A couple questions about W&L

LHS11
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:02:00 +0000

I wasn’t going to consider Washington and Lee until one of my friends told me he was looking there so I just looked it up. My sister did a summer program there a couple years ago too. All of the other places I had been looking at had been big colleges, 5,000+. I thought I wanted to go someplace big, but W&L seemed like someplace I would really like, even though it is just a little more than half the size of my high school.

I just have a couple questions.

1. How rural is the Lexington area? I was little when I was there before and don’t really remember and I do plan to visit at some point, but how far is the nearest decent sized city? Do you ever feel out in the middle of nowhere?

Do you ever feel like it is too small? This is a concern I have. I kind of like the anonymity of a big school, but I think I would also like knowing a bunch of people. And it isn’t like I would know everyone there. But I know some kids that go to other small colleges that say it’s ridiculous how much gossiping happens.
How is the history/poli sci type stuff? I think I’ll end up majoring in one of those en route to law school. Is W&L a good place to go to get into law?
What is the sports scene like? One of the reasons I want a big school is for big time athletics. I’m a really big sports fan and I want a school where the culture is to go to the games. I don’t really care if the teams wins or not, just that there’s spirit.


I was really surprised at how much I liked W&L, but after reading that decisions thread, I’m not so sure I’ll definitely get in seeing how many got waitlisted even though I have what I thought was an impressive resume…:-/