College of William and Mary Top Questions

The stereotype of students at William and Mary is typically overly studious kids from suburbia Virginia, but all sorts of students can be seen running around the campus: jocks, fraternity and sorority members, nerds, and seemingly "wallpaper" people that you might never remember. Needless to say, regardless of what kind of student you are, William and Mary definitely has a place for you. For additional information, see the question labeled "What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?" (Note: seems sort of redundant to have the same question twice, doesn't it?)

The stereotype is that we are nerds who study all the time. On campus, we call these types of people TWAMPs, or, a Typical William and Mary Person. It's a term of endearment, though!

That we're all super nerdy and do not party.

This is one section we can agree on. William & Mary students are stereotyped as bookish and awkward.

Is it true that William and Mary has absolutely no social scene? Tim gives his take on the stereotype.

Patrick dispels a few William and Mary stereotypes.

Dave discusses the "academic bootcamp" stereotype of William and Mary.

Andrew tells us about some of the stereotypes of W&M students.

Geeky, awkward, lame, suicidal, unattractive, unsocial

The main stereotypes about William & Mary students are that we study all the time and don't know how to have fun. People also claim that we are socially awkward.