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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the atmosphere like there?[/quote]

Intense. Very academic.[/quote]

I disagree.  My DS is a freshman there.  Granted, he's only finished his first semester but he has not found it intense at all and thought the transition to college courses was much easier than he was expecting.  He's in a smaller dorm and the orientation program really helped him bond with his dorm mates.   They really look out for each other.  His roommate will check up on him if he's out really late one night.  When the school was evacuated in the fall for the hurricane, they all got together to make sure everyone had either a way to get home, or a place to go (if they lived really far out of state.)

My DS was worried there wouldn't be much of a social scene.  He joined a fraternity last semester and spends a lot of time with his fraternity brothers.  They go to football and basketball games together.  They were on a flag football team together.  The fraternity throws parties on the weekends.  My DS didn't want anything to do with crazy, "Animal House" type fraternity parties and from what he describes, they are much tamer.  But there is alcohol at the parties.  The houses are on campus, right next to the freshmen dorms, so I think it is difficult to get away with the crazy parties I attended when I was in college.  Also, I was in school when the drinking age was 18 so it was a completely different atmosphere from today.

My DS has said there are kids he's met that skip classes, and drink too much on the weekend.  They are struggling academically.  But he realizes that if he studies a couple of hours each day and keeps up with the work, academically it hasn't been difficult.  His classmates aren't competing against each other for grades - he says so far they are studying together if they want.  He has said there are some really super nerdy, brilliant kids at W&M.  My DS is a little nerdy and bright but not brilliant.

I went to a private college, and it felt like a family.  Since I didn't go to a state school, I don't know what they are like, but I think in a lot of ways, W&M reminds me of my private school - small classes, beautiful campus, the way my DS and our family was welcomed into the school.  [/quote]

Thanks for the review.  This is nice to hear.  I've wondered if it could be good for my DS, who is bright but not intensely academic, wants to major in math, likes an active social environment but is not at all sporty and wants nothing to do with a jock-like culture. [/quote]

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