THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY G-15

PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Tel: (757)221-4000; Admissions: (757)221-4223; Fax: (757)221-1242; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.wm.edu/

Description: State-supported, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1693. Setting: 1,200-acre small town campus with easy access to Richmond. Endowment: $357 million. Research spending 2002-03: $34.4 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $8778 per student. Total enrollment: 7,749. Faculty: 729 (563 full-time, 166 Part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 10,161 applied, 34% were admitted. 85% from top 10% of their high school class, 97% from top quarter, 100% from top half. 15 National Merit Scholars, 29 class presidents, 121 valedictorians, 564 student government officers. Full-time: 5,666 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 82 students, 45% women, 55% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 52 other countries, 35% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 6% black, 7% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 1% 25 or older, 75% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 94% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; business/marketing; biological/life sciences; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: 1 recommendation, SAT II: Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/5, 11/1 for early decision. Notification: 4/1, 12/1 for early decision. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $60. State resident tuition: $3760 Full-time, $162 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $18,460 full-time, $646 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $2670 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition varies according to program. College room and board: $5794. College room only: $3428. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 300 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities. Most popular organizations: Alpha Phi Omega, College Partnership for Kids, student assembly, Flat Hat (student newspaper), Resident Housing Association. Major annual events: Yule Log Ceremony, King and Queen Ball, Opening Convocation Exercises. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 4,206 students; 4,224 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2001-02. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Swem Library plus 9 others with 2 million books, 2.2 million microform titles, 11,688 serials, 29,316 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $8.9 million. 225 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Williamsburg, the historic capital of Colonial Virginia, has been restored as nearly as possible to its 18th-century appearance. The Colonial Williamsburg project has been made possible by the generous provisions of the late John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The restored town offers excellent facilities, and the colonial shops on Merchant's Square provide historical interest. Williamsburg is a popular tourist center and has recreational activities such as fishing, boating, golf, and hunting. Major historic points of interest include William and Mary's Sir Christopher Wren Building (1695), the Bruton Parish Church, the Capitol, Governor's Palace, Peyton Randolph House, Raleigh Tavern, and the Wythe House.