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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Language - French/Spanish/etc.  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I went to UMW for 2 years and I had a huge problem with the social life there. The nature of the school is small town suburbia and mostly female school. Most are from VA and went home on weekends. When I happily left, there was still no diversity , no real vigor within the campus as a whole. The classes were definitely difficult and the school is gorgeous but the administration has so much red tape and I switched to a more fitting school for me. You join clubs and they would never socialize as a group on weekends. I found the general student body to be unapproachable , high school cliquey . While I understand if you are on a sports team you have a certain bond there but outside of athletics if you go to UMW accept that you will not have a social life at all no matter how hard you try. I can honestly say that I wasted half my college career at an all out terrible school that made me completely miserable. I don't miss the people, the area, the academics, nothing! The only niche one would fit there is VA resident, homebody, who probably has their nose in the air. Though I am supposed to graduate in May from another school , I am in retrospect, glad to be staying a bit longer because I lost 2 years of my life in "Fredvegas". Please, I urge prospective students and perhaps even current, to not attend UMW. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 14 2009 2nd Year Female -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=62283&uid=1412'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average Although the University is improving, there is little to do in Fredericksburg and social life seems isolated and there are very few campus events on or off campus. No fraternities or sororities, no football, and no real school spirit at all. However downtown fredericksburg is a fun, uncommericialized place on the weekends. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 28 2009 4th Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61855&uid=1412'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Linguistics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant It's ok, you will be challenged. There is not much to do around fburg, although it is a pretty town. If you're looking for a fun/party college experience go elsewhere. Scholastic Success: A+, Social Life: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 21 2009 2nd Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61637&uid=1412'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Business - Management and Administration  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average I HATE THIS SCHOOl MORE THAN ANYTHING. My background: I came here as a transfer student from community college. I spent two years at community before transfering here and have 3 more years left. I came in midyear of the 2008-2009 school year, and made only 2 FRIENDS. My primary complaint about the University of Mary Washington is that the people, mainly the girls, are extremely unfriendly. Every time I try to make small talk with someone, typically girls, they act as though I am intruding on them. Most of them have the personality of a dry fart, and are quite simply not very interesting people once they are removed from a classroom setting. There are pretty much four types of guys at this school: creepy guys, gays, hopelessly nerdy types, and a guy who thinks hes awesome because he's on a division 3 sports team. There is a tremendous lack of masculinity/femininity around the campus unless backwards hats and chicks who practically walk around with rape whistles around there necks is your idea of those two concepts. The social life here...I mean, lack of social life is actually painful and depressing. I can't tell you how many weekends I spend couped up inside my apartment/dorm(when I lived in one) watching tv or youtube videos and single handedly making brazzers the number one porn site on the internet. The academics here are hard as hell, but interesting. I like my classes and my major. The professors here will help you during office hours if you approach them. Fredericksburg isnt such a bad town. However, there are a lot of homeless bums. Im 21 so I can hit bars whenever I please. As mentioned previously, the school is full of weird people who don't the first thing about having a good and enjoying their youth. The first thing I noticed when I came to this school is that the overwhelming/vast majority of d-bags at this place are the kids you didn't even know existed in high school. They are EXTREMELY cliquish (I think their cliquishness is an extension of their insecurity in groups and acts as a security blanket. In summation, I hate this place more than anything in my life. Seriously, I hate it so much that I get headaches and can't sleep at night. The academics here are very good, but challenging. Social life...it just sucks, flat out. I feel awful that my parents are paying all this money for me to go here and I don't even like it. I strongly recommend you don't come to this school. If you do so, you will be missing out on some great years. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Sep 30 2009 2nd Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=61124&uid=1412'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 22    Next

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