<p>My dd is looking @ several colleges in VA and recently UMW was recommended as a hidden treasure.</p>
<p>Anyone out there who can lend some perspective? We know very little about the place. Stengths, weaknesses? Is it a "commuter" college on the weekends? Any particularly strong depts.? Where do the rowers row? What's the volleyball program like? Facilities in general?</p>
<p>I read on here there are several dorms minus AC ... which in VA is hard to imagine ... in September and May, perhaps?</p>
<p>i went to mary washington for fall '06 semester....</p>
<p>STRENGTHS: i really enjoyed my classes there every single professor knew my name and my math teacher made statistics interesting when I was actually not strong in mathematics. campus is beautiful, gym is great. town is quaint and fun to visit, good restaurants downtown.</p>
<p>WEAKNESSES: food is not too great...really ended up being a problem for me, and yes it tends to empty out on the weekends although some of my friends hardly ever left campus. not too much to do, but then again I am from a suburb of NYC. if you need any other info, let me know i know a pretty good deal about the school, since i was a student there</p>