<p>I am now choosing between these 3 great schools and am pretty undecided. The cost for all three is about equal with financial aid.</p>
<p>I know that only I can make this decision, but what are the overall strengths and weaknesses of these colleges?</p>
<p>Please help, I don't have long to decide!</p>
<p>What do you want to study?</p>
<p>I’m undecided between government, international relations, and psychology.</p>
<p>I also may be pre-law if that helps.</p>
<p>I would decide between UVA and W&M. If you want a big school feel, go to UVA. If you want a smaller feel, go to William and Mary.</p>
<p>UVa and UNC are similar, but UNC has better sports.</p>
<p>W&M is smaller and has more of a liberal arts school feel. It all depends what you want to get out of college.</p>
<p>Sports are important, but I think if the school has a decent amount of team spirit it should be fine.</p>
<p>I live in MD, so UVA definitely wins in terms of location, since it’s only 2.5 hours from my house. </p>
<p>If I go to UVA do I have a better chance at getting into their graduate programs?</p>
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Cuse…It depends on what sports you’re talking about. There are many more than simply football and basketball.
UVa is ranked #3 in the Director’s Cup:</p>
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<p>I’m talking about sports that people care about. The two biggest college sports are without a doubt football and basketball, and UNC easily trumps UVa in both of those sports. Look at the sports where UVA outscores UNC on that list: Women’s golf, men’s golf, lacrosse (great sport), women’s tennis. Aside from lacrosse, I guarantee you that you won’t find more than 100 spectators at any of those events. </p>
<p>UVa does have an excellent baseball team this year, however. </p>
<p>If the OP decides to enroll at UNC for the fall, there’s a good chance that during his freshman year he could see his school win the NCAA championship in basketball. Heck, that happened to me my first year at UNC and the experience was unforgettable. </p>
<p>(Well, actually it was a bit forgettable, due to the copious amounts of alcohol being consumed that night, but the pics were pretty amazing to look at the next day) :)</p>
<p>Well that would definitely be amazing to go to a school that wins the ncaa championship, but I don’t think I should base my decision off of that lol</p>
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<p>Cuse, that’s funny. And you are right, UNC has better basketball teams. However, UVA’s football team is 4-1 against UNC over the last 5 seasons and 7-3 over the last 10 so at least in terms of head to head competition, UVA has the edge in football. That said, I do think UNC fans are far more sports focused in general than at UVA. </p>
<p>Love the Cavaliers though…</p>
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<p>UVa may have a head-to-head football edge over UNC (although that appears to be slipping, given UNC’s 44-10 win at UVa last year), but UNC’s football program is clearly the more successful of the two. Look at the records for the past three years; UVA went 5-7, 3-9, 4-8 while UNC went 8-5 each year. Also, attendance figures put UNC slightly ahead of UVA; UNC averaged 56,000 people per home game in 2010, while UVA averaged just under 50,000. </p>
<p>Still, you can’t go wrong either way. UVa and UNC are both great, great schools and both have rich academic and athletic traditions.</p>
<p>I don’t think the OP asked us to compare UVa and UNC sports. I feel like UVa is a tad more prestigious than UNC for some reason, but in general they are very similar. W&M is quite a bit different because of its small size; it really is a public LAC.</p>
<p>Haha yeah I’m not too concerned about sports especially if they’re both in the ACC. William and Mary appeals to me because of its small classes and close community</p>
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<p>I’d say the question was broad enough to include sports and just about any other topic of comparison. That said, if there are some specific areas interest let us know and perhaps others can comment on those. </p>
<p>As some have alluded UVA and UNC have a lot of similarities. However, UVA is a distinctly more historical environment with related traditions and lore. And both W&M and UVA feel more like private institutions than UNC IMO. W&M, perhaps due to its size and the type of students it attracts, feels like the most “intellectual” environment of the three. </p>
<p>In short I’d say: </p>
<p>W&M = most intellectual/quirky environment, a college, not a university, historical, not much of a college town, have had some serious financial challenges in recent years. </p>
<p>UNC = identifies strongly with sports, great college town, excellent graduate programs, only about 15% out of state population, recent construction projects/improvements look great.</p>
<p>UVA = most balanced between all areas, great college town, historical, excellent graduate/professional schools, about 30% out of state population, recent campus development projects/improvements look great, comparatively large endowment, big on student self governance.</p>
<p>All three = beautiful campus, great academic opportunities, highly regarded</p>
<p>Thank you very much, that’s what I was looking for! Does anyone know the political leaning of the schools?</p>
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<p>UNC is pretty liberal, although I’m a conservative myself and have been able to find plenty of like-minded friends here. I’ll let someone who knows UVa and W&M speak for those two schools…</p>
<p>I’m also a conservative. I got the impression at UVa and W&M visiting and talking to students that both schools were somewhat to the left politically, though not as much as most other prestigious schools are.</p>
<p>Btw sorry I didn’t mean to offend anyone with my comment about sports.</p>