... 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=745jUIrJxts

 kids at William and Mary go hard...