University of Mary Washington Top Questions

rejects from uva, william & mary and any other "good" school

Many think that UMW is an all girls college or that most of the students are girls. Before coming to UMW, I heard that there were a lot of commuter students and that most people go home on the weekends. Another stereotype is that because we're not a big school/don't have frats or sororities that the campus is boring.

Umw girls are busted (ugly) umw students aren't very intelligent umw students are all goody-goodys the girls are all lesbians or feminists

There are no minorities, that its just a white middle class school, there are no parties and everyone just studies all the time, there are no guys at UMW

That it is a suitcase school, everyone goes home on the weekends, and that it is full of lesbians and gay guys.

All white, no diversity

That we are a very preppy, rich, slightly snobby class of white upperclass children.

UMW is small, so a lot of people think our school is dull, as in zero fun stuff to do on the weekends due to students returning home whenever they can.

There are way more girls than there are guys, the food is crappy, and the dorms suck.

Being a UMW student myself, I'm not sure exactly how we are perceived by the surrounding community. I do know that there are jokes about how UMW stands for 'University of Mostly Whites', but other than that I'm not sure.

Well, apparently everyone thinks that the entire female population consists of lesbians. Also people think that everyone goes home on the weekends because there is nothing to do in Fredericksburg.

Many complain about the lack of student diversity. Most students are middle class, white, who didn't get into UVA. Many complain about the town of Fredericksburg, the lack of school spirit, food, housing, and small size.

A lot of people see MW as a stuck-up, conservative white commuter southern school. When I transferred to UMW half-way through my freshman year, a girl at JMU where I was transferring from said to me, "Mary Washington? Why would you want to go there? I've heard it's full of all these liberal hippie California lesbian girls," so I guess there is that stereotype, too! Another big stereotype is that UMW students don't like to party -- that it's a nerd school where no one does anything but study. That's probably the one I've encountered the most.

Students are those that couldn't get into UVA. We are really small. There's nothing to do on campus and there are no good parties because there aren't any frats. We are over-run with squirrels.

that it is the university of mostly whites, which it is. There are either artsy people or jocks at the school, not really anything between.

That they're boring, and or that Fredericksburg is a boring place to live, with nothing to do.

I'd say the biggest stereotype is that UMW students go there either (A) Because they didn't get into UVA or William & Mary or (B) They go there for the low in-state tuition. Other than those big two, the stereotypes are that UMW is a commuter school, and that we don't have a big weekend "party" scene.

Rich white girls, popped collars

they are all white, are racist, and gay

That there are more girls than boys, and that all the girls are sluts and the are either in a relationship, gay or assholes. Usually i got asked if it was an all-girls school.