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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Econ majors at the top half of schools (Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Colby, etc.) have strong connections to Wall Street compared to comparable schools[/quote]

I went to Williams and Williams and Amherst have better reputations than Bowdoin, Midd, and Colby. It's not close![/quote]

Eew.

If you are truly a Williams grad, please consider this having the opposite of the desired effect. [/quote]

Maybe you don’t belong at Williams.[/quote]

Maybe my opinion of Williams was too generous if it doesn’t instill the value of humility or plain ol’ good taste.

The best schools are respected despite random alumni displays of excessive arrogance (like saying closely ranked schools are not even close in reputation), not because of them.  It shouldn’t be beyond your education to appreciate how the chest thumping diminishes the very brand you yearn to promote. [/quote]

What are talking about? Williams and Amherst are academically more rigorous and their Econ programs (also PoliEc at Williams) are much stronger. Econ is the most popular major at Williams and the faculty are outstanding. There is also a small Econ grad program. For students who are passionate about Econ or PoliEc there is a lot to offer. And in terms of Wall Street connections, if you look at the first-year IBD analyst classes at GS, MS, JPM, etc. you probably won't see many kids from Colby or Bowdoin. If you knew anything about these schools - and their Econ programs - you would be contributing to the conversation instead of going on about chest thumping.

And I'm not trying to "boost" Williams. I don't care if your kid applies to Williams. I'm an alum, not an admissions officer. I'm responding to a statement about the quality of Econ programs at a few NESCACs. [/quote]

Top feeders to econ PhD graduate programs (size adjusted): #1 Pomona #2 Swarthmore ... #4 Williams ... #8 Colby ... #27 Amherst

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#econ

IB target schools: Middlebury is the only LAC in the top 30

https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

Top feeders to finance: Williams #6 CMC #8 Middlebury #9 Washington and Lee #14 Amherst #16

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Top econ LACs by research publications: #1 Williams #2 Wellesley #3 Middlebury ... #7 Amherst

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html

You're delusional if you think Williams and Amherst are the only LACs that amount to good outcomes.[/quote]

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