I am certainly not saying that cheating doesn’t happen at William & Mary (or at colleges like Davidson that have a similar honor system) There are always going to be cheaters. I only said that my kid has not witnessed or been aware of any cheating. Of course it happens, which is why I linked the info about the honor council outcomes.
This stands in sharp contrast to my older sons experience as an engineering student at an SEC school. He felt cheating was widespread and nothing was done about it. Extremely different campus cultures
Edited to add: undoubtedly certain groups of students may have more incentive to cheat. At my engineering kids’ school many students were on merit scholarships that they would lose (and could not earn back) if they dipped below a 3.0. I have no doubt that played in to the prevalence of cheating.