William and Mary is academically challenging, rigorous, but the BEST time of my life! You're provided with ample academic, curricular, and social opportunities during the school year and you will make lifelong friendships. It sounds cliche, but there is no place I would rather be.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Keep in contact with Admissions and attend as many prospective student events as possible! I emailed Admissions with questions at least once a week just to keep my name familiar in their office. As for your essays, have multiple friends and family members review them before you submit! There's nothing worse than submitting your essays to then realize you had a few grammatical errors. This will leave a lasting impression (and not necessarily a good one). If you can visit campus and get an optional interview, do it! It can only help your application and you get to meet with a current senior so there's no stress during the interview! It is also a great way to ask questions and get answers from a student's POV.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
William and Mary is hard. There is no doubt about it. I ended high school with a 4.98 and right now, I have a 3.5. Your classes will be challenging and you will be up late many nights studying or working on group projects, however, everyone survives the semester. William and Mary expects its students to have good time management skills so doing the bare minimum will not get you far here. Professors want to help you so do not be afraid to reach out! Get to know them and make sure they know your name too. It could meet the difference between a B+ and an A- at the end of the semester, and trust me, you want the A-.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Freshmen dorms suck. I'm just being honest. Most are not air conditioned and they're old (just like the college, but in a historic way) so if you can, bring an AC Unit! It saved me my freshman year. As you move up, you have a wider selection of housing, most with AC so woohoo! You really cannot go wrong with wherever you stay though.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
I mean the dining halls are ok. You have two all-you-can eat dining halls to choose from, The Caf and Sadler. You also have Marketplace which offers a selection of to go foods (this is where a lot of students go). The food in our dining halls are ok; I am not a fan. So next semester I switched my meal plan so I can have more dining dollars (or flex) to spend at the Business School cafe! Make sure to stop by at least once and get a sandwich on pretzel bun or a bubble tea from Argo Tea! You won't regret it. If you are tired of dining halls, there are restaurants and QSRs where you can use your dining dollars to get food on the go. Cosi in Sadler Center is a popular spot!
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Are you kidding? You're in Williamsburg! Colonial Williamsburg is our backyard and as a student, you get a free 4 year collegiate pass into Colonial Williamsburg! The outlet malls and Busch Gardens are only a bus away and there are always a ton of events going on on campus thanks to AMP!
William and Mary is academically challenging, rigorous, but the BEST time of my life! You're provided with ample academic, curricular, and social opportunities during the school year and you will make lifelong friendships. It sounds cliche, but there is no place I would rather be.
Keep in contact with Admissions and attend as many prospective student events as possible! I emailed Admissions with questions at least once a week just to keep my name familiar in their office. As for your essays, have multiple friends and family members review them before you submit! There's nothing worse than submitting your essays to then realize you had a few grammatical errors. This will leave a lasting impression (and not necessarily a good one). If you can visit campus and get an optional interview, do it! It can only help your application and you get to meet with a current senior so there's no stress during the interview! It is also a great way to ask questions and get answers from a student's POV.
William and Mary is hard. There is no doubt about it. I ended high school with a 4.98 and right now, I have a 3.5. Your classes will be challenging and you will be up late many nights studying or working on group projects, however, everyone survives the semester. William and Mary expects its students to have good time management skills so doing the bare minimum will not get you far here. Professors want to help you so do not be afraid to reach out! Get to know them and make sure they know your name too. It could meet the difference between a B+ and an A- at the end of the semester, and trust me, you want the A-.
Freshmen dorms suck. I'm just being honest. Most are not air conditioned and they're old (just like the college, but in a historic way) so if you can, bring an AC Unit! It saved me my freshman year. As you move up, you have a wider selection of housing, most with AC so woohoo! You really cannot go wrong with wherever you stay though.
I mean the dining halls are ok. You have two all-you-can eat dining halls to choose from, The Caf and Sadler. You also have Marketplace which offers a selection of to go foods (this is where a lot of students go). The food in our dining halls are ok; I am not a fan. So next semester I switched my meal plan so I can have more dining dollars (or flex) to spend at the Business School cafe! Make sure to stop by at least once and get a sandwich on pretzel bun or a bubble tea from Argo Tea! You won't regret it. If you are tired of dining halls, there are restaurants and QSRs where you can use your dining dollars to get food on the go. Cosi in Sadler Center is a popular spot!
Are you kidding? You're in Williamsburg! Colonial Williamsburg is our backyard and as a student, you get a free 4 year collegiate pass into Colonial Williamsburg! The outlet malls and Busch Gardens are only a bus away and there are always a ton of events going on on campus thanks to AMP!