U of Richmond
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Anonymous
| What is the culture? Is it a party school? |
Anonymous
Preppy culture, yes a party school. |
Anonymous
| Preppy, but not a party school |
Anonymous
It's less of a party school than W&L, but they throw down at the U of R. |
Anonymous
| Would a quirky/nerdy-ish student not fit in at Richmond? |
Anonymous
I don’t think they wouldn’t enjoy it. The typical UofR student is very social, preppy, athletic, and wealthy. If your child often has a a difficult time fitting into social settings, I wouldn’t send my student to this preppy private school. |
Anonymous
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We toured in the fall. Our guide was from a big public school in LA. She was kinda nerdy, played the cello, and told us how she loved hanging with friends and eating ethnic food watching movies on the weekend. She was also involved in Jewish and cultural activities. She was a fabulous guide and my son was totally impressed with her (and the school).
Not preppy. Not wealthy. Not a partier. Evidently they do exist there and love the school! |
Anonymous
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The kid I know is also a nerdy, non-preppy kid and loves it.
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Anonymous
| Happy to hear the stereotype challenged. It’s on our list to check out. There is a lot to love about it, from what we have read. Now we need to go visit. |
Anonymous
| Preppy stiff Stepford-like. DD, me and DH all hated the tour and visit. |
Anonymous
| Beautiful school. Our tour guide who was not typical - nerdy female not wearing golden goose - told us that she had wanted to transfer because it was so hard her freshman year but her parents told her to stay. I think more of an athletic, preppy vibe than nerdy. |
Anonymous
If you asked for suggestions on where your quirky/nerdy-ish student should look, probably most would not suggest Richmond . It would be more like William & Mary or Swarthmore. However, I would say Richmond would be no different than lots of schools that have a work hard play hard mentality or ones that have big sports (though Richmond is less of that rah rah culture). While quirky/nerdy isn’t the overall vibe, there are quirky/nerdy students that attend but it may take a little more effort for them to find their friend group. I would also add that I attended a college with lots of smart kids that were likely nerds in high school but never would have called it a quirky/nerdy college. Kids reinvent themselves in college and they also grow and change. Anyway most kids meet their college friends thru their dorm, an activity where they spend enough time to get to know people and/ or has a social part to it, or friends of friends so as you look at colleges that aren’t the quirky vibe, you have to assess are there are enough people your kid has things in common with and how easy/hard would it be to find them. |
Anonymous
No. Always possible to find one's people, but might take a while. I would not pick Richmond for this kind of kid in a million years. |
Anonymous
But there are lots of other schools for this type of student. |
Anonymous
How challenging is it? My DD was accepted and is still considering. Her high school was not that rigorous. |