University of Mary Washington Top Questions

not really, a lot of people wanted to go to umw

UMW is co-ed although there are more women than men, but that is true with many other schools. There are many commuter students but that doesn't mean campus life is dull. It is as boring or as fun as you make it - true for any campus regardless of number of students/frats/sports etc.

Umw girls are busted (ugly): Generally, yes. There are very few actually hot girls at the school, however there are a good amount of attractive and good looking girls there. The ratio of girls to guys (70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} to 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}) doesn't matter, while it looks good on paper, the extra girls ARE actually unattractive, leading to an equal amount of guys and acceptable girls. umw students aren't very intelligent: pretty much, yes. they are all generally good intentioned however, so its nothing against them. there are a few of students who make you wonder how they ever got in, let alone got into any college (though to be fair, some of these get weeded out the first year) umw students are all goody-goodys: not true at all. there is a large population of heavy drinkers, a few students into harder drugs (shrooms, prescription drugs), and a fair number of potheads. Many of these students get weeded out (excuse the pun) but also many of them stay because the requirements aren't to strenuous. However, there are also a huge number of the opposite extreme, perfect god fearing Christians who look down on you if you drink. the girls are all lesbians or feminists: not true at all. no more then any other campus

Although UMW is predominantly white, the administration is actively seeking to attract more minority students. There are plenty of black, asian, and hispanic students-- you just have to be open to meet new kinds of people! As a freshman, its definitely not easy to find the stereotypical "college" party every weekend- UMW doesn't have any official frats. As you get older and your friends start to move off campus, there's definitely more places to party. UMW is definitely academically challenging, so most people study a lot, but we have lives too! College is what you make it-- if you just sit around and wait for something to happen, you could be waiting for a very long time. AND Mary Washington is 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} female, 40{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} male- the same as the national average! so people need to stop saying how they wish there were more men at UMW because there are just fewer men going to college these days.

It is not a suitcase school- most people stay on the weekends and party. There is a strong gay population, but it is not overwhelming.

Not entirely. We DO need more diversity, but people think diversity means black and white. We do have many Asian students. Also, we do have diversity of personality and interest. Not everyone at UMW is the same.

While a lot of the school (well a huge percentage) is white, I think the school is not stuck-up in the least. The majority of the people I have met have been very warm and friendly. Also, not everyone is from an upperclass family.

I've found that yes, students do go home on the weekends, but this is true for every college. there are just some kids who miss their homes or have obligations to fufill in which they need to leave campus once in a while. Our school has very strong Student Government and Club Organizations on campus whose job it is to provide free activites for the student body, not only for the weekends but week nights too. These groups have been able to branch out more in conjunction with the change to University status 4 years ago.

To an extent. Yes, there are more girls than guys, so if you're looking for a relationship it is often hard to find a good person who isn't already taken. Yes, the food does get old. But you find ways to change things up, and make new things out of the things Seaco and the Nest offer. Most of the dorms are older and don't have air conditioning, but the heat only lasts a few weeks at the beginning and a few at the end of the school year. But the dorms, especially freshmen dorms, are places in which you can meet a large variety of people.

I mean yes in the sense that there are very few non-white people on campus, but the administration does tend to make a big deal about diversity. One thing that is true about our students, is that for the most part they are very liberal. There is a decent size 'gay' community on campus (though they would make you believe it's bigger than it actually is), and the students, faculty, and administration seem to try and prove just how "progressive" they are on a regular basis.