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why is it that princeton review and college board state that out of state tuition for william and mary is $ 20k+ yet the school's website is twice as less? Of course I believe the school, but why is there such a huge disparity?

By Kinkbicycles04 (Kinkbicycles04) on Saturday, June 12, 2004 - 08:53 pm: Edit

PR show the yearly amount while the schools site I think only shows a semester break down.

By Vermicelli (Vermicelli) on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 02:27 pm: Edit

oh that makes sense

By Ctmom (Ctmom) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 09:48 am: Edit

FYI: Last year we paid $21,216 out of state tuition (+ $6200 room and board).

By Topper (Topper) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 11:34 am: Edit

Yeah, I actually thought that was all a little misleading...

Ctmom, was it worth it? What was your son's or daughter's experience there? Thanks.

By Oldman (Oldman) on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 12:03 pm: Edit

Is the tuition the same as UVA? I'm also curious about the experience......

By Ctmom (Ctmom) on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 09:21 am: Edit

Topper - yes, certainly worth the money, esp. when compared to the private schools he was looking at. He had a great first year and is now getting ready to go to England for 5 weeks study at Cambridge with 3 W&M profs.
In his 1st year he's met many smart,interesting, diverse people; taken courses he'd not considered before and loved them; gotten involved in new activities - volunteer work, different sports - and can't wait to go back in August!

By Macsuile (Macsuile) on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 09:04 pm: Edit

Here are some stats on William & Mary:

- Second oldest U.S. university
- Oldest U.S. law school
- Birthplace of Phi Beta Kappa
- Thomas Jefferson's alma mater
- Most selective U.S. public university
- Third highest SAT scores in the South (only Duke and Rice are higher)
- Highest entering freshman GPAs of any public university (Berkeley is close)
- Fastest growing public university endowment
- Outstanding accounting, biology, chemistry, history and physics departments

As you can see, William & Mary has an amazing academic tradition. Yes, the grading scale is somewhat deflationary and the course offerings are not as extensive as some other schools, but William & Mary is a school high on tradition which doesn't subscribe to fads where everyone graduates cum laude and there is a supermarket of course offerings. The school is committed to the British university model which is human-scale as opposed to other university models which focus on research and increasing enrollments. W&M may not be for everyone but a degree from there has timeless substance, something you can't find from most other U.S. schools which are constantly trying to reposition or recreate themselves.