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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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."  [b]The school trends liberal but not radical.[/b]  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]

It's liberal, period.  [/quote]

Liberal is mainstream for colleges these days.[/quote]

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