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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! PP asking about culture here. Would you say a person has to be into sports to fit in socially there? Or drinking? My son is DEFINITELY not into sports. Outside of school, he plays a lot of video games with friends. He also likes board games a lot. His friends tend to be smart, nerdy, liberal, socially conscious. He has a couple of friends who are identifying as non-binary right now, if that gives you a little bit of a picture. But I also wouldn't say that he is particularly into politics or social issues. He just tends to gravitate toward those kinds of kids.

I guess I'm wondering how W&M compares in terms of culture to some of the well known liberal LACs. I'm a little worried about him ending up a place that is conservative and has a big sports and drinking culture. Honestly, drinking itself doesn't concern me. It's more the culture wrapped around that that tends to be....bro-y? [/quote]

I'm the one with the DS in IR above. The nice thing about it being a mid-size school is that there's a good niche for all kinds of kids.  So you get the SLAC style education without the smaller school issues of being dominated by one "type."  The school trends liberal but not radical.  Strong LGTBQ+ culture.  Frats and sororities don't dominate--and there are multiple non-traditional frats/sororities.  Most kids are not in Greek life and  a lot of the kids who are in Greek life are like my kid--weren't interested until they met friends in frats.  Tons of interest-based clubs, including gaming ones.   [/quote]

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