W&M for me? 'preppy white girl'

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>I have heard many things about W&M. Varying from it being a great laid back campus to it being full of lots of eclectic (in a good way) people who are into non-conformity and arent exactly social butterflies.</p>

<p>I go to a prestigous private catholic high school and i am very outgoing and talkative. Although I am not really into the hard-partying scene, I am deffinately not a book work or into doing NOTHING. I am afriad W&M would be to boring and eclectic for me.</p>

<p>I ghuess I could be considered your average preppy girl but not nearly to the extent at southern schools. I am really athletic and involved in everything at my school from sports teams to the Social Activism team to random leadership roles.</p>

<p>I dont think getting in would be a problem. I havent visited yet but I am just trying to sort out what I have heard about the school. I love that it seems to be laid back, I come from a super competitive high school and it would be nice to not constantly stress about grades. (I dont mean not caring, just not constantly announcing who beat who on some test blah blah blah).</p>

<p>Any help would be great!</p>

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<p>ok you sound exactly like me and im applying so i need to know this info too!</p>

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I go to a prestigous private catholic high school and i am very outgoing and talkative. Although I am not really into the hard-partying scene, I am deffinately not a book work or into doing NOTHING.

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<p>not many people anywhere are into doing NOTHING.</p>

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I am afriad W&M would be to boring and eclectic for me.

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<p>... what? You are afraid that W&M would be boring, and that there would be too many people with diverse interests?</p>

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I ghuess I could be considered your average preppy girl but not nearly to the extent at southern schools. I am really athletic and involved in everything at my school from sports teams to the Social Activism team to random leadership roles.

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<p>This would describe a lot of the people at W&M that I know.</p>

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I dont think getting in would be a problem. I havent visited yet but I am just trying to sort out what I have heard about the school. I love that it seems to be laid back, I come from a super competitive high school and it would be nice to not constantly stress about grades.

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<p>Visit. You will either fall in love, or decide it's not for you.</p>

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<p>I'm similar in that I like to do EVERYTHING. I like to see every concert, performance, recital, visiting speaker, art show, sports game, play lots of sports, and participate in every club.</p>

<p>That's definitely how I was when I was first coming in to the College. In the first week you're here, you will go to William and Mary Hall, the Basketball Arena, to see what clubs you might be interested in. I walked in, and started taking fliers from nearly every table, then I turned the corner and saw that the ENTIRE arena was filled with hundreds of clubs and dozens of sports teams. It was about then that I realized I couldn't do everything. I spent the next few hours wandering around and trying to be a little more selective about which fliers I took.</p>

<p>I ended up in almost 10 organizations, but that proved to be too much, as that would mean absolutely no free time! Things like the Colonial Club which dresses up for battle reenactments and fires musket volleys after touchdowns at football games had to go. I decided intermural soccer would have to go too, because after 13 years of playing soccer every, say tuesday at 5, thursday at 7, and Saturday morning at 9:30, I needed a change of pace to something more unregulated. Now I just play in the occasional pick-up game.</p>

<p>Even dropping things like those, I still ended up with treasurer/historian like spots for a few clubs, am an active member of others, help with the Green Initiative on campus. I still manage to go to dozens of speaking events, like when the FBI director visited, or participate in a videoconference with the State Dept. Spokesman, go to a concert by the Virginia Symphony, tour the Muscarelle Museum (there's really some great stuff in there!), volunteer around the city, participate in Church activities, and attend an amazing concert by the students in the Early Music Ensemble in the Wren Chapel.</p>

<p>And of course, there was the Obama convention speech party hosted by the Young Democrats in Lodge 1 where hundreds of us watched his acceptance speech, and I still managed to get my tri-weekly run through Colonial Williamsburg in that night too!</p>

<p>I can't forget that the work, reading, and taking notes does take time, as does eating, sleeping, and last but certainly not least - there's the hanging out and getting to know my new friends.</p>

<p>And that was just my first semester!</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I was able to go to every home football game, and be a Chair for the High School Model UN conference that the international relations club puts on (right now I'm preparing to go to the Harvard National Model UN conference in Boston in about a month), and that my friends and I love to make midnight runs to Wawa (there's a reason our wawa is the highest grossing non-gas Wawa on the east coast (iirc)).</p>

<p>Basically, I don't think you're ever going to be in need of something to do!</p>

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<p>I'm with soccerguy above - how can something be too boring and eclectic at the same time?</p>

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<p>Are Notre Dame,Davidson,and Washington and Lee on your list?All have smart,athletic,engaged student bodies.</p>

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<p>Here<em>to</em>Help: Thanks, you sound alot like me! You've been really helpful!</p>

<p>frazzled1 & soccerguy: I am sorry, I think I phrased it wrong. What I meant is that I have heard W&M is really arsty and the kids are really into non-conformity. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but I would find myself bored at a super artsy place because I am completely not creative and for the most part I dont think I would feel stimulated there. NOT that the school/students are boring. Just not my particular interest. Sorry to have phrased that unsensetively. Thanks for your help</p>

<p>Tigersrule: Notre Dame and Davidson are on my list - Notre Dame was my #1 for a WHILE, only problem is that they dont accept that many from my school & my best friend who has the exact same grades as me - maybe less extra curriculars - is basically in. Both her parents went there so I am basically screwed. Thanks though!</p>

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<p>Hang in there.Don't sweat what others are doing,legacy or not.You've got an excellent shot at becoming a Domer.You sound like you'll fit right in.Have you visited Notre Dame and let them get to know you in person? Keep reminding them of your dream-dreams come true!
Davidson is a pretty sweet backup.Good luck.</p>

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<p>ah, that makes more sense popp. I wouldn't describe the W&M student body as "artsy" or "non conforming". It is full of a lot of people who do a lot of things though. It wouldn't be like you were the only person on your freshmen hall in a lot of clubs =) People often sign up for tons of things during the activities fair (see: Here to Help, lol) and then go "oh crap, what did i do???" so they end up choosing the ones they want to keep. They usually stay on the email lists for all of them too, b/c for some reason most W&M kids don't know how to take themselves off of them.</p>

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<p>You sound like a lot of people I know here. WM is more artsy than someplace like UVA, but most people here definitely aren't.</p>

<p>I'm not sure I'd describe WM as laid-back. People tend to be pretty studious, although there are plenty of exceptions. We are, however, exceptionally non-competitive in terms of academic stuff.</p>