What is William & Mary Like?

TTG
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:01:11 +0000

W&M has a new Student Wellness Center, which just opened this year. It is beautiful, and the director is very dynamic and talented. W&M, like other schools, is trying to manage increasing need for counseling services.

https://www.wm.edu/offices/wellness/iwc/index.php

I view pressure as something internal. Yes, a fair number of students feel pressure and a fair number don’t. It all feels collaborative and supportive to me, but students do feel pressure.

The campus is beautiful, and the weather terrific, probably hot the first few weeks, warm most of the school year, cool in the winter, with a few cold snaps, and maybe snow once or twice in a typical year. The campus sits immediately adjacent to the Colonial Williamsburg historic district, including Duke of Gloucester (“DOG”) Street. There are now a fair number of sandwich shops, delis, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, etc. that are popular with students and very walkable from campus. Paul’s, College Deli, Brickhouse Tavern (pizza), Aromas (coffee/sandwiches), and Cheese Shop (sandwiches) are some of the most popular spots with students.

The business school is in a beautiful, fairly new building just up from Lake Matoka, which is on the campus.

I agree about Greek life. I view it as big enough to definitely be something if a student is looking for Greek life but small enough that lots of students rarely interact with it and have a very full social life and don’t hardly notice that it exists. At some schools, Greek life dominates social life. Not true at W&M.

Good luck!