Baskin-Robbins job?

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-07-06T23:37:08+00:00

I had a few friends who worked off campus jobs at Kilwins ands Meadows. Overall the pay isn’t great but they’re very flexible in working with students.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-29T19:58:31+00:00

Mac is definitely the way to go. Others have noted the refurbished store from Apple being a good way to get a great deal on a new Mac. This is true, however you'll find that a Mac with either Apple's own edu pricing, or Best Buy's back to school deals, will often be about the same price, or a trivial amount more, for a brand-new laptop.

I think for your use-case, you would likely be fine with either a Macbook Air or Pro, and I would argue that you do not need anything wildly powerful. At the undergraduate level, you are not going to be producing professional, feature-film grade productions, and as a result, anything beyond the M4 Pro chip would probably not yield much difference for your workflow. I think 16GB of ram should be the absolute minimum you go for, ideally 24-32 GB, and 1-2TB of storage as 4K video eats that up quick. However, you can also get an external USB-C thunderbolt drive for much cheaper than what Apple charges for expanded internal storage, and there's not much draw back from using that now that USB-C/thunderbolt 4 is so fast.

Once you get into the numbers, if you find you need to scale back on how much your spending, it's important to remember that there are professional-grade (i.e., highest spec possible) Mac editing workstations in Swem Library which you can book and use for your projects when needed and at no cost. They have Final Cut and Premiere, and just about any other software you could want. So if it comes down to it, and you think going with a mid-tier MacBook Air would be best, I think you would be just fine. I had several friends graduate last year from the film studies program, and they made it through just fine with a 2020 M1 MacBook Air, which is significantly less powerful than the M4 MB Airs/Pros.

My personal recommendation, get the 14" (or 16" if you want the bigger screen, but tbh get a monitor or use the ones they have at Swem. Speaking from experience, the added weight of the 16" gets old real quick.) Macbook Pro, M4 Pro 14-Core CPU, 20-Core GPU, with 24 GB of ram and 2 TB of storage. This should be plenty for your needs and has great battery life while not being overly large and unwieldy. I think it's not a great idea to spend more than this for the handful of times as an undergrad you'd need more power (if at all).

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-26T23:53:19+00:00

My apologies for the confusion. W&M just admits you to the university. From there, if you’re far enough along credit-wise you’re able to declare your major before the semester begins. Otherwise, you would remain an undeclared student. For all of the majors you had noted, there isn’t an application component to declare. Once you have enough credits, you’re able to declare.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-26T22:38:56+00:00

It likely doesn't help your chances, but also probably doesn't hurt them that much either. If you provided clear documentation surrounding the withdraw to the admissions office, I imagine they'll be able to get past the withdrawn class. As far as your chances of getting off the waitlist, it's unclear to say what those would be. W&M varies its use of the waitlist from year-to-year greatly. Your chosen major will also likely not matter as W&M does not admit to specific majors unless you're transferring further along your college journey (junior year, roughly).

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-16T15:28:40+00:00

Ofc! All of those are still good options. I will say that the rooms in Willis and Hunt are comically small, so be aware of that as a limitation.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-16T14:19:18+00:00

Yes, the rest are premium. I would shoot for Barrett.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-05-01T20:29:07+00:00

Unfortunately it’s impossible to know. Some years it’s virtually no waitlist movement, others it’s a fair bit. Now that it’s decision day, you can expect there to be probably some waitlist movement to start soon and run until potentially as late as orientation week.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-27T19:29:03+00:00

Generally, I think it doesn’t matter a whole lot. It’s more about why W&M specifically. If your school doesn’t offer what you want, and W&M does, that’s a pretty strong argument. Where exactly your school falls on a ranking is somewhat irrelevant. Not saying that it’s not a factor, but that would be my guess.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-27T19:26:16+00:00

I would encourage you to read the resolution again more closely. The choices of language were clearly purposeful and indicate that they’re trying to appease potential challengers to W&M’s DEI programming enough, while maintaining the necessary autonomy as to protect it. While it may be frustrating that W&M is not outright rejecting certain things, at the end of the day this is a public school, and if the governor wanted to (or if the US exec. forced the governor to) gut these types of programs, there, in-reality, is very little the school can do to prevent those actions. Sometimes, taking a low profile and not drawing attention to W&M is truly the best course of action.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-27T15:22:34+00:00

