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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMW alum here:  loved my four years there.  The campus and buildings are just beautiful; the quintessential classic college campus.  After touring several other schools, I knew when I first laid eyes on Mary Washington and walked around that it was the place for me.  Yes, it's a small school, though bigger than many other SLACs.  It's true there is no Greek system whatsoever, which is one of the main reasons I chose it.  Parties were open to everyone and usually just organized within dorms or at off-campus apts.  One thing I loved about the school was that everyone was friends with everyone else and you always recognized someone in your classes or around campus.  I didn't want to go to an enormous university where I would just have been one among many anonymous students.  The old town area of Fredericksburg is adorable, lots of antique stores and restaurants.  My friends and I used to meet up for brunch downtown sometimes on the weekends.  As for the male/female ratio, I never, ever felt that there were too few guys there.  When you're actually going to the school, it isn't particularly noticeable that there are more female students, at least it wasn't to me.  Lots of great friendships with the guys, as well as several boyfriends during my time there.  I had some incredible professors who opened my mind to all kinds of different ways of looking at the world.  I made lifelong friends at Mary Washington and hope that one of my kids will want to go there someday as well.  Highly recommend this school.[/quote]

This was my experience too. I graduated in 2005. I went to a very small high school overseas and didn't want to get lost at a big university. I found that there was a pretty sizeable group of kids like me, whose parents were Foreign Service or military and moved often. It was nice to not be the only one who didn't have a hometown. Mary Wash is consistently in the top ten small colleges for Peace Corps volunteers too.

Among my friends, academics came first. We had fun and were very social, but no one gave anyone crap if they skipped a party to study or finish a paper. We all knew the library well :) Of my close group of friends, I'd say 75% of us now have grad degrees (a few lawyers and PhDs as well) and we're all in solid, stable careers. Classes were small and taught by professors, not graduate students. I had several seminars that were less than 10 students, the biggest class was a Poli Sci 101 class and it was less than 100. The faculty is very accessible and many of the departments have social events for students and faculty, community and mentoring are definitely emphasized.

I really loved it.[/quote]

Thanks! That was useful info. I knew a number of Mount Holyoke students who grew up abroad, and wanted a place that felt welcoming as they didn't have homes/parents in the states.[/quote]

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