Friday, December 16, 2016

College of Wiliam and Mary


The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as William & Mary, or W&M) is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Royally founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
W&M has more than 30 undergraduate programs and more than 10 graduate programs and professional degree programs. Its highly ranked graduate schools include the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, the School of Education and the Mason School of Business. William and Mary was the first school to create a student honor code, and its Marshall-Wythe School of Law is nation’s first law school.
W&M's Mission Statement  is to facilitate the transition, and ultimate persistence, of new students (either first-time-in-college or transfer) into the W&M community through opportunities that promote academic, social, and personal growth. The student-faculty ratio at College of William & Mary is 12:1, and the school has most of its  of its classes with fewer than 25 students. The most popular majors at College of William & Mary include: Social Sciences, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Psychology and Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies.
 Admission to W&M is very selective with an acceptance rate of  34%. William and Mary was ranked #32 among research universities and is considered botha "public ivy" and "souther ivy".

 The supplemtary essays prompts are as follows.
Prompt #1 (Essay): You get rejected from every college to which you’ve applied. Now what?
Prompt #2 (Video Submission): Pick one prominent piece of literature/art/cinema and explain how you would change it. Leaving it unchanged is not an option.

 It should be obvious that W&M is a very holistic admissions process. The commitee selects people who feel they belong  at W&M.


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