<p>Definitely hope some IR and Arabic students respond and let you know about their academic experiences in those disciplines. You may also be interested in a Middle Easter Studies major ([William</a> & Mary - Middle Eastern Studies](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/as/globalstudies/middleeastern/index.php]William”>http://www.wm.edu/as/globalstudies/middleeastern/index.php)) given your academic interests.</p>
<p>We think you’d find this campus very much informed and learned when it comes to discussing politics and current events. Additionally, while specific interest groups like the College Democrats and College Republicans are active on campus, we think you’ll find students are politically active in different ways. For example, last year a W&M senior ran for Williamsburg City Council and won thanks to the efforts of his peers. Several years ago students worked to allow W&M students to vote in Williamsburg and every year our students do the Road to Richmond (where they lobby our state officials for improvements to W&M and public higher ed) so our students are very cause focused and work hard to make those causes a success.</p>