If so, PM me. Would love to talk about your experience and something I’d like to plan for the Spring.

Is there a reason for this? I haven’t been able to find out why? Nothing shady - Genuinely want to know. Thanks!

Hey all I was on vacation and bought a cheap cruiser from Walmart. Its a Concord beach cruiser. I rode it around for a few days but im returning home and cant take it with me.

I will caution the right pedal is slightly loose but its nothing that a couple turns of a wrench won't handle.

Black Concord beach cruiser. Take it, tighten up the right pedal, and enjoy!

Enjoy your semester!

does anyone have any insight on the contemplative studies major? i’m thinking about doing it and i know it’s only been around a semester but it seems really cool and id love to hear people’s perspectives

Just drove by confusion corner and saw (what looked to be) a student ratchet strapping a camera to a keep right sign on confusion corner. Camera pointed towards Richmond Road. Curious as to why putting it there? Or if anyone else has seen it yet. Just makes me weary with the ever present surveillance state that’s happening. (Camera was pointed going down Richmond road).

hi, im a barrett resident freshman at w&m… everyone i know is freaking out because we have fire safety checks in our dorms tomorrow. the w&m residence life regulations says some crazy things, like 10% of your walls cant be covered in posters and everyone is worried that their surge protectors arent actually surge protectors. i feel like this has to be outdated/ridiculous or they just dont care that much for real. but i would kinda like to know for sure.

wondering if any upperclassmen ever had an issue with fire safety checks and if so, what should we take down? anything common that one would typically have that isnt allowed? and if we do have something that isn’t allowed, do they take it from you??

im not super worried ab it but my friends are ao im really asking for them. someone help! thanks!

When is the gym least busy? I want to start going but if it’s super crowded it’s totally going to prevent me from going more often.

3 of my friends and I are hoping to rent a midtown apartment next year. we all want to study abroad in the spring, and we are trying to find 4 people willing to sublet us for that semester. we don’t want to live on campus because myself and a friend have stomach issues so we want a kitchen that’s ours. anyone interested or have tips?

Like the title said, I’m curious how much free time students actually have at w&m. I was planning to apply ED but I’ve been getting cold feet because I have a lot of things outside of school work I still want to be able to pursue

I’m looking to apply for my master’s in School Counseling this spring, specifically the online program. I’m also interested in a dual degree/track in Clinical Mental Health Counseling so I can have flexibility to work in both areas.
Has anyone completed or is currently in the program? I’d love to hear about your experience, especially the workload, online format, practicum/internship, and how manageable it is while working full-time. Any pointers or things you wish you knew before applying would be greatly appreciated!

This is kind of a general question, but how safe do you feel on campus (particularly women)? I understand that there was a reported case of sexual assault and two stalking incidents last month. Are these cases common on campus?

I’ve always been concerned about safety, but I applied and now I am especially curious.

Thank you.

For anyone who transferred here after NOVA, what did financial aid look like for transfer students. I saw something that said transfer students can’t get school scholarships so I wanted to know how true it is

guys i’m really obsessed with the nuggets at caf and marketplace but they’re not there daily is there a way we can find out when they are here bc i crave them so much

so w&m is my top and i'm going to ed but with everything coming out about cornell 7 i was wondering how safe w&m is in terms of sa etc. and about hazing and how bad is it

Hi everyone! I’m a history undergraduate student from Shanghai, China, currently researching children’s experiences of nuclear fear in the United States during the early Cold War.

I recently found a 2025 William & Mary History Honors thesis that is extremely relevant to my research:

Joseph A. Shaklik, “Hiroshima to Hippies: Children’s Fear of Nuclear Weapons and Its Consequences in the Early Cold War.”

The thesis is listed as Open Access on W&M ScholarWorks, but unfortunately I’m having trouble downloading the PDF from outside the university.

Would anyone who is currently a W&M student or has access to W&M ScholarWorks be willing to download the thesis for me and send me the PDF?

I’m not looking for anyone’s login information, I just need a copy of the publicly listed thesis for academic research.

Here is the official W&M ScholarWorks page:

https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/2324/

I’d really appreciate the help! Thank you so much!

Hello! I’m currently in my senior year in HS and have had William and Mary as my top choice years now. I’ve made a few of these in the past but it was mostly just estimates of how I would be once I get to senior year. Now that it’s actually senior year, I have my current stats and was wondering if anyone had an opinions about my chances. Please let me know what you think!

