<p>Does anyone know the OOS Acceptance rate? Is it similar to UVA's OOS rate of 32% ?</p>
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<p>From Princeton Review 31% and 38% for UVA. About 60% or more are accepted from the state of VA.</p>
<p>With W&M's overall acceptance rate at 31%, I would peg the out of state acceptance a good bit lower.</p>
<p>OOS acceptance is slightly higher than 20%. Higher if you're a male, lower if you're a female. Also depends on the state.</p>
<p>Men have a better chance than women here for some reason... Why do women really like W&M as a potential school? I couldn't answer this while I was in college.</p>
<p>The states which tend to have a high amount of students (after VA) include Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and some New England states from my experience. I somehow also knew many of the North Carolina people too, but I don't know if they have a high amount of students at W&M overall.. The upper atlantic/New England states for some reason are attracted to southern schools (besides Ivies of course).</p>
<p>Does anyone know say the average SAT score for oos students?</p>
<p>Oh, and I was attracted to southern schools simply because I wanted a warmer climate..that could be the reason people from the upper Atlantic and New England are interested in southern schools</p>
<p>/\ /\ That's one of the reasons my daughter likes the Virginia schools.</p>
<p>lostandsleepy: I guess climate may be a reason why they are attracted to the Southern schools. We also do get snow too, so don't be surprised when that happens! I also think another reason behind many people from the upper Atlantic and New England consider at least VA schools, like Richmond, UVA, and W&M very seriously is because of their academic quality, and that's the most important reason. Richmond aside, UVA and W&M's prices out of state are also very reasonable compared with peer private institutions. If you go to W&M, it's 30K out of state, and if you go to the University of Richmond which is only 60 miles west, you're spending 45K. ... Easy choice there.</p>
<p>As with the average SAT score of out of state applicants, the average W&M student gets roughly 2000 on the SAT. My guess is that an out of state applicant averages closer to 2100-2150 and a Virginian applicant would average around the mid 1900's, closer to 2000 if he or she were from Northern Virginia, and closer to 1900 if they were from the boonies where few apply to W&M. The same would apply for UVA. At Richmond, their avg SAT is also roughly 2000 I think, but out of state students would average around 2000 because Richmond is private and is not subject to the in state obligations that UVA or W&M have as public universities. Virginia universities are required to have an acceptance pool that is at least 65% in state.</p>
<p>The OOS acceptance rate for fall 2005 was 22%. </p>
<p>Wow 26% of females are accepted and 40% of males..</p>
<p>though you may have snow in virginia
it absolutely does not compare to what we have in NH
we have atleast five monthes of bitter winter here, 30 degrees is warm
that was a key factor in my decision to look at other southern schools
i know shoveling a foot of snow and ice off of my car this morning didn't help my parents' pleas for me to stay in new england</p>
<p>William and Mary is a state school so it has to follow Virginian laws making the college favor people from Virginia. The school must split the percentage accepted by a 65% in-state vs 35% out-of-state because it is a state mandate, meaning they must do it. This also means that the state must accept at least 65% in-state and have it no lower than that. As for the male vs female perchantage ratio, I didn't know that.</p>
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William and Mary is a state school so it has to follow Virginian laws making the college favor people from Virginia. The school must split the percentage accepted by a 65% in-state vs 35% out-of-state because it is a state mandate, meaning they must do it. This also means that the state must accept at least 65% in-state and have it no lower than that. As for the male vs female perchantage ratio, I didn't know that.
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<p>The mandate actually requires that 2/3 of the entire student body is composed of in-state students. If the current student body exceeds that by a large margin then they can accept more out of state people. They are not required to have an entering class of 2/3 in-state students and 1/3 out of state students.</p>