Lee was actually the first president of the university, I believe. He is buried on campus. It’s not like it had something to do with the Lost Cause.

^^ also the faculty think the hookup scene that starts Thursday nights is not healthy

I’ve toured and known faculty there. I would be very concerned about sending a so. Or daughter into A 77% Greek scene (with expensive fees!) and a drink culture that starts Wednesday nights. Read about the catastrophic car accident that happened there a few years back when a group of drunk rebel era returned from a party outside of the city. If memory served me, 11 drunk students packed themselves into one car. There was an accident and a woman shot through the windshield and died. The male driving was convicted of criminal charges and went to prison.

“Be the douchebag of your dreams.”

Collar Pop!

Didn’t mean it as an insult, just a descriptor. People in the Deep South often don’t think of VA as the South. Lexington definitely feels like the south with things like dressing up in cocktail dresses with corsages for The Gold Cup race day.

Anonymous wrote:I have visited several times and it is gorgeous but has such an Old South feel you’d think it was in a state like Alabama. Last time I was there it still felt extremely white. The students who like this have a great experience and feel like they’re getting a great education. It is an acquired taste in that the things to do are very limited to dressy, drinky Greek life.

I know this was meant as an insult, as snobby DMVers love to use random Southern states as stand-ins for "uneducated" and "closed-minded." But the Honors College at the University of Alabama actually has quite a bit in common with W&L. Both are filled with brilliant, highly competitive students, but ones who desire a fun, vibrant college experience and an active social life on a campus that isn't steeped in woke SJW culture. My kid took a hard look at both schools, and I'd have been happy for him to attend either one, but the larger student body, chicks, and SEC football game day atmosphere at Alabama — not to mention the nearly-full-ride scholarship he was awarded — won him over. But they're both incredible places to get an education and have a blast doing it. Roll Tide and Go Generals!

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Anonymous wrote:You are kidding yourself if you don't think the W will be seen as spoiling it too in another couple of years.

San Francisco Board of Education has entered the chat.

I doubt it. You have to be able to read and type.

Anonymous wrote:Few people outside of Virginia and maybe a few of its neighboring states have ever even heard of Washington and Lee.

And yet, W&L appears quite high on the USNWR and other national lists that people in California, Illinois and New Jersey read. However can this be? Could it possibly be your liberal bias shining through here?

Really, if you agree with PP's take, then it's only intellectually honest to have the same opinion -- 'nobody's heard of it' -- about several of the DCUM-sanctioned darlings of this forum:

Carleton
Grinnell
Macalaster
Claremont McKenna
Bates
Hamilton

and so on. You know, tiny little schools in low-density zip codes.

The translation of PP's comment is actually "I wouldn't send my kid there and neither would my neighbors in Chevy Chase Sec. 5." The business elite of Dallas probably say the same about Bowdoin.

I grew up in NYC and had heard of it — though as a small safety school that would give money to get northerners there.

Few people outside of Virginia and maybe a few of its neighboring states have ever even heard of Washington and Lee.

Anonymous wrote:You are kidding yourself if you don't think the W will be seen as spoiling it too in another couple of years.

San Francisco Board of Education has entered the chat.

Anonymous wrote:I would be a concerned employer not because of its name but fact that its student population is >80% white. Can they be effective in today’s workplace that is much more diverse than that?

Unlike you, PP, today's 21 year olds are not hung up on things like race.

I would be a concerned employer not because of its name but fact that its student population is >80% white. Can they be effective in today’s workplace that is much more diverse than that?

Anonymous wrote:I have visited several times and it is gorgeous but has such an Old South feel you’d think it was in a state like Alabama. Last time I was there it still felt extremely white. The students who like this have a great experience and feel like they’re getting a great education. It is an acquired taste in that the things to do are very limited to dressy, drinky Greek life.

There are many more non Greek clubs and activities than fraternities. The Outing Club is the most popular extracurricular on campus.

I have visited several times and it is gorgeous but has such an Old South feel you’d think it was in a state like Alabama. Last time I was there it still felt extremely white. The students who like this have a great experience and feel like they’re getting a great education. It is an acquired taste in that the things to do are very limited to dressy, drinky Greek life.