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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it's kind of known as a nerdy school and not everyone wants their college experience to be in the middle of a 1700s living history museum. [/quote]

OP, are you in state? Kids in Virginia sort into certain schools based on personality and interests. W&M is perceived as a school for the nerdy, theater type kids. Not debating whether this is true or not, just how 17 year olds see it. Also, W&M didn’t have business for a long time and basically every boy wants to go into finance these days. They ALL want a school that offers business, so UVA and VT are the more obvious choices. [/quote]

Maybe that's truly what some people think but if you spend a few hours on campus or go to a football or basketball game you'll notice pretty quickly the frat/sporty/business type greatly outnumber the theater type guys. The theater program there is really small in general - only 30 majors and minors out of seven thousand students.

So I don't really understand why there's a reputation that doesn't reflect the students who actually go there.[/quote]

For some reason, there are some people on this board who are really invested in the idea that WM is full of nerds wearing propeller hats and playing D&D in between theater performances. They're less interested in seeing what it's really like, or they haven't bothered spending much time on campus, or they've only talked to their kid's three friends about what they've "heard" about the school. It's tiresome, but it is what it is.

I think that others have addressed the original question and that it's a combination of those factors, none of which should serve as red flags or anything. [/quote]

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