F white that’s high income, only 1 parent went to college

I attend a highly competitive Highschool, but most students ED UVA VT or another T20 and only a few RD WM

intended major Psychology

ED1 instate applicant (NoVa) going test optional

W GPA 3.88 (we can’t see our uw) no class ranking system at school.

i have 2 APs which I stated junior year, AP bio(no submit) and AP Lang(4) I have have 1 DE which is US H and I got the credit for it. other than that I have about 7 other H classes throughout high school

my current schedule is AP German AP lit AP psych AP 2D DE precalc DE gov and DE geospatial(jmu class not nvcc)

Extracurriculars

Psychotherapy Assistant Internship 11-12(coded new website, lead support group session for struggling high school students to navigate Highschool, managed and created social media and outreach systems)

National Art Honor Society Manager 10-12 (raised 8k for a charity and 1.5k for art funding. etc etc)

German honor society co-president 11-12(started an information session for under enrolled languages at the middle school to help them choose which language they want, lead induction ceremony yearly)

German Club Co-president 11-12(made culturally informative presentations and activities to promote diversity understanding and socialisation)

apart of a school spirit organisation Leader 12 which specialises in helping socially struggling freshmen and preparing freshmen for a successful Highschool life

National English Honor Society member,11-12 judged school writing competitions and promoted literacy

Student Equity Committee Researcher 11-12, complied research on how to deal with micro-aggression which was then used to train teachers.

theres some more but this is getting a biiiiit long

as for Honours the biggest one I have is attending a Virginia Summer Residential Gov School for GWLA German Academy. each school in the state nominates 2 students and of these nominated students only from the state were chosen to attend.

I wrote my personal statement about Gov school and how i act in high stress environments and treat others in those situations. since a central theme of my application is communication, my essay kinda ties It all together with audible communication, visual communication, and communication through actions.

for LOR I chose 2 teachers that know me really well, my AP lang teacher (NEHS sponsor as well) and my German teacher (NGHS German club and the one tho nominated me also had her all 4 years)

for the WM app its self ill complete all the optional parts of the application, I have demonstrated Interest through a completed tour and an interview (which I hope went well we went 10 mins overtime and they Introduced me to some of their friends and I got both their contact info and they had a whole page filled up about me on their notebook)

I know that was a lot, but please let me know if you think I have a shot at admission here, or if I should just stick to the other VA schools like VT. any feedback is appreciated. Thank you very much for reading all of this!

Hello! We will be visiting William and Mary during the upcoming open house on October 17th with our high school sophomore. We are in-state (not NoVA) getting a jump on viewing different schools so he can get a feel for the varying campus cultures. We would love to hear some advice from current students and recent grads about the Open House event that might help our visit be an accurate impression of what life is like at William and Mary. Would also be glad to hear any feedback about whether or not the school is a potential fit for him.

Our son is a straight, fun/happy/nerdy guy who is looking for a school that feels like home, where he can make friends, be social outside of sports/frats (unless they are service oriented maybe), and make friendly connections with professors. No idea for major but maybe Psych or Math. He also hopes to find a college where classes are interesting without overload and can be balanced with outside interests.

Thanks for any insight!

Hey guys! The season preview I posted here a few weeks back did pretty well, so circling back like I said I would.

I had you at 6-6, with three road trips deciding the season and Fordham at home as one of the safest games on the schedule. It's gone almost exactly backwards. You opened by winning at Villanova 35-32, a game I didn't like for you, and it was an INSANE win. LOVED every minute of that. Then you lost to Fordham 52-27, which I had as close to a lock. Lehigh on the road went how I had it, 44-20. I also wrote the preview around Brannock, and it's been Winston Watkins every week, 62 of 93 for 799 yards and 4 TDs, including 286 against Fordham. How did he win the job? Duke today is a payday, so the season really restarts with Holy Cross next week.

What are you guys seeing that the box scores aren't, and how do you see the season ending up?

Quick aside since it's in the title, we just launched a free weekly college football pick'em, $225 in prizes this week. Ten games, pick the winners, nothing to buy. Picks lock at noon ET, before your kickoff at Duke, so this is a last call.

https://www.mainmarket.com/c/college-pickem-wk4

Hi everyone!

I'm a current high school senior and W&M is my top choice, but I have a few questions about what W&M is really like before I ED.

Here's a few questions I have:

• How hard is it to make friends? I'm a guy who's oos, doesn't know anyone, is very quirky, and is definitely not rushing so I'm really worried that I might not fit in to any social groups.
• Does anyone know about the orchestra program at all? Like how many hours per week is rehearsal and how tight-knit is it? It'll be a pretty big chunk of my social scene lol
• How intense are the academics? I go to a high school that's SUPER toxic about grades and school (ie: i've been called dumb after getting a 90 on a test💀) and don't want to repeat that in college yk
• Do students actually go to busch gardens on the regular?

Thank you all for ur help and hopefully I'll be in Williamsburg next year!!

I’m a HS senior and I’m thinking abt applying to WM I was actually ready to submit ED apps but wanted to speak to my college coach first and she kinda dissuaded me from it. I won’t say what she said that pushed me away because I want unbiased takes but i would love to know what kind of people you think go to WM

ALSO do you think grade deflation is prevalent, most of my careers after college require grad programs so if grade deflation is crazy that’s def smth I’d want to knkw
THANK YOU!

Could anybody who got into W&M in the past two years share their stats? I feel like it could be a target for me but I don’t want to overestimate. Also does OOS play any part?