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High School (Junior) Son looking at Universities - Tell me about the following in VA & NC

Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:22 pm
Posted by Most Points Win
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2022
87 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:22 pm
Why these? Football offers or active recruiting

Business, Finance, Economics areas of study:

William & Mary – Williamsburg, VA

University of Richmond - VA

Davidson - NC (Liberal Arts - Economics / no Business)

Washington & Lee – VA

James Madison University - VA

Elon – NC
Posted by PhillyTiger90
Member since Dec 2015
11302 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:24 pm to
quote:

Football offers


JMU or Richmond
Posted by QuietTiger
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
26256 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:25 pm to
Look at other board options, good luck!
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
44533 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:25 pm to
I don’t think Davidson gives football scholarships and it is expensive as hell.

For football, James Madison is by far the top program of those.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125806 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:29 pm to
Washington and Lee will make a well rounded confident southern gentleman out of your boy
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
Member since Feb 2008
6828 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:30 pm to
William and Mary has a beautiful campus. At JMU the chick to dude rate is like 3:1. That’s all I got
Posted by NoSaint
Member since Jun 2011
12063 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:31 pm to
What are your priorities?
Posted by Puffoluffagus
Savannah, GA
Member since Feb 2009
6326 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

University of Richmond - VA


Good school. nice and pretty area of richmond. Knew several people who stayed in Richmond after their time at UofR. I enjoyed the 5 years that I was in richmond in general.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125806 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:38 pm to
Look at Sewanee as well
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
8930 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:41 pm to
All the VA schools are very good academically. Virginia Universities are a step above other Southern States in most cases. Including the smaller schools. Most people don’t realize that William & Mary is a VA public school and not private. For football, JMU, Richmond, and W&M are good options. Just know that JMU is more traditional southern while W&M is more liberal and less good looking coeds. Richmond is more rich kids.

My 3 kids all went to VA universities.
This post was edited on 12/23/22 at 9:43 pm
Posted by Raptor135
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2017
27 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:43 pm to
From VA so can speak to these a bit.

William & Mary will offer the strongest degree for life after football.

JMU is the best football program and has a strong business program with a large alumni network in the DC area. Campus divided by a highway which isn’t the prettiest. JMU has a great party scene with a favorable coed ratio.

I wouldn’t consider any of the others.
This post was edited on 12/23/22 at 9:45 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
65855 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:44 pm to
Being from that general area, I'd rank in order of academic prestige:

1. William and Mary
2. Washington Lee
3. Richmond
4. Davidson
5. JMU
6. Elon

But it's all what your interest is.

Schools like Elon, W&L, and Davidson are small schools in small towns. All nice.
UR is in suburban Richmond, one of the largest cities in Va.

JMU is a medium size school in a medium size city, not very prestigious, but ok.

W&M is one of the oldest colleges in America. Very rich history.


Posted by gumbodawg
Baton rouge
Member since Dec 2003
410 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:45 pm to
W&L best school on that list. Football not his future and really shouldn’t be a factor if that’s his list. Basically a club sport at most of those schools.
Posted by trussthetruzz
Marquette, MI
Member since Sep 2020
9236 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:46 pm to
Tell him to go to Liberty

Won’t be getting indoctrinated there
Posted by VirgilCaine
Orchard Park
Member since Dec 2010
2883 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:48 pm to
1. W & L
2. U of R
3. W & M

Washington & Lee alums in the commercial real estate space across the country are like a damn mafia.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70349 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

William & Mary – Williamsburg, VA


Posted by mahdragonz
Member since Jun 2013
7048 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 9:54 pm to
William and Mary has the best alumni network that is better than all the others you listed put together.

It's not what you know but who you know that matters.

This post was edited on 12/23/22 at 9:55 pm
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
20067 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 10:15 pm to
Washington and Lee
Posted by Warheel
Member since Aug 2011
2149 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 10:18 pm to
Elon is full of northerners who couldn’t get into a better school. Plus there’s not much to do in the immediate area. Davidson has a nicer campus but is still majority northerners.
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7753 posts
Posted on 12/23/22 at 10:20 pm to
Don’t you mean W&L? They like to keep the Lee part hush-hush nowadays.
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