<p>I'm from Ohio and my counselor and parents both warned me that W&L is big on the "good ol' boy" kind of culture; I understand there is drinking on EVERY college campus so obviously that's not my issue--I'm just wondering if, for someone who isn't from the South and has very few ties to typical Southern culture (I am a Republican but that only goes so far, haha), it would be hard to make friends/meet people/generally be "accepted".</p>
<p>Look at the following data, and then try to answer the question for yourself. I believe that your counselor may be a bit uninformed.</p>
<p>Demographics of degree seeking students by permanent residence 2008-09 </p>
<pre><code> Ugrad Law Total % U.S.
</code></pre>
<p>Alabama 48 1 49 2.37%<br>
Alaska 2 2 0.10%<br>
Arizona 8 1 9 0.44%<br>
Arkansas 23 1 24 1.16%<br>
California 49 13 62 3.00%<br>
Colorado 11 11 0.53%<br>
Connecticut 52 7 59 2.86%<br>
Delaware 6 2 8 0.39%<br>
D. C. 4 2 6 0.29%<br>
Florida 63 11 74 3.58%<br>
Georgia 85 16 101 4.89%<br>
Hawai’i<br>
Idaho 4 4 0.19%<br>
Illinois 24 6 30 1.45%<br>
Indiana 10 2 12 0.58%<br>
Iowa 3 3 0.15%<br>
Kansas 12 2 14 0.68%<br>
Kentucky 25 5 30 1.45%<br>
Louisiana 52 5 57 2.76%<br>
Maine 8 2 10 0.48%<br>
Maryland 142 28 170 8.23%<br>
Massachusetts 34 6 40 1.94%<br>
Michigan 16 6 22 1.07%<br>
Minnesota 9 1 10 0.48%<br>
Mississippi 10 2 12 0.58%<br>
Missouri 21 2 23 1.11%<br>
Montana 2 2 4 0.19%<br>
Nebraska<br>
Nevada<br>
New Hampshire 8 1 9 0.44%<br>
New Jersey 115 19 134 6.49%<br>
New Mexico 2 2 4 0.19%<br>
New York 90 21 111 5.38%<br>
North Carolina 72 11 83 4.02%<br>
North Dakota 1 1 0.05%<br>
Ohio 50 7 57 2.76%<br>
Oklahoma 10 2 12 0.58%<br>
Oregon 2 1 3 0.15%<br>
Pennsylvania 85 14 99 4.79%<br>
Rhode Island 2 1 3 0.15%<br>
South Carolina 53 9 62 3.00%<br>
South Dakota 2 2 0.10%<br>
Tennessee 49 8 57 2.76%<br>
Texas 102 19 121 5.86%<br>
Utah 2 4 6 0.29%<br>
Vermont 4 1 5 0.24%<br>
Virginia 255 132 387 18.74%<br>
Washington 11 5 16 0.77%<br>
West Virginia 31 6 37 1.79%<br>
Wisconsin 8 1 9 0.44%<br>
Wyoming 1 1 0.05%<br>
US subtotal 1677 388 2065 100.00%
State* Count 47 41 47 </p>
<p>OTHER COUNTRIES OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE (not necessarily citizenship) </p>
<p>Argentina 8 8<br>
Bolivia 2 2<br>
Bulgaria 7 7<br>
Canada 1 3 4<br>
China 13 3 16<br>
Costa Rica 1 1<br>
Denmark 1 1<br>
Dominican Republic1 1<br>
Ecuador 2 2<br>
Fiji Islands 1 1<br>
France<br>
Germany 2 1 3<br>
Greece 1 1<br>
India 3 3<br>
Ireland<br>
Israel 1 1<br>
Jamaica 1 1<br>
Japan 1 1<br>
Jordan 1 1<br>
Lebanon 1 1<br>
Mexico 1 1<br>
Nepal 3 3<br>
New Zealand 1 1<br>
Nigeria 1 1<br>
Pakistan 1 1<br>
Paraguay 1 1<br>
Rep of South Korea 2 2 4<br>
Romania 2 2<br>
Spain 1 1<br>
Swaziland 2 2<br>
Sweden 1 1<br>
Uganda 1 1<br>
Ukraine 1 1<br>
United Kingdom 2 1 3<br>
Venezuela 1 1<br>
Vietnam 4 4<br>
Int’l subtotal 72 11 83<br>
Country Count 33 6 34 </p>
<p>Total 1749 399 2148</p>
<p>Thanks–I REALLY like everything I’ve read about W&L, especially the academics. I’m applying to the Johnson Scholarship Program so I really was hoping it isn’t as bad as my counselor made it out to be.</p>
<p>It always seemed to me like there were a TON of people from Ohio. Probably the most represented midwestern state.</p>
<p>I should have included a link to the W&L Fact Book, where I obtained this information. I can’t seem to ever get tables to format properly on CC, and they are more readable in the Fact Book. </p>
<p>Here is the link: <a href=“Accreditation and Institutional Research : Washington and Lee University”>Accreditation and Institutional Research : Washington and Lee University;