The Williams Prestige

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the real deal. The only LAC with almost-ivy level prestige.

On what planet? Not on Earth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lol... Williams was NEVER on the level of a truly elite university, and the value/general lay prestige of LACs has only decreased over time.

And if we're comparing it with its peer group, Amherst seems to be more well-known.

Hard disagree. I am head of HR at a large financial institution, and every year we recruit at the SLACs’ + Women’s LACs’ campuses, in addition to the Ivies & MIT. In contrast, we never go to state flagship campuses or universities south of Philly. Which isn’t to say we don’t recruit undergraduates from there, it just isn’t a focus for my firm, so these kids have to be motivated and creative and figure out a way to come to us for interviews.

Separately, NYC is about to elect a 33-year old Bowdoin grad for mayor who is very smart (even though I am in disagreement with all of his proposals).

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol... Williams was NEVER on the level of a truly elite university, and the value/general lay prestige of LACs has only decreased over time.

And if we're comparing it with its peer group, Amherst seems to be more well-known.

Hard disagree. I am head of HR at a large financial institution, and every year we recruit at the SLACs’ + Women’s LACs’ campuses, in addition to the Ivies & MIT. In contrast, we never go to state flagship campuses or universities south of Philly. Which isn’t to say we don’t recruit undergraduates from there, it just isn’t a focus for my firm, so these kids have to be motivated and creative and figure out a way to come to us for interviews.

Separately, NYC is about to elect a 33-year old Bowdoin grad for mayor who is very smart (even though I am in disagreement with all of his proposals).

+1

WASP grad in the deep South. It really is geography/social bubble/profession specific. More Ivy/NESCAC grads in medicine/academia down here. Financial institutions favor Duke, Emory, GA Tech, UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol... Williams was NEVER on the level of a truly elite university, and the value/general lay prestige of LACs has only decreased over time.

And if we're comparing it with its peer group, Amherst seems to be more well-known.

Hard disagree. I am head of HR at a large financial institution, and every year we recruit at the SLACs’ + Women’s LACs’ campuses, in addition to the Ivies & MIT. In contrast, we never go to state flagship campuses or universities south of Philly. Which isn’t to say we don’t recruit undergraduates from there, it just isn’t a focus for my firm, so these kids have to be motivated and creative and figure out a way to come to us for interviews.

Separately, NYC is about to elect a 33-year old Bowdoin grad for mayor who is very smart (even though I am in disagreement with all of his proposals).

+1

WASP grad in the deep South. It really is geography/social bubble/profession specific. More Ivy/NESCAC grads in medicine/academia down here. Financial institutions favor Duke, Emory, GA Tech, UVA.

So more Southern school finance grads end up staying in the South, shocking. The majority of Ivy/NESCAC grads are not looking to live there, while academics and doctors generally go wherever the good jobs are at any given moment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What famous people have gone to Williams? I can think of a senator and a CNN anchor, and that’s about it. And neither of them are _that_ famous, all things considered.

Lina Khan - FTC chair, 2021-2025

She’s pretty unpopular and really doesn’t do much today.

Unpopular among billionaires and CEOs, meaning she was very good at her job. For the ordinary American she was the GOAT of keeping monopolistic behaviors in check.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is the real deal. The only LAC with almost-ivy level prestige.

On what planet? Not on Earth.

More prestigious than Cornell.
Equally prestigious as Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Penn (and other WASPs)
Less prestigious than HYP.

What’s so difficult?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the real deal. The only LAC with almost-ivy level prestige.

On what planet? Not on Earth.

More prestigious than Cornell.
Equally prestigious as Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Penn (and other WASPs)
Less prestigious than HYP.

What’s so difficult?

Stop with the jokes. Either you are delusional or trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The top 5 SLACS are very tough admits, with acceptance rates in the single digits. But if I remember correctly, Williams had the highest acceptance rate of the five this past cycle. Sorry, OP, but that does not suggest "clear number 1" separate from the others.

I agree there in no clear #1. I disagree that acceptance rate is the way to assess that. Given 1:1 athlete acceptance proportions and a higher proportion of athletes, that metric would actually make Pomona #1. But they are all really the same. And I would include Bowdoin in that.

[Anonymous]

I wish we had a rule that you have to be over 21 for this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol... Williams was NEVER on the level of a truly elite university, and the value/general lay prestige of LACs has only decreased over time.

And if we're comparing it with its peer group, Amherst seems to be more well-known.

Hard disagree. I am head of HR at a large financial institution, and every year we recruit at the SLACs’ + Women’s LACs’ campuses, in addition to the Ivies & MIT. In contrast, we never go to state flagship campuses or universities south of Philly. Which isn’t to say we don’t recruit undergraduates from there, it just isn’t a focus for my firm, so these kids have to be motivated and creative and figure out a way to come to us for interviews.

Separately, NYC is about to elect a 33-year old Bowdoin grad for mayor who is very smart (even though I am in disagreement with all of his proposals).

+1

WASP grad in the deep South. It really is geography/social bubble/profession specific. More Ivy/NESCAC grads in medicine/academia down here. Financial institutions favor Duke, Emory, GA Tech, UVA.

GT is a stretch, Vandy, UNC, even Rice are better options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the real deal. The only LAC with almost-ivy level prestige.

On what planet? Not on Earth.

More prestigious than Cornell.
Equally prestigious as Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Penn (and other WASPs)
Less prestigious than HYP.

What’s so difficult?

I would agree with this.
Signed, Ivy grad

[Anonymous]

The Williams brand is very strong in NYC finance. I'm from the midwest so I very likely didn't know any of these schools when I got here, but it's a think for sure. Middlebury too. I think Amherst may be more of a thing in media/journalism/publishing? And Swat in the sciences? Not sure. Bowdoin seems to be more where people are sending their kids, not where they went. Dont know any peers who went to Bowdoin. But Williams, yes. ND also very big fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the real deal. The only LAC with almost-ivy level prestige.

On what planet? Not on Earth.

More prestigious than Cornell.
Equally prestigious as Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Penn (and other WASPs)
Less prestigious than HYP.

What’s so difficult?

I would agree with this.
Signed, Ivy grad

Being an ivy grad doesn’t give you any credibility. You are wrong and so far from reality it is funny.

[Anonymous]

It is superior to every ivy that isn’t Princeton. Williams has always been extremely elite

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is superior to every ivy that isn’t Princeton. Williams has always been extremely elite

I love Williams, but this is delusional.