The Williams Prestige

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bruh, it depends what you study. If you graduate Williams with a History or Music or Art major, I'm not going to really respect that too much you know?

not true - there are probably more Williams humanities grads on Wall street than econ majors from most other SLACs - it’s a special place with rabid alumn who take care of their own

Maybe 20 years ago. These days it’s pretty much necessary that you’re quantitative and have a strong skill set, which most humanities majors lack.

Absolutely not true. It helps but isn’t true. I know one NESCAC volleyball team that had 6 girls with IB internships last summer. If. Volleyball team was doing that well the lax and hockey teams are feasting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You want see a Pomona or Amherst kid in quant finance, but you will see a Williams student

I agree not many SLAC kids in quant finance, and it’s actually not a field I would encourage for anyone as the old quant models (linear factor models) are going the way of the stagecoach in favor of the new AI models (deep neural networks + hybrid ML models). I counsel my clients to send their kids to the best school where they can engage directly with their professors - and Williams wins that contest every time. Best school in the US imo, and I’ve been doing advising in the area for a long long time

Williams is great but no better than a dozen other top SLACs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

Doubtful, they have no interest in going backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

And it’s really bizarre because no one at Harvard thinks the other way. The puffed up egos is especially strange and something that threw off DD when touring. They think they’re leagues above other LACs, and it’s strange because no one really sees to hold that opinion.

Another fictional post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kinda disagree w people saying Williams is the same as the others. In my snobby old-school prep school Northeast circle, Williams > Amherst > Bowdoin > Colby > Bates . I feel like it is pretty intuitive to all of us…and I have actually heard it said aloud, quite recently. But all of these are at least in play, as opposed to some of the commensurate but totally random ones mentioned upthread. I’ve always thought of Williams as a tier above the others, though. Anyway I went to an Ivy, so no chicken in this fight.

You can drop the act, you didn’t go to an Ivy.

You most likely went to Colby and are trying for a backhand boost. There is no Northeast prep school circle that would put Colby or Bates ahead of Hamilton, Middlebury, or Wes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

And it’s really bizarre because no one at Harvard thinks the other way. The puffed up egos is especially strange and something that threw off DD when touring. They think they’re leagues above other LACs, and it’s strange because no one really sees to hold that opinion.

Another fictional post.

I remember when I too first encountered someone who disagreed with me…I was 5 years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

Doubtful, they have no interest in going backwards.

The ego

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

Doubtful, they have no interest in going backwards.

The ego

The truth....hurts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bruh, it depends what you study. If you graduate Williams with a History or Music or Art major, I'm not going to really respect that too much you know?

not true - there are probably more Williams humanities grads on Wall street than econ majors from most other SLACs - it’s a special place with rabid alumn who take care of their own

Maybe 20 years ago. These days it’s pretty much necessary that you’re quantitative and have a strong skill set, which most humanities majors lack.

Absolutely not true. It helps but isn’t true. I know one NESCAC volleyball team that had 6 girls with IB internships last summer. If. Volleyball team was doing that well the lax and hockey teams are feasting.

How does this in anyway refute the previous comment? Do you think NESCAC volleyball players are too dumb to major in STEM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You want see a Pomona or Amherst kid in quant finance, but you will see a Williams student

I agree not many SLAC kids in quant finance, and it’s actually not a field I would encourage for anyone as the old quant models (linear factor models) are going the way of the stagecoach in favor of the new AI models (deep neural networks + hybrid ML models). I counsel my clients to send their kids to the best school where they can engage directly with their professors - and Williams wins that contest every time. Best school in the US imo, and I’ve been doing advising in the area for a long long time

Why does this shift cause you to not recommend anyone go into quant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

And it’s really bizarre because no one at Harvard thinks the other way. The puffed up egos is especially strange and something that threw off DD when touring. They think they’re leagues above other LACs, and it’s strange because no one really sees to hold that opinion.

Another fictional post.

Fictional how? Look at the comment immediately above yours, for example. Or the original post.

[Anonymous]

I think williams and Pomona are tops, but mostly bcs of the decline of Amherst. and Swat is just not where you want to spend 4 years. Bowdoin would be my pref before Amherst or Swat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bruh, it depends what you study. If you graduate Williams with a History or Music or Art major, I'm not going to really respect that too much you know?

not true - there are probably more Williams humanities grads on Wall street than econ majors from most other SLACs - it’s a special place with rabid alumn who take care of their own

Maybe 20 years ago. These days it’s pretty much necessary that you’re quantitative and have a strong skill set, which most humanities majors lack.

Absolutely not true. It helps but isn’t true. I know one NESCAC volleyball team that had 6 girls with IB internships last summer. If. Volleyball team was doing that well the lax and hockey teams are feasting.

How does this in anyway refute the previous comment? Do you think NESCAC volleyball players are too dumb to major in STEM?

Not at all. I just happen to know that the STEM majors on the team are pre-med. Most are Econ majors and they are doing just fine getting IB internships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bruh, it depends what you study. If you graduate Williams with a History or Music or Art major, I'm not going to really respect that too much you know?

not true - there are probably more Williams humanities grads on Wall street than econ majors from most other SLACs - it’s a special place with rabid alumn who take care of their own

Maybe 20 years ago. These days it’s pretty much necessary that you’re quantitative and have a strong skill set, which most humanities majors lack.

Absolutely not true. It helps but isn’t true. I know one NESCAC volleyball team that had 6 girls with IB internships last summer. If. Volleyball team was doing that well the lax and hockey teams are feasting.

Most athletes are Econ/quantitative majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Williams is a good school for the right student, period. Nothing so special about it compared to its peers.

Williams thinks they are Harvard.

Doubtful, they have no interest in going backwards.

The ego

The truth....hurts

Williams is not better than Harvard. Get over your delusions.