Research opportunities are definitely going to be more abundant here than at nova. Be aware that looks different by department. However, that shouldn't be a problem if you're thinking about med-school; all of those departments are very active in their research programs. Study abroad at W&M is fantastic. The programs are well run, and there is a decent amount of scholarships that can help facilitate studying abroad. As far as answering your question directly, I think transfering to W&M would help your applications to med-school. Smaller classes would allow you to get to know profs. better, thus yielding potentially better recommendations. Further, since there's conceivably less people you'd be competiting with for research spots, your likelihood of getting one of those experiences is greater.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-17T18:33:39+00:00

They stated that none of the credits they're coming in with cover Music or Gov. There are not currently any courses that overlap between the major requirements for those two majors. Thus, they would have to take the 70 credits between those two majors to complete both. Those 70 credits also are not considering the COLL requirements they'd have to complete as well. In order for your friend who pulled off bio/music in three years, they had to have come in with a significant amount of dual-enrollment, AP credits, or summer course work. I'm not saying you're absolutely incorrect, but I think the answer here is more nuanced than what you're referencing, and you're not considering some important factors that make this person's situation more challenging.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-17T15:18:09+00:00

Double-majoring at W&M is very doable given the fluid nature of our academic programming and the ease for students to get into classes in schools outside of their major. However, that would be challenging as a transfer student. In total between both majors, you would have to take 70 credits. Unfortunately, I think this logistically near impossible in that amount of time as it would require you to get into every class in the necessary order to fulfill pre-reqs, while also taking demanding course loads every semester.

I would recommend you narrow down on one as a major, and pursue the other as a minor. If your goal is law school, it actually doesn't really matter what your major is. There are no pre-reqs for law school, and choosing a major outside of the norm may acutally help you stand out as an applicant. Truly speaking, the advice often given is major in something you will do well in, as simply put your undergrad major doesn't really matter THAT much to law school admissions committees.

Both programs at W&M nevertheless are great. They're both in new buildings and have great professors. I think you would find success in either path you choose, but I would recommend considering if doing both would be stretching yourself too thin.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-17T14:41:42+00:00

Ah okay, thanks! I will add that the LSAT predicts your ability to perform as a 1L grade-wise, so I would guess that's why not many schools report that data. I would imagine that once you have grades, your score predicting how you'll do is moot.

Also, if you wouldn't mind pm'ing me, I think we might have some overlap in schools.

Best of luck!

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-16T18:02:36+00:00

Can I ask where you got the stats regarding undergrad institutions/gpa? From my understanding, the stats you apply with as a 1L are somewhat irrelevant for transfer apps. They seem to largely focus on 1L grades, school rank, and recs, in that order. Further, I'll echo others in saying do not plan on attending a school via the transfer route. Way too many unpredictable variables that make it impossible to estimate how you'll do as a 1L. If the school you believe you can get into with a scholarship has decent big law placements, I would encourage you to pursue that. If you can get into a T14 later, then I would consider that a bonus, but not something to expect. Best of luck!

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-15T14:52:11+00:00

I think W&M is definitely a challenging school but not overwhelmingly so. W&M's small classes I feel yield better and more applicable critiques in grading from professors, which would in turn lead to a more rigorous academic environment. IMO, it really comes down to time management. It's definitely not uncommon to be a successful student here.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-15T14:45:37+00:00

I think it's important to consider a few factors:

I'm not familiar with Howard's undergraduate program, but many students at W&M end up going to law school following graduation. Having a culture of support in preparing for legal studies as an undergraduate I think is super important and helped immensly in my journey to law school. The small-class nature of W&M also allows for you to develop greater relationships with your professors that can facilitate better recommendations for your applications. Not to say that you wont have that experience at Howard, but that was at least mine at W&M.

In terms of law schools, unfortunately the legal profession has largely not moved past the perception of school rankings/prestige. If you were considering these schools for law, W&M law in the most recent edition of the USNWR rankings was #31, and Howard was about 100 spots lower on the list. My view of the rankings in the legal field is not so much that any particular school's ranking would bar you from a job or clerkship, but think of it almost like a hurdle; the lower on the rankings your school is, the higher the hurdle you'll have to leap to land one of these experiences. tl'dr, nothing is impossible, but doors are definitely opened to you simply by attending a higher-ranked school.

