<p>havent visited yet...just wondering if there are many things to do on/around campus or if the off campus atmosphere is more similar to a small town.</p>
<p>W&M is surrounded by historic Williamsburg. There are lots of restaurants, but it’s kind of a “tourist-y area” with people coming to visit the old town.</p>
<p>So there’s not very much to do in the immediate area of campus. </p>
<p>On campus, I imagine there’s plenty to do in terms of clubs and other activities.</p>
<p>And Bush Gardens is close by, so if you can get some friends together and have some time on the weekends, you can always go there for the day until they close for the winter. </p>
<p>Other than that, I’m not too sure what else you can do. </p>
<p>They have good outlet malls and stuff, but I’ve heard they can be expensive, which isn’t ideal for a college student.</p>
<p>So, yeah, very small town atmosphere.</p>
<p>Which doesn’t matter for me, cause I live outside of a town in the VA boonies, across from a dairy from. :D</p>
<p>I imagine some city dwellers heading to W&M will be in for a bit of a shock. xD</p>
<p>thanks for the info. i have a few friends who love the area but arent very much into action and night life so its good to know what its really like.</p>
<p>a few bars
colonial williamsburg
movie theaters
outlet malls
minigolf
go carts
water country
busch gardens
jamestown
yorktown</p>
<p>most W&M students live on campus, and most of the ones that live off campus live very close. As a result, W&M is fairly self contained. All the big stuff happens on campus or within walking distance. Obviously if you are looking for a city lifestyle, you won’t find it at W&M.</p>
<p>Williamsburg has really grown in the last 5-7 years. There are now two off-campus developments (New Town and High Street) that cater to Williamsburg’s younger residents with student-friendly retail and dining (Five Guys, Panera, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc) plus two new movie theaters (one of which is dine-in) and a Trader Joes. </p>
<p>Students are also great at creating their own fun and bring a multitude of activities to campus. AMP (Alma Mater Productions – the student-run programming board) brings sneak previews of movies, concerts, big-name comedians, etc while other on-campus groups put on fundraiser, cultural festivals, and the like. There is plenty to do on and off campus and students really make this campus and this town their own.</p>
<p>There’s so much to do in Williamsburg. I live in Newport News, pretty close, and my friends and I spend countless weekends at Busch Gardens, Water Country, the outlets. It’s great. Also, if you’re into old people stuff like me… haha there’s Colonial Williamsburg, some antique malls… Yankee Candle is really cool. You’ll definitely find something to do.</p>
<p>Even though it’s a government school, it has that “LAC atmosphere”. Off-campus, you can go into colonial Williamsburg and see who can get ripped off the hardest by the restaurants in that city.</p>
<p>Yeah, there is a ton to do on campus in the evenings, so I don’t find myself even wanting to go off campus at all. Everything from movies at the Matoaka Amphitheater, to bands on Friday afternoons on the terrace, bigger bands once a semester, pretty big name comedians every couple weeks, and just tons of other stuff brought in by a student group called AMP (Alma Mater Productions). Apart from them, numerous other groups hold acapella showcases (including every Wednesday night at 9 in the Wren courtyard), Bhangra shows, cultural nights, speakers, lectures, movies, documentaries, midnight canoeing on the lake, and just a ton of activities. This isn’t even mentioning any of the extensive Greek life activities that go on and are open to all of campus, for the most part. Parties are often hosted off campus by different clubs, and the Green Leaf, College Deli, and Paul’s Delly are popular places adjacent to campus. If you just want to do something low key, students can get into academic buildings at any time of night to watch a movie or play games on the projectors in the classrooms. If they get hungry, Wawa runs are always popular.</p>