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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a good school but it’s too “southern money” and Greek for most NoVa kids.  NoVa kids want prestige (T20 or so) or value (UVA) W & L is very good education but it’s got a particular social vibe that these kids aren’t interested in. [/quote]

Wow. Talk about generalizing and projecting your own opinions onto 17 year old kids.[/quote]

:roll: Only if you’re new to this board. I answered based on what I read here. You new? Or an attention-seeking troll?

My personal story is that my own kid didn’t like it. We visited. Felt just like a small rich southern high school. And it’s the size of most NoVa high schools. Good education? Yes.  Appealing to DMV kids? Not so much.  [/quote]

I know many NOVA/ DMV kids who find it very appealing. [/quote]

Yeah they just can’t say it because they’ll get canceled.
The school is not generally racist, that’s just insulting and ignorant to say. It has a complicated history just like most old education institutions in this country.

Many kids from the NE. School is similar to any of the other SLAC.
W&L is a great school - alumnus here
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" Under Lee’s leadership, his students would, among other things, form a KKK chapter and harass and assault Black school children. The board of trustees of Washington College honored this legacy when it decided to rename its institution Washington and Lee University."

" After significant and critical national attention, Lee was finally put on trial at the place where his body is buried. Not guilty, the board of trustees announced on Friday. The vote was not even close—a supermajority of trustees (22 out of 28 trustees, or 78 percent) voted to retain Lee as a namesake. That vote, however, did more. It signaled that Washington and Lee University will continue to shine as a beacon of racism, hate, and privilege."

(Of the 28 trustees, 25 are white, and 23 are male.)

(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/white-supremacy-washington-and-lee-robert.html)[/quote]

Yes yes and I guess your point is that there has been no progress what so ever since?
Get real. You’re putting modern morals in a much different time frame.[/quote]

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