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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

Do you usually overreact to such an extent?

Says the person using the emoji.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much any 24 hour eatery next to a college is going to get crowds at night. We used to go down to the Tastee 29 Diner.

+1. Local ihop on Saturday night when I was in college.

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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

Do you usually overreact to such an extent?

You are so used to being snarky, that you do not even realize how you come across.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

Do you usually overreact to such an extent?

You are so used to being snarky, that you do not even realize how you come across.

Mean Girls gonna Mean.

I always hated it when my kids asked when the Mean Girl/Bully scene got better. Because on one hand, I feel pretty strongly that you don’t lie to your kids. Once you lose your credibility, you lose your ability to influence your young adult (unless you think “major in what I say/marry who ai pick/ buy the house I tell you to or I’m cutting you off leads to a healthy relationship). But on the other hand, who wants to be the one to break it to a young teen that grown a** adults spend their Friday nights snarking on how 18-22 year olds who hard working and successful enough to get into WM choose to spend their Saturday nights.

PP is one of the many, many people on here who needs to grow TF up.

[Anonymous]

I'll never fail to be amazed by the dumb things moms on here freak out about. Oh no how dare students eat at a 24 hour place right next to campus that's so quirky and weird they should be hanging out in a c*ke den in the basement of a frat house instead. Like please spare us your unwanted and meaningless judgement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

I’m so mad this wasn’t a thing when I went to college. That sounds amazing. Good for your DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

Do you usually overreact to such an extent?

You are so used to being snarky, that you do not even realize how you come across.

Mean Girls gonna Mean.

I always hated it when my kids asked when the Mean Girl/Bully scene got better. Because on one hand, I feel pretty strongly that you don’t lie to your kids. Once you lose your credibility, you lose your ability to influence your young adult (unless you think “major in what I say/marry who ai pick/ buy the house I tell you to or I’m cutting you off leads to a healthy relationship). But on the other hand, who wants to be the one to break it to a young teen that grown a** adults spend their Friday nights snarking on how 18-22 year olds who hard working and successful enough to get into WM choose to spend their Saturday nights.

PP is one of the many, many people on here who needs to grow TF up.

What did I just read?

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure this is what people are cringing at, not the idea of college kids getting late night food, which is ubiquitous:

"And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion."

[Anonymous]

That doesn't happen from what I've heard - it's more like drunk people gossiping and buying food and alcohol and Wawa workers screaming at people to form a line and not eat inside.

I don't think most people talk about class stuff outside of class for fun - more likely the people whose only source of fun is school tend to find each other and zone the world out.

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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

+1
And this is why I am very hopeful my wonderfully curious, intelligent, funny, quirky, kind-hearted full-of-life kid gets into W&M and that posts like the ones detailing the Wawa activity do it’s job to repel the “cringe” poster’s kid from applying to a school like W&M if it won’t make her kid happy.

[Anonymous]

My sister went to an Ivy and I remember going to visit her. This combination of partying and having smart discussions at odd places is exactly what they were doing. Not sure why that’s considered quirky or why no one refers to that school as quirky. Seems normal that smart kids are still smart (for the most part) and interested in school even in campus hangouts, drunk or sober.

[Anonymous]

Variety of kids at the school. Not majority introverted. Sorority recruitment increasing each recent year. Happy student there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll never fail to be amazed by the dumb things moms on here freak out about. Oh no how dare students eat at a 24 hour place right next to campus that's so quirky and weird they should be hanging out in a c*ke den in the basement of a frat house instead. Like please spare us your unwanted and meaningless judgement.

NP-Pot meet kettle, this sounds like unwanted and meaningless judgement the other way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll never fail to be amazed by the dumb things moms on here freak out about. Oh no how dare students eat at a 24 hour place right next to campus that's so quirky and weird they should be hanging out in a c*ke den in the basement of a frat house instead. Like please spare us your unwanted and meaningless judgement.

NP-Pot meet kettle, this sounds like unwanted and meaningless judgement the other way.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it just making a point

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Anonymous wrote:Involved with nerf club at WM. On Saturday nights, they take over academic buildings for elaborate nerf games. Some “pre-game,” but a lot are sober. A great way to socialize on weekends if drinking/ parties aren’t your thing. After that, a large group hangs out post midnight at Wawa with kids coming from Greek events.

Also very involved in a language house, a music ensemble and the WM orchestra (not a music major or minor).

Bikes everywhere and says the bus works very well. Only needs to a Uber rarely. Says they would prefer not to have a car on campus because biking plus bus works well, and parking is a mess.

Did a summer overseas and loved it. Planning to do a semester next year.

Loves the school and living their best life.

Gotta ask, why are kids hanging out post midnight at the Wawa???

It’s a WM thing.

https://flathatnews.com/2022/11/14/late-night-wawa-trivia/

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/wawa-love-letter

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/8-wm-students

Are they really hanging out at the Wawa, or simply buying their $6 hoagie at 12am and then sitting outside eating it.

It is directly across the street from the W&M campus. UPenn has 3 Wawa's across the street from various parts of campus (Wawa is HQ in Philadelphia) which are quite popular, but nobody is hanging out there.

Apparently, they really hang out at WaWa— often while eating Mac and cheese or whatever. And it’s a cross section of kids— from Greeks post parties to kids who are much nerdier/sober. Which is an issue the school tries to address periodically because of crowding and drunk kids puking/not on their best behavior. That said, it’s apparent the top grossing Wawa on the East coast. So the owners are getting some ROI.

My DC really like the mix mash of different kids hanging out together. She isn’t a drinker and goes to hang out with with friends (she likes to be the one to put in the group order on the app because she gets loyalty points and often her order is free). And she says it fun to find to run into a group of kids from her classes that she would not ordinarily hang out with outside of class and have a mix of drunk and sober kids continuing a class discussion from the prior week. I guess 1am discussions of Russian economic involvement in Armenia among kids who are varying degrees of sober at WaWa at 1 am is a very WM thing to do. Much more relaxed than class, obviously, and she says some interesting and funny takes when you add drunk kids to the mix. She ended up writing a final paper last semester that started as a 1am WaWa discussion.

Seems odd to me, but I guess every college has things, places, traditions, events that make it unique. WM obviously has a lot of traditions that are hundreds of years old (Convocation, Charter Day, ringing the Wren Bell, Yule Log, etc) and other ways to socialize. But weekend WaWa is also a real thing.

OMG. Sorry, but I cringed.
DP

If your kid is equally “judgy” of other people’s harmless preferences, I hope they do not join my kid’s college community.

(And you can leave out the insincere “sorry”, no one buys it. Your whole post was jointless. Other than to try to establish your perceived superiority.)

+1
And this is why I am very hopeful my wonderfully curious, intelligent, funny, quirky, kind-hearted full-of-life kid gets into W&M and that posts like the ones detailing the Wawa activity do it’s job to repel the “cringe” poster’s kid from applying to a school like W&M if it won’t make her kid happy.

Mission accomplished!
DP