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WM Students Return to Williamsburg This WeekBy Amber Lester Kennedy Wednesday, August 17, 2011
A sign welcomes students to Williamsburg. Photo by W&M News.
The undergraduate class comes from a record 12,800 applicants. The number of international students nearly doubled, and now makes up 6 percent of the entering undergraduate class. The number of students of color increased from 26 to 28 percent; 10 percent of the students are the first in their families to attend college; and 8 percent are legacies of the college. The middle 50th percentile SAT scores for the new class fell between 1240 and 1450, and 79 percent of the freshmen who provided their ranking finished among the top 10 percent of their class. In addition, 110 students are transferring from the Virginia Community College System, including 41 who came through the college’s guaranteed admission program. The Class of 2015 includes a student who built a robot featured by NASA; a student who organized a benefit concert in Cambodia; a member of the Blue Man Group; and someone who was visiting Egypt when the Arab Spring uprising began. One student scored a perfect 2400 combined score on all three parts of the SAT. Graduate and Law school students are also back, with more than 200 first-year students starting law classes this week. Graduate applications increased 18 percent this year at the School of Education, which introduced its new Executive Ed.D. program in K-12 administration this summer. At the Mason School of Business, 107 candidates will be entering the MBA Class of 2013, bringing an average of 57 months of work experience. The college will welcome students to campus at its 4:30 p.m. Convocation ceremony in the courtyard of the Wren Building. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith, who earned her undergraduate degree from the College in 1971, then finished her law degree in 1979, will deliver the convocation address before the new students are ceremonially welcomed by the returning students. |
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Sorry Coexist: Hope springs eternal but after 20 years, with each year a little worse than the previous, there seems to be a trend.
And no, we didn't arrive as pinched-faced, grouchy oldsters but we got that way after a few years.
To Down City Creeps: Your post speaks to exactly what I have written - HATE is your word. Interesting, who is the hateful one?
A 2400 is the highest possible combined score of the three testing areas: math, critical reading and writing.
My thought is that the new freshman, mostly about whom this article is written, might be more ready to return a morning greeting and spend time with other Williamsburg residents and neighbors if they weren't pre-judged prior to their arrival as only doing things that look good on a resume.
It is entirely possible they pick up on your negative vibe and avoid interaction.
Note, too, that you WILL continue to receive, here, those negative designations to the right. Guess from who?
Wouldn't it be nice if the W&M students spent one hour per month improving their relations with the Williamsburg residents?
How about some presence on Richmond Rd to keep the noise down on weekends?(most folks in the Richmond Road residential area have to get up and work wknds too)
How about picking up the trash deposited after parties instead of making the residents pick up the cans & cups?
How about returning a morning greeting?
Do something for the neighborhood you live in, not something that looks good on a resume.
We came to Williamsburg thrilled to be near the campus and now we hate to see the summer end. What changed?