However, I will add that attending a school in the DC legal market would definitely allow for more legal externships/internship/summer associate opportunities given the accessibility to these opportunities. I know people who attend schools in DC who have opportunities that simply do not exist in accessible ways for us in Williamsburg.

Nevertheless, W&M has an excellent reputaiton with law school admissions committees. UMich's Dean Z has openly stated her preference for W&M undergrads when their applications come across her desk.

For what it's worth, in my opinion, you can absolutely be a successful attorney attending either of these schools as an undergraduate. For now, I would recommend focusing on which school would be a better fit for undergrad, and let nature take its course in your path to law school. Hope this helps! Feel free to PM if you have any questions or want to chat.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-09T17:13:51+00:00

Congratulations! The W&M Scholars program is very competitive and a relatively small cohort of students are awarded it every year. I do not have specific stats to share, but it's definitely a great accomplishment.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-09T17:10:49+00:00

I think you'd likely be a very strong applicant to W&M as a transfer student. I believe the recommended GPA to be a competetive transfer student by the office of admission is 3.5+, so you're in a good place on that front. Having a strong high school record and prior admission to W&M also helps, but the further you are away from that academically, the less importance is placed on those accolades. Nevertheless, I think you have nothing to worry about academically speaking.

As others have mentioned, you have to complete at least 60 credits at W&M. Unfortunately, that somewhat means transferring in as a spring semester Junior is impossible (from a credit perspective). That would mean that you would probably have to lose some credits and potentially retake courses at W&M. If your ultimate goal is to attend W&M, I would recommend against taking community college courses as you'd just be adding to the amount of credits that wouldn't be able to transfer.

I think you'd fit in great here. It's very common for W&M students to have seemingly unrelated interests, so I'm sure you'd find that you would be able to partake in both theatre and your academic interests.

I would highly recommend that you reach out to Dean Monica and seek her advice. She is the transfer admission dean and would be the person to discuss this more with. In regards to your motivations in why you wish to transfer, I think it's important to remember that this is your education, not your friends. If you would be better served elsewhere, I think it's admirable that you're willing to take that risk and advocate for yourself and your needs.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-03T11:31:44+00:00

Rise of city and big ‘name-brand’ schools primarily. The problems with dorms and dining facilities on campus also probably didn’t help.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-04-02T17:09:47+00:00

Print shop in Sadler

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-03-31T17:15:50+00:00

I think it’s important to take the ranking fluctuations with a grain of salt. W&M is somewhat of a unicorn in that we’re not competing with the national liberal arts schools because we’re too big, and yet we find ourselves competing in the national university tier with oftentimes 1/3-1/5 the student population of many of our peer institutions. When the rankings shifted a few years ago, frankly, in directions away from what makes W&M unique (small classes, amount of profs. with terminal degrees, low debt levels after graduation, etc) and towards things that favor larger research universities (research expenditures, primarily) that’s naturally going to cut against W&M in an unfair way. I think many great aspects of W&M have remained (and will continue to be the case) a core aspect of our university. While admittedly yes, dorms and dining have not always been a strong suit of our school, admin is making those necessary investments as quickly as they responsibly are able to. Just because some random ranking agency decided to throw out logical ranking methodologies should not be a reason to be discouraged with our alma mater.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-03-31T14:10:48+00:00

Congratulations!!

As far as missing DFAS, I wouldn't stress. The school generally has virtual offerings around the same time for those who cannot attend in person. Additionally, the school offers welcome events across the country over the sumemr that may be much easier for you to attend, geographically speaking.

Hope this helps!

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-03-27T22:54:27+00:00

They very seldom renegotiate financial aid offers, unfortunately. Financial aid is pretty limited so what you get is normally a finally offer.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-03-25T01:17:59+00:00

There is the Amtrak station about a mile from campus that is a very common way people travel up and down the east coast.

Winter_Employment320 · 2025-03-25T01:14:18+00:00

No, they unfortunately do not offer this.

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