Is Washington & Lee University intolerable for a liberal?

doverdover
Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:48:09 +0000

My student is a LGBTQ recent graduate of W&L and was a Johnson Scholar. I could never never encourage any LGBTQ student to attend W&L. Yes, the academics are excellent and the campus is lovely, but it is the overall personal experience that matters. It is a very conservative campus and there is a W&L “type” of student. The students are polite. People may not be vocal about non traditional sexuality, but in general LGBTQ students are marginalized in many subtle and not so subtle ways. My student had friends and was involved in Greek life as well as in many organizations. However, on the day I moved my student out, at the end of four years at W&L, my student said “I never felt so unwelcome at a place in my life”. I think that says it all. Choose another school if you are LGBTQ or are looking for a diverse non-conservative student body.