The College of William & Mary - Williamsburg, VA
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The second oldest college in the United States, founded in 1693, is located in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. It is the graduate school of some of America's earliest presidents including the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Waymark Code: WMQB4P
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2016
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The building with the photo of me in front of it is the Wren Building, the oldest part of the college that dates back to the late 1600s. The photo of the building is a replica of the original capitol building of the Common Wealth of Virginia. The original burned down in the 1700s. The college has a high transfer rate of about 40% of applicants. First time appellants typically get a 33.33% acceptance rate into the school.
Some notable alumni include: (among others)
President Thomas Jefferson
President Jamnes Monore
President John Tyler
Speaker of the House or Representative Henry Clay
Taken from Wikipedia, "The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as William & Mary, or W&M) is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Privately founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States after Harvard University and the oldest in the American South. William & Mary is one of the original eight "Public Ivies," a term coined by Richard Moll in 1985 for publicly funded universities providing a quality of education considered comparable to that available in the Ivy League.
William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay, sixteen members of the Continental Congress, and four signers of the Declaration of Independence.W&M founded the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society in 1776 and was the first school of higher education in the United States to install an honor code of conduct for students. The establishment of graduate programs in law and medicine in 1779 makes it one of the first universities in the United States.
In addition to its undergraduate program (which includes an international joint degree program with the University of St Andrews and a joint engineering program with Columbia University), W&M is home to several graduate and professional schools, including computer science, law, business, public policy, education, marine science, physics and colonial history." .
Name: The College of William and Mary
Location/Address:
200 Stadium Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone Number: 757-221-4000
Web Site: [Web Link]
Type of School: Graduate School (independent)
School Affiliation: Private -- Independent
Date Founded: 1693
Enrollment: 8,437 (Fall 2014)
Nicknames/Mascots: Tribe / Griffin
School Colors: W&M Green, W&M Gold, Spirit Gold & W&M Silver
Location of GPS Coordinates: Main Entrance
School Motto: Not listed
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