How would you rank NESCACS academically?

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Williams
Amherst…

[Anonymous]

In tiers, my perception is:
1. Williams
2. Amherst, Bowdoin
3. Tufts, Middlebury
4. Hamilton, Wesleyan
5. Colby, Bates
6. Trinity, Connecticut

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In tiers, my perception is:
1. Williams
2. Amherst, Bowdoin
3. Tufts, Middlebury
4. Hamilton, Wesleyan
5. Colby, Bates
6. Trinity, Connecticut

I would put Hamilton in 3.

You forgot Conn College which should be w Trinity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In tiers, my perception is:
1. Williams
2. Amherst, Bowdoin
3. Tufts, Middlebury
4. Hamilton, Wesleyan
5. Colby, Bates
6. Trinity, Connecticut

I am close to this...

1. Williams and Amherst
3. Tufts
4. Bowdoin, Middlebury
6. Colby, Bates, Hamilton, Wesleyan
10. Trinity, Connecticut

[Anonymous]

I know Amherst ranks well but I genuinely don't see how it's equally good as Williams when it comes to academics. If you go by raw academic stats (class sizes, student to faculty ratio, financial spending, etc.) Williams is the front runner. You have oxford style tutorials and some top notch academic centers at Williams too.

[Anonymous]

- williams
- amherst middlebury bowdoing
- Wes Tufts Hamilton
- Colby Bates
- Trinity Cc

[Anonymous]

and Amherst > Bowdoin, Wesleyan > Tufts

[Anonymous]

Tier 1 Amherst and Williams
Tier 2 Tufts, Middlebury and Wesleyan
Tier 3 Bates, Hamilton, Colby
Tier 4 Connecticut and Trinity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tier 1 Amherst and Williams
Tier 2 Tufts, Middlebury and Wesleyan
Tier 3 Bates, Hamilton, Colby
Tier 4 Connecticut and Trinity

switch wes and ham

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tier 1 Amherst and Williams
Tier 2 Tufts, Middlebury and Wesleyan
Tier 3 Bates, Hamilton, Colby
Tier 4 Connecticut and Trinity

switch wes and ham

hamilton is a hard one to figure out - I really wanted to be impressed but the place is just sooo depressing and lacks energy. My DC gave me the high sign to bolt halfway thru the tour. iPretty bleh feeling overall - only school where kids appeared more fake and robotic was Williams. At least Wesleyan has a personality, and the campus felt electric during our tour - kids were passionate, like it or not. Much too woke though end of day, even for an athlete

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tier 1 Amherst and Williams
Tier 2 Tufts, Middlebury and Wesleyan
Tier 3 Bates, Hamilton, Colby
Tier 4 Connecticut and Trinity

switch wes and ham

hamilton is a hard one to figure out - I really wanted to be impressed but the place is just sooo depressing and lacks energy. My DC gave me the high sign to bolt halfway thru the tour. iPretty bleh feeling overall - only school where kids appeared more fake and robotic was Williams. At least Wesleyan has a personality, and the campus felt electric during our tour - kids were passionate, like it or not. Much too woke though end of day, even for an athlete

I am not really sure how one could get that information from a tour of a school. or in this case, half a tour! how did you figure out that the students were fake and robotic? where did your DC end up?

[Anonymous]

W&L

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know Amherst ranks well but I genuinely don't see how it's equally good as Williams when it comes to academics. If you go by raw academic stats (class sizes, student to faculty ratio, financial spending, etc.) Williams is the front runner. You have oxford style tutorials and some top notch academic centers at Williams too.

All the criteria you list are very similar between the two. In fact, Amherst has a higher per student endowment than Williams. Not sure how important Oxford-style tutorials are given such small classes at both. If it were so great, Oxford University would be so much better than top research universities in the US which is not the case.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if Bates even deserves to be on same tier as Colby.

It should still be above Trinity and Conn, which really seem non-selective at this point if you are full pay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if Bates even deserves to be on same tier as Colby.

It should still be above Trinity and Conn, which really seem non-selective at this point if you are full pay

Bates and Colby are essentially the same.