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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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