If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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07/26/2017 22:00

Subject: If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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Anonymous wrote:Berkeley and Chicago faculty are peers. Williams faculty isn't even close. Range of course offerings isn't comparable either.

Sure, but those elite Berkeley faculty are definitely not interacting with the undergrads consistently.

The teaching is far worse at Berkeley- there are surveys showing the difference. Who cares about how impressive the faculty are for undergrad? Williams is a national leader at virtually every post-graduate destination, and far better than Berkeley: https://hubpages.com/education/Wall-Street-Journal-College-Rankings-The-Full-List-and-Rating-Criteria

Note: data used in link is from 2003.

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07/27/2017 01:04

Subject: If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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Anonymous wrote:Berkeley and Chicago faculty are peers. Williams faculty isn't even close. Range of course offerings isn't comparable either.

Williams is about as good as it gets for undergraduate education. The only place UCB can compete is on research and perhaps course breadth. It's apples and oranges.

For grad school, of course, it's completely different. There are no-name state schools that have top grad programs for specific fields. It really depends on the field.

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07/27/2017 08:26

Subject: If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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Williams is a small, majority-white school with kids that come from families with very high HHIs. Academically, there's not much special about it.

46% yield rate suggests it's not a first choice for most kids who apply. That said, if it's where you want to send your kid, ED acceptance rate is 41%.

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07/27/2017 08:29

Subject: If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is a small, majority-white school with kids that come from families with very high HHIs. Academically, there's not much special about it.

46% yield rate suggests it's not a first choice for most kids who apply. That said, if it's where you want to send your kid, ED acceptance rate is 41%.

Agreed. I went to a NE prep boarding school for high school and my teachers told us that if we wanted another 4 years of high school, we should go to one of the highly ranked SLACs, like Williams or Amherst. The curriculum is great and the school probably works for kids who want a small environment and lots of personal attention from professors. I worry that grads aren't ready for the real world, though, because the schools are just too cloistered.

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07/27/2017 16:31

Subject: If you could send your child to any out of state school (if money were no object)

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is a small, majority-white school with kids that come from families with very high HHIs. Academically, there's not much special about it.

46% yield rate suggests it's not a first choice for most kids who apply. That said, if it's where you want to send your kid, ED acceptance rate is 41%.

What's your point? A 46% yield is on the high end for colleges and universities. Most of those 54% not going to Williams are picking places like HYPSM. But Williams compares favorably to other universities: http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Williams+College&with=Dartmouth+College