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Not many students walk out of W&J with feelings that it was “alright” or “so-so.” Most shoot off to either extreme of loving it or despising its very existence. Come to think of it, many are a complicated mix of both. Regardless of where their loyalties lie at graduation, students seem to share a strikingly common belief that succeeding at W&J makes the rest of the challenges still to come comparably easier. Grads leave here with feelings of tremendous relief that they passed their classes and they know that the education they received has helped get them one step closer to the next phase of their lives. Even though many are racked with doubt about exactly what that phase is, the general attitude is positive and optimistic. It’s difficult to write a summary about students’ overall experience here because, to put it bluntly, it’s so varied and complex that one person simply cannot capture it all. I consider it safe to say that no one leaves W&J just how they expected they would be when they came here as freshmen. Four years at W&J has burned some students out and made some wish they had considered going somewhere less rigorous, but it has given others boundless confidence in their academic abilities. Those four years have also given students cause to think about their lives from entirely new perspectives. Sometimes this works for the best, and the student finds some avenue to pursue that will bring them fulfillment and happiness, while others become disillusioned and even more confused about the future than when they first set foot on campus. At graduation time, what seems to matter most is how engaged you were with your education rather than how well your grades turned out. For being as small as it is, W&J can exert a remarkable amount of pressure on its students. How students deal with that pressure and how their efforts are directed seem to define their overall experience more than anything else.

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Greek Life at Washington & Jefferson College

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'13

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Greek Life

About 40% of campus is Greek. Most Chapters on campus date back to the early origins of fraternity beginnings. The school relies on the Greek Houses to provide the weekend party scene

Dec 26, 2011

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Academics at Washington & Jefferson College

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'13

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Academics

Professors are very knowledgable, workload is strenuous but managable, we work hard and play harder.

Dec 26, 2011

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Campus Housing at Washington & Jefferson College

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'12

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Unhelpful Residence Life

Residence life tries to appear that they are helpful but the director makes students jump through hoops to solve any problems. Taking a poll on campus about residence life helpfulness for roommate problems, cleaning issues, RA problems would result in a very poor grade for them. The process to sign up for housing is tedious, and hope that you never have a disagreement with your roommate, suitemate, or someone living near you because it will be a very long process to get anything done. It took MONTHS for a male living in my hall to be moved his freshmen year, regardless of how much his rooming situation was affecting his grades, he ended up transferring schools because of the lack of help from Residence Life. There is no option to live off campus either, so if you are not in a 15 mile radius at school, get prepared to deal with what they give you.

Dec 13, 2011

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