Is W&M bro-y?

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The frats got brand new houses right in the center of the campus about 10 years ago at W&M. Absurdly nice in the best location on campus.

https://www.wm.edu/offices/residencelife/oncampus/residencehalls/upperlevel/newfraternity/

While it doesn't have a big reputation for Greek life, frats at W&M do have an outsized influence on the campus and its culture. There's not really a bar scene in Williamsburg due to VA's alcohol laws, so party culture is centered on house parties often hosted by the frats.

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Anonymous wrote:Jon Stewart was in Pika - actually not the most lax-y of frats then. But he left it almost immediately. He was a soccer player and those guys were close and partied together.

Yep. In the soccer crowd there too. The biggest partier in our HS went to play soccer at WM--extremely bright as well.

[Anonymous]

A lot of the frats have off campus houses as well, where they host a lot of parties.
Sororities often have multiple houses in addition to those in or near Sorority Court.

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W&M has a variety of students just like any college but certainly has its own unique campus culture. Kids are pretty nice, smart and well-rounded on the whole. Some are sporty bro types, some are nerdy types, some are artsy theater types. I also found there was a deep overall commitment to volunteer work and public service among the student body, which always struck me as a somewhat unique characteristic.

One of the things that’s nice about W&M is one profile of student doesn’t really seem to dominate the school or campus culture. There’s a place for everyone but the college is also small enough that you really can get to know a variety of different students. It’s a pretty unique and special place.

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Anonymous wrote:Considering for OOS ds. The UVA post got me spooked.

UVA is definitely Bro-y. W&M is basically an ivy with an intellectual culture as the dominant culture.

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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.

TBH—it sounds incel-ish

And keep in mind I love W&M but you have to consider the pool first. Then from that pool, the 30% who become Greek are guys who probably would not have been sought after to pledge at schools like VT where the really bro frats are. So at W&M they are trying their best to emulate that frat life but in reality they are just nerdy binge drinkers.

The high status W&M guys keep their heads down and stay away from frats and the frat guys are correct that the W&M sorority women are not “ho-y” enough to rate on the ho scale. They just aren’t.

WTF??

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Anonymous wrote:What does "bro-y" mean?

Open up high school yearbook to the varsity baseball or varsity lacrosse team page. Textbook definition of bro-y.

I had to laugh. Guess it depends on the HS. Our HS barely has a lacrosse team and the baseball team is more like The Bad News Bears. They’ve been Mercy Ruled in their first two games. Heavy sigh.

But, I think you’re right on the description. FWIW, the boys I know at WM are the anti-thesis of bros. Figures, they were band kids. Sample size of two, YMMV. LOL.

Opposite. My brother played soccer there, WM. Younger than Jon Stewart- so not on the team. And his friends were not the description I see on here.

IN FACT--MY brother highly suggests my son pick WM over UVA because UVA is so douchey. My brother is 'beyond the bro'-- a higher level of cool where they look down on that striver, tight-*ss, lemming, polo-stuff. My son attends a private HS, plays a sport and also gets turned off by that kind of guy. The fleece polar vest and ball cap crowd.

Clones and lemmings that have a really distinctive 'brown-nose' personality. I think of Doug Neidermeyer in Animal House (typical UVA bro) vs Eric Stratton (from the non-prep) frat.

Perfect UVA stereotype. Not saying its true, but its as true as the theater/dork stereotype people love to perpetuate in WM.

Vast majority are neither or somewhere in between at both schools.

Jon Stewart (WM alum) vs Mr. Bow-tie Tucker Carlson (kids UVA)

This is the profile I see. Would Stewart appear dorky to a bro-y golf Lax crowd? Probably.

Off topic, but I am secretly hoping Jon Stewart can do to a certain presidential candidate what he did to Tucker Carlson when Tucker was on Crossfire. . .

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Anonymous wrote:What does "bro-y" mean?

Open up high school yearbook to the varsity baseball or varsity lacrosse team page. Textbook definition of bro-y.

I had to laugh. Guess it depends on the HS. Our HS barely has a lacrosse team and the baseball team is more like The Bad News Bears. They’ve been Mercy Ruled in their first two games. Heavy sigh.

But, I think you’re right on the description. FWIW, the boys I know at WM are the anti-thesis of bros. Figures, they were band kids. Sample size of two, YMMV. LOL.

Opposite. My brother played soccer there, WM. Younger than Jon Stewart- so not on the team. And his friends were not the description I see on here.

IN FACT--MY brother highly suggests my son pick WM over UVA because UVA is so douchey. My brother is 'beyond the bro'-- a higher level of cool where they look down on that striver, tight-*ss, lemming, polo-stuff. My son attends a private HS, plays a sport and also gets turned off by that kind of guy. The fleece polar vest and ball cap crowd.

