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| Major: Neuroscience/Cognitive Science (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Female | This person cares more about Surrounding City than the average student. | Intelligence:
Not so bright | | ACT: | | SAT: 1410 | | Lowest Rating
Surrounding City C- | Describes the student body mostly as:
Friendly, Arrogant, ApproachableDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Friendly, Helpful | Highest Rating
Educational Quality A+ | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | A+ | Faculty Accessibility | A | | Useful Schoolwork | A | Excess Competition | A | | Academic Success | A | Creativity/Innovation | B | | Individual Value | B+ | University Resource Use | A | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A+ | Friendliness | A- | | Campus Maintenance | A | Social Life | B | | Surrounding City | C- | Extra Curriculars | A | | Safety | A+ |
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am female, and I did NOT pledge a sorority. Granted,
I'm a bit older than most of the posters here
but when I was at W&L, the campus had only
been co-ed for 9-12 years. Sororities didn't even have housing
yet. Anyway, my point is that I was one of
the individualistic, artsy ones and I STILL had a blast.
I didn't let the Greek system choose my female friends
— I found them through the extracurricular music and dance
programs, and I even helped found a dance group. Do
be prepared to consider what the best social options for
you are. Drinking and partying are certainly part of the
college scene. The work hard, play hard adage is especially
true at W&L. And oh yes, if you are
a minority student, if you're proud and comfortable in your
identity, you won't be daunted by the white bread composition
of the student body. If you make it a point
to rub it in people's faces, that's when things get
awkward, but that also applies to life in general.
And what you hear about the Honor System is true.
It's an absolute — *one* infraction of lying, cheating or
stealing, and you're gone if found guilty by a
jury of your PEERS. That's the only option of punishment
— getting kicked out. Ouch. In my 4 years, I
knew of two students getting kicked out and it was
a HUGE deal. The flip side is, I've never had
anything stolen. Case in point: I accidentally left a light
jacket in a dryer my freshman year. I came back
the next day, and the following day I found it
was dried and neatly folded on the communal table. What
made me realize the honor code really worked was the
crumpled $10 I accidentally left in the jacket was still
zipped in a pocket and a note safety-pinned to it
saying “FOUND [date 2 days ago]. SORRY FOR ACCIDENTALLY TAKING IT.” I think in any other university the $10 (a
nice amount of change for any college student) would've been
gone, at least. So yeah, make sure your integrity is
intact before freshman orientation. :)
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