Is W&M bro-y?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is just pathetic. ALL schools have a variety of people. Men, women, academics, partiers, athletes, musicians, artists--the list goes on. It is a university or a college. I like to hope there's a healthy cross section of men and women. Just gross to label entire student bodies a certain way.

I dunno. W&M has been fairly true to brand for decades. The guys who go there are either recruited athletes, gay, or smart kids who are a little quirky or wouldn’t have quite enough social skills to thrive at a UVA or VT. In comparison, there’s a broader range of personalities at UVA and VT. It’s just how it is at W&M and, again, it’s been this way for decades.

I went there 30 years ago, so within the "decades" you reference and this is just wrong. I have had friends and kids who have been there since and they can confirm this is wrong. This is the stereotype that people mindlessly repeat. I met and became friends with lots of boys who had perfectly normal social skills, were straight, were in no way "quirky" and they all would have been just fine at UVA or VT (although I'm amused that that's the standard you use). They were smart, funny, good guys. Some were jocks, some drank and partied a lot, some didn't, etc. Normal cross section of American 18-21 year olds. Period.

Nope, but nice try.

If the male students at W&M didn’t strongly tend to fall into the categories mentioned earlier, it would be more popular among high school boys and the female-to-male ratio wouldn’t be so skewed. It’s just how it is, and has been for years.

W&M and UVA have extremely similar gender ratios.

For the class of 2027:
%Male %Female
UVA 44% 56%
W&M 41% 59%


Both are heavily skewed with more women. At a bigger school like UVA that's even more of a perceivable difference. So are you saying UVA isn't popular among high school boys either?

This is typical now for Liberal Arts. W&M is not out of line. Compare W&M to the component of UVA that is very similar in terms of majors, the College of Arts and Science for Fall 2023 first time in College enrollment and you will see W&M has a slightly higher male to female ratio:

UVA: 1,158 Males; 1,845 Females; 3,003 Total. 38.6% Male and 61.4% Female
W&M: 662 Males; 957 Females; 1,619 Total. 40.9% Male and 59.1% Female

Add to the comparison UNC Chapel Hill (Fall 2022 data), which is similar to W&M in that it does not have a significant engineering program (which tends male):

UNC: 1,673 Males; 2,752 Females; 4,425 Total. 37.8% Male and 62.2% Female.

Oh, don’t confuse the PP with facts. Some people on here are determined to portray the population there as “quirky” or odd no matter what. It gets old, but for some reason it makes them feel better. They just can’t accept that normal kids might be divided into those who prefer a bigger school like UVA and those who might prefer a smaller school like WM.

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I bet once the new CS school is established and programs and majors offered begin to grow, we'll see the ratio balance out slightly

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Anonymous wrote:UVA has a much bigger “bro-y” scene.

most VA schools do

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Anonymous wrote:33% of males are in fraternities and they dominate the social scene.

And yes, the frat males constantly hate on W&M for not being ho-ey enough. So not only is it bro-ey, it's toxic bros.

at UVA at least you can have a life outside of the bro-greek scene not so much at W&M

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:33% of males are in fraternities and they dominate the social scene.

And yes, the frat males constantly hate on W&M for not being ho-ey enough. So not only is it bro-ey, it's toxic bros.

at UVA at least you can have a life outside of the bro-greek scene not so much at W&M

That's not even true

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My DS is the least bro-y person I know, and he's thriving at W&M.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:33% of males are in fraternities and they dominate the social scene.

And yes, the frat males constantly hate on W&M for not being ho-ey enough. So not only is it bro-ey, it's toxic bros.

at UVA at least you can have a life outside of the bro-greek scene not so much at W&M

So not true