Clones and lemmings that have a really distinctive 'brown-nose' personality. I think of Doug Neidermeyer in Animal House (typical UVA bro) vs Eric Stratton (from the non-prep) frat.

Perfect UVA stereotype. Not saying its true, but its as true as the theater/dork stereotype people love to perpetuate in WM.

Vast majority are neither or somewhere in between at both schools.

Jon Stewart (WM alum) vs Mr. Bow-tie Tucker Carlson (kids UVA)

This is the profile I see. Would Stewart appear dorky to a bro-y golf Lax crowd? Probably.

Jen Psaki is the other recent W&M alum "celeb" that seems to fit the broad W&M stereotype--intellectual humor, earnest, liberal and basically engaged in the world. W&M students seem to be well-informed and interested in politics but not super activist. The dominant trait I see is that they are generally intelligent and reasonable people. There seem to be a lot of long-term couples rather than hook-up culture. They are still 18-21 and party etc. but they seem to basically accept that they are mainly in college to learn.

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Anonymous wrote:W&M has a variety of students just like any college but certainly has its own unique campus culture. Kids are pretty nice, smart and well-rounded on the whole. Some are sporty bro types, some are nerdy types, some are artsy theater types. I also found there was a deep overall commitment to volunteer work and public service among the student body, which always struck me as a somewhat unique characteristic.

One of the things that’s nice about W&M is one profile of student doesn’t really seem to dominate the school or campus culture. There’s a place for everyone but the college is also small enough that you really can get to know a variety of different students. It’s a pretty unique and special place.

This all makes me very happy

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W&M couldn’t be less “bro-y” if it tried

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Anonymous wrote:What does "bro-y" mean?

Open up high school yearbook to the varsity baseball or varsity lacrosse team page. Textbook definition of bro-y.

I had to laugh. Guess it depends on the HS. Our HS barely has a lacrosse team and the baseball team is more like The Bad News Bears. They’ve been Mercy Ruled in their first two games. Heavy sigh.

But, I think you’re right on the description. FWIW, the boys I know at WM are the anti-thesis of bros. Figures, they were band kids. Sample size of two, YMMV. LOL.

Opposite. My brother played soccer there, WM. Younger than Jon Stewart- so not on the team. And his friends were not the description I see on here.

IN FACT--MY brother highly suggests my son pick WM over UVA because UVA is so douchey. My brother is 'beyond the bro'-- a higher level of cool where they look down on that striver, tight-*ss, lemming, polo-stuff. My son attends a private HS, plays a sport and also gets turned off by that kind of guy. The fleece polar vest and ball cap crowd.

Clones and lemmings that have a really distinctive 'brown-nose' personality. I think of Doug Neidermeyer in Animal House (typical UVA bro) vs Eric Stratton (from the non-prep) frat.

Perfect UVA stereotype. Not saying its true, but its as true as the theater/dork stereotype people love to perpetuate in WM.

Vast majority are neither or somewhere in between at both schools.

Jon Stewart (WM alum) vs Mr. Bow-tie Tucker Carlson (kids UVA)

This is the profile I see. Would Stewart appear dorky to a bro-y golf Lax crowd? Probably.

Jen Psaki is the other recent W&M alum "celeb" that seems to fit the broad W&M stereotype--intellectual humor, earnest, liberal and basically engaged in the world. W&M students seem to be well-informed and interested in politics but not super activist. The dominant trait I see is that they are generally intelligent and reasonable people. There seem to be a lot of long-term couples rather than hook-up culture. They are still 18-21 and party etc. but they seem to basically accept that they are mainly in college to learn.

100%. And if I’m not mistaken, she was on the swim team and member of a sorority too. All around great person

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Anonymous wrote:Considering for OOS ds. The UVA post got me spooked.

UVA is definitely Bro-y. W&M is basically an ivy with an intellectual culture as the dominant culture.

Is JMU bro-y? VT?

[Anonymous]

Since my son recently got admitted to UVA and WM, I can't tell you how many people, employers, neighbors have told me how they have always been impressed with the WM grads they work with. They are top notch. It's very rigorous --more so than some other schools and the students come out fully prepared and excellent writers.

I do like the smaller size and faculty teachers. I'll see what my son decides after admitted student events next month.

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Anonymous wrote:Considering for OOS ds. The UVA post got me spooked.

UVA is definitely Bro-y. W&M is basically an ivy with an intellectual culture as the dominant culture.

Is JMU bro-y? VT?

100% JMU

Tech, not gonna comment

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering for OOS ds. The UVA post got me spooked.

UVA is definitely Bro-y. W&M is basically an ivy with an intellectual culture as the dominant culture.

Is JMU bro-y? VT?

100% JMU

Tech, not gonna comment

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