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Student Body at W&M
At William and Mary, there are an obscene amount of weird, nerdy students who are overly invested in their studies and nothing else. As seen in a recent youtube sensation (also posted on Barstoolu), at least 100 students were outside of the campus library on Sunday simply waiting for it to open so that they could run inside and...study. Many students brought sleeping bags, coffee makers, and other items that would be necessary for living in a library. During exam weeks, many students even wash dishes and brush their teeth in the library bathrooms. Approximately 25% of the student body is involved in Greek Life, which is absolutely essential if one wants to have a semi-normal college experience while attending William and Mary. Unfortunately, even when in one of the "more popular" Greek organizations, there is very little going on during any given weekend. Aside from the varsity athletes--who, understandably, interact very little with others on campus--the Greeks are the closest you can get to "normal" here. However, many of the fraternities are creepy and/or weird. Even for members of the more normal ones, finding girls to have some sort of a relationship with is very difficult. Many girls quickly realize the lack of "options" at William and Mary and maintain relationships with guys from their hometowns. Likewise, since most normal girls are in sororities, if a guy happens to have a problem with one girl, other girls in that sorority hear her side of whatever may have happened, limiting the guy's options in the entire sorority. It is also interesting that, outside of girls in sororities, I could probably count the truly attractive girls--that are not athletes--one 1 or 2 hands. Even in sororities, girls are not very attractive, and 95% of girls think they are more attractive than they are. Most girls who come to W&M have never drank before college, but once they begin doing so while they are here, they become more and more cocky, thinking they are all of a sudden the hottest thing in the world. This school is small compared to many, but at the same time, we have one of the ugliest student bodies in the country. Additionally, as William and Mary is a highly ranked, difficult school, students are often very conceited and arrogant about their intelligence. Despite the fact that job placement and career salaries are not necessarily any higher when graduating from here, other students thumb their noses at very respectable institutions such as Virginia Tech and James Madison. While there are some normal students and many nice, friendly people, the combination of the student body and aspects of the university as a whole prohibit what would seemingly be a "normal" college experience.
Dec 06, 2011
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