Current Student: Ask me your questions!

@shawnspencer Thanks! I just don’t know if my parents would be willing to take another tour.

do you know any students who are taking or majoring in Studio Art at W&M? My Daughter thinks she would like to major in Studio Art (not Art History) while at the same time take Psych and hopefully create a major that incorporates both.

@JackUK, avoid Red states? Most states have pockets, even large pockets of “red” and “blue”. Texas is red, but Austin is as blue as it gets. Nashville is a nice town. That is one of the reasons Vanderbilt has become so popular and selective. Virginia has historically been “red”, and much of it votes that way only to be counterbalanced by Northern Virginia.

The “Nutty grading” comment at W&M likely came LaVolpe, but average undergraduate GPA is the same at W&M and UVA (about 3.2). Based on a poll of study time per week at Virginia schools , UVA and W&M were about the same. Washington and Lee was the highest.

@IzzoOne

Averaging literally every grade is extremely disingenuous and that’s how they came up with the 3.2 number. The comment came from someone on the first page, not myself, but it’s not wrong depending on your program. Aggregating everything else with that program won’t change it.

@Lavolpe “Averaging literally every grade is extremely disingenuous”

Isn’t that how all schools do average GPA?

http://flathatnews.com/2017/01/30/the-failure-of-the-colleges-title-ix-office/

Read this please. Spread the word. Do something about it. You are a student there, I am not.

@IzzoOne And its always disingenuous to aggregate it; which is why you can usually find departmental GPA records.

Hi @LaVolpe ! I’m a newly admitted student. I’m just curious about your experience getting to know people on campus. Where (or when) did you begin to meet the people who you are friends with now? Did the admitted students weekend and/or orientation? I’m really excited about the school but this is my big concern, and honestly, the newly admitted students facebook page seems like either everyone already knows each other or people are just pitching themselves for roommates. Any advice to someone worried about the social aspect?

Sorry- also meant to include @shawnspencer in the above question

I have some questions, would love it if you could answer.

  • What is the political atmosphere like at WM?
  • How is the racial diversity, are there a lot of asian americans?
  • Anything unique about the dormitories?
  • How is the biology program at WM?