William and Mary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

If your Dc thinks W&M is a total party school they must wish to never leave their dorm.

+1. Poor kid must be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t attend UVA or UNC or— God Forbid— an SEC school. It isn’t even a “work hard, play hard” school. More like “work hard, have some fun with friends, maybe at a party, or maybe watching movie in the dorm or playing ultimate or nerfing and then going to Wawa” school. I literally LOl’d. So, thanks for the chuckle PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is fun. Wawa for #1!

https://www.collegemagazine.com/twamp-chomps-top-10-late-night-eats-at-william-mary/

Thanks, sounds fun. Question though. The article is pretty critical of W&M dining halls. Is that accurate?

Parent of a current student. And yes, dining halls are probably the biggest downside to WM. DD ‘s freshman year was just bad. I was hearing “medium rare chicken” jokes. They got a new dining vendor this year and I’m hearing that it’s better— but still not fantastic. Whatever that means. Apparently more upgrades in dining in the works for next year. But it’s fair to say no one chooses WM for the awesome food.

Ooh do you have an inside scoop?

I have my kid explaining to me why being a junior and finally being able to buy more dining dollars and fewer meal swipes wouldn’t necessarily be a plus next year. It sounds like more meal swipe options at more places (more variety) or another actual dining facility besides Sadler and whatever the one on the other side of campus is? I’m not completely sure. Once we got past medium rare chicken and she begrudgingly stopped griping about the food, I’ve moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

If your Dc thinks W&M is a total party school they must wish to never leave their dorm.

+1. Poor kid must be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t attend UVA or UNC or— God Forbid— an SEC school. It isn’t even a “work hard, play hard” school. More like “work hard, have some fun with friends, maybe at a party, or maybe watching movie in the dorm or playing ultimate or nerfing and then going to Wawa” school. I literally LOl’d. So, thanks for the chuckle PP.

I think there's definitely a sizable percentage of the school that has a work hard play hard mentality. About a third of the school is in Greek life, and even more when you consider students in "frat-adjacent" orgs like club sports or MCOs that throw a lot of parties as well. However, it's very easily avoidable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

Wait, what? This thread is about W&M— a small state college in VA. What school are you talking about?

You are totally naive if you think small schools dont party

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

If your Dc thinks W&M is a total party school they must wish to never leave their dorm.

+1. Poor kid must be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t attend UVA or UNC or— God Forbid— an SEC school. It isn’t even a “work hard, play hard” school. More like “work hard, have some fun with friends, maybe at a party, or maybe watching movie in the dorm or playing ultimate or nerfing and then going to Wawa” school. I literally LOl’d. So, thanks for the chuckle PP.

+1. Holy hell. This is why WM>UVA.

[Anonymous]

Heading there bright and early tomorrow for Green & Gold Day! Guess we will go to Wawa on the way out of town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heading there bright and early tomorrow for Green & Gold Day! Guess we will go to Wawa on the way out of town.

It's basically on campus, you can't miss it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

Wait, what? This thread is about W&M— a small state college in VA. What school are you talking about?

You are totally naive if you think small schools dont party

Plenty of small schools party. Plenty of kids at WM go to parties on weekends. But, if you list the top 100 “party schools” on the US, big, small and in between, WM would be nowhere to be found. For some kids that’s a plus. For some, party hard and big sports are the traditional college experience they want. Those kids don’t go to WM. And if they do, they are probably pretty unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is fun. Wawa for #1!

https://www.collegemagazine.com/twamp-chomps-top-10-late-night-eats-at-william-mary/

Thanks, sounds fun. Question though. The article is pretty critical of W&M dining halls. Is that accurate?

Parent of a current student. And yes, dining halls are probably the biggest downside to WM. DD ‘s freshman year was just bad. I was hearing “medium rare chicken” jokes. They got a new dining vendor this year and I’m hearing that it’s better— but still not fantastic. Whatever that means. Apparently more upgrades in dining in the works for next year. But it’s fair to say no one chooses WM for the awesome food.

Ooh do you have an inside scoop?

I think a brand new dining hall will open next year in the west woods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is fun. Wawa for #1!

https://www.collegemagazine.com/twamp-chomps-top-10-late-night-eats-at-william-mary/

Thanks, sounds fun. Question though. The article is pretty critical of W&M dining halls. Is that accurate?

Parent of a current student. And yes, dining halls are probably the biggest downside to WM. DD ‘s freshman year was just bad. I was hearing “medium rare chicken” jokes. They got a new dining vendor this year and I’m hearing that it’s better— but still not fantastic. Whatever that means. Apparently more upgrades in dining in the works for next year. But it’s fair to say no one chooses WM for the awesome food.

Ooh do you have an inside scoop?

I think a brand new dining hall will open next year in the west woods.

That's happening in Fall 2025, it's still small pieces of concrete in the ground right now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

If your Dc thinks W&M is a total party school they must wish to never leave their dorm.

+1. Poor kid must be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t attend UVA or UNC or— God Forbid— an SEC school. It isn’t even a “work hard, play hard” school. More like “work hard, have some fun with friends, maybe at a party, or maybe watching movie in the dorm or playing ultimate or nerfing and then going to Wawa” school. I literally LOl’d. So, thanks for the chuckle PP.

I think there's definitely a sizable percentage of the school that has a work hard play hard mentality. About a third of the school is in Greek life, and even more when you consider students in "frat-adjacent" orgs like club sports or MCOs that throw a lot of parties as well. However, it's very easily avoidable.

I'm a homebrewer and wine drinker so definitely not a teetotaler, but why is excessive drinking always seen as a positive in the college forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

Wait, what? This thread is about W&M— a small state college in VA. What school are you talking about?

You are totally naive if you think small schools dont party

Plenty of small schools party. Plenty of kids at WM go to parties on weekends. But, if you list the top 100 “party schools” on the US, big, small and in between, WM would be nowhere to be found. For some kids that’s a plus. For some, party hard and big sports are the traditional college experience they want. Those kids don’t go to WM. And if they do, they are probably pretty unhappy.

I can't speak to W&M today, but we definitely had parties. Some on DCUM seem to think that doesn't happen and I'm not sure why. But we all were aware we were not at a top party school and I was fine with that. Still, it is quite a social school in its own way.

[Anonymous]

Where the heck is the financial aid package from W&M? Today is May 1 and this is a CSS school!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where the heck is the financial aid package from W&M? Today is May 1 and this is a CSS school!!!

Come on, UVA is a public and a relatively small pme (compared to other flagships) with an over-extended small admissions and financial aid office. be patient. If you want private deliverance then go pay private dollars at 93K a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Socially - a total party school. Academically - He wishes he followed his sister to Gtown.

If your Dc thinks W&M is a total party school they must wish to never leave their dorm.

+1. Poor kid must be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t attend UVA or UNC or— God Forbid— an SEC school. It isn’t even a “work hard, play hard” school. More like “work hard, have some fun with friends, maybe at a party, or maybe watching movie in the dorm or playing ultimate or nerfing and then going to Wawa” school. I literally LOl’d. So, thanks for the chuckle PP.

I think there's definitely a sizable percentage of the school that has a work hard play hard mentality. About a third of the school is in Greek life, and even more when you consider students in "frat-adjacent" orgs like club sports or MCOs that throw a lot of parties as well. However, it's very easily avoidable.

I'm a homebrewer and wine drinker so definitely not a teetotaler, but why is excessive drinking always seen as a positive in the college forum?

It is not by any parents who are informed about what drives car crashes and sexual assault in young adults.