Hamilton College

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Anonymous wrote:Very low minority enrollment. Seems like a prep school hangout.

I've heard this, but I've also heard it's woke. Which is true?

Neither
Hamilton is majority white but it's pretty diverse and the woke nonsense that a small number of individuals spout on here is just nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s probably harder to get into UGA out of state these days. UGA honors would almost certainly be superior.

No, it’s not and….

Not a chance the second statement is true

How can you be so sure?

can you clarify why you believe UGA honors- a program at a massive state school, would "certainly" be superior? Dp.

It’s ranked #1.

for...

#1 honors college. Try to keep up

I'm well aware. What the f*ck does that have to do with anything. It's good at being a state honors program. Why is that superior to Hamilton? Keep up.

Why do you need help understanding that the #1 honors college in the country at a R1 flagship is superior to a podunk college? This isn’t hard.

Because it absolutely isn't nearly in the league of the education that one receives at one of the top SLACs. It's a cheap pretender wannabe. People who are at UGA Honors are there because either:

1. They don't know any better
or
2. They can't do any better.

Neither is a good look.

What makes you think the education isn’t better at UGA? You can’t seem to actually craft an argument with any evidence.

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Believe Black enrollment is between 3-6 % which is extremely low.

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Anonymous wrote:Believe Black enrollment is between 3-6 % which is extremely low.

Terrible look. Hamilton boosters, how can you defend this?

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

+1, went to admitted students day last year and we were uncomfortable with how many students talked about the divide. Kid goes to Bowdoin now.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

This is a perfect description of any Ivy+ school or top SLAC. There is always a socioeconomic divide because there is one in life anbd there is zero reason to believe that college should be any different.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

This is a perfect description of any Ivy+ school or top SLAC. There is always a socioeconomic divide because there is one in life anbd there is zero reason to believe that college should be any different.

We haven’t experienced this at the 3 top SLACs our children have gone to. Sounds like a Hamilton problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

This is a perfect description of any Ivy+ school or top SLAC. There is always a socioeconomic divide because there is one in life and there is zero reason to believe that college should be any different.
We haven’t experienced this at the 3 top SLACs our children have gone to. Sounds like a Hamilton problem.

If your kids haven't noticed a socioeconomic divide at top private schools the only thing that you have proven out is that your kids never attended any top private schools and that you are just making things up. It's not a blatant thing but it is obvious that some have many more resources than others. Nobody is made to feel unwelcome in my experience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

This is a perfect description of any Ivy+ school or top SLAC. There is always a socioeconomic divide because there is one in life and there is zero reason to believe that college should be any different.
We haven’t experienced this at the 3 top SLACs our children have gone to. Sounds like a Hamilton problem.

If your kids haven't noticed a socioeconomic divide at top private schools the only thing that you have proven out is that your kids never attended any top private schools and that you are just making things up. It's not a blatant thing but it is obvious that some have many more resources than others. Nobody is made to feel unwelcome in my experience.

What is your experience?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Funny. I have no connection whatsoever to Hamilton but did attend a comparable SLAC.

Then I went on to the top doctoral program in the country in my field and also grabbed a T4 law degree while I was there. Interacted with plenty of HYPS folks. Not much difference between them and my LAC peers.

So that’s the basis for my opinion. Now show me yours.

You'd think that getting a PhD and law degree from a "T4" school would be enough for you to get over your insecurity for having not attended HYPS undergrad. Guess not.

This prominent figure's "greatest regret" was choosing Harvard over Hamilton:

Charlie Baker takes the Proust Questionnaire - The Boston Globe https://share.google/eRUU5F6wvfIU4HE49

For those without a subscription, this is the exact question and response:

Boston Globe wrote:
What is your greatest regret?

Not going to Hamilton College. I never really felt comfortable at Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much name recognition vs Williams, Amherst, and Bowdoin.

Agree with this. I was impressed with their advising which seems strong. Liked that each kid gets more than one advisor. Seems like a supportive place. Did not like what we heard about the divide on campus, which was heard firsthand from current students who are not that happy there. The area seemed...meh.

My kid liked other places better but it was on the list. Nothing super special about it.

The only "divide" on campus is that of the two different architectural styles which is the result of the merger with Kirkland.

That is not what we heard from multiple students.

There is a divide IMO: in crowd: athletes, rich kids from private schools and suburbs of major cities, other UMC who can hang with the rich kids. out crowd: everyone else. The in crowd is like 60-70% of the school, lots of athletes and super wealthy kids.

This is a perfect description of any Ivy+ school or top SLAC. There is always a socioeconomic divide because there is one in life anbd there is zero reason to believe that college should be any different.

We haven’t experienced this at the 3 top SLACs our children have gone to. Sounds like a Hamilton problem.

Which three? Genuinely interested.