<p>I'm definitely having trouble deciding which college to matriculate.</p>
<p>Just looking at the course catalogs for CS, I can’t see a lot to choose between them; personally, I think I slightly prefer the W&M offerings as it includes more, to me, practical subject areas, like networks, security, and systems programming, and they have a graduate program, which holds out the possibility that you might have access to additional resources (just positing; I really don’t know.)</p>
<p>But both have fine academic reputations, so I wouldn’t worry much about the quality of instruction at either place. I think W&L is often overlooked by some; it might not have a lot of name recognition, but anyone who knows, knows that W&L is a strong academic institution.</p>
<p>I think the more important difference will be cultural, as they sound like very different environments, and you may find one or the other to be more comfortable/attractive to you. For example, the Greek scene is dominant at W&L, not nearly so at W&M.</p>
<p>And if you’re in-state, W&M is typically far more affordable.</p>
<p>W&M has an Admitted Students Day for CS:
<a href=“Home - W&M Featured Events”>https://events.wm.edu/event/view/computerscience/22326</a></p>
<p>Would probably be worth checking out.</p>
<p>Okay, W&M might win for me because I don’t really like a dominate greek scene, and if they’re about the same in terms of academics then I would much rather avoid the greek scene.</p>
<p>If you haven’t you really need to visit both schools if at all possible. Beyond looking into the academic offerings, which is exceptionally important, as Squiddy pointed out the two schools have very different cultures. They are both excellent schools but one or the other usually stands out between the two as being more towards a students comfort zone socially. Approximately 80% of the students at W&L are greek. That’s not a bad thing necessarily and can mean that the greek scene isn’t as exclusive as it can be at some schools. What it does mean however is if you choose not to participate in greek life it can be harder to find your tribe (no pun intended, seriously…I have used that phrase quite often when talking about W&L. It’s only ironic here because the other school literally is the tribe. 
). Good luck in making your decision.</p>
<p>Hahhaha that was a good one. I’ve been to W&L before, and I wasn’t too sure about the greek culture. It doesn’t seem like something I would do. I haven’t visited W&M though, but I have heard that it is on more of the geeky side.</p>
<p>Just a quick clarification. The event Squiddy cited is part of our larger Day for Admitted Students. Most of the academic departments are available between 12:00pm and 2:00pm like CS or between 2:00pm and 4:00pm.</p>
<p>I actually had a question about that! Haha since I might have your attention, I was wondering if the Admitted Students day was only on April 13th? I live about nine hours away, and I have an event I need to attend in Columbus the next day. So, I would be able to attend the Admitted Students day for a bit, but I wouldn’t be able to stay for any late activities or activities the next day.</p>
<p>You can see the entire schedule by going to the website that you were given in your email. It concludes at 4. The last couple of things seem to be things that you would choose among different events so I think you could sneak away and it not be noticed.</p>
<p>@mchen, TJmom is correct. The event is on 4/13 and runs from 9:00am-3:00pm with a few optional activities running from 3:00pm-4:00pm. We of course hope you could stay for the entire event but you can leave at any time. If you plan on flying, there may even be late afternoon or early evening flights you could catch home.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for all of the information!!</p>