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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Williams[/b]
[b]Pros: Wealthiest LAC, Beautiful, manicured campus, Access to the Berkshires and Hiking Opportunities, Tutorials, WEPO, Entry program, Great Arts Culture, Best LAC for math
Cons: The students are very reserved and academically intense, The school is in the middle of nowhere, Athlete | Student divide, Frosh Quad dorms are pretty iffy, some are downright shabby, Getting rid of their Mystic Campus[/b]
[b]Amherst[/b]
Pros: A very chill student body compared to Williams, Best LAC for pre-law, Open Curriculum, Amazing Dorms, Beautiful surroundings, Access to 5 College Consortium
Cons: Campus is pretty shabby and kinda ugly, Dorms have had rats and other infestations, including bats, Dining Hall...there's 1 and it's bad, Athlete | Student Divide
[b]Swarthmore[/b]
Pros: Best LAC for graduate school admissions, beautiful, manicured campus, Access to Philly with Train station on campus, Cash Free Campus, Engineering program
Cons: Worst place to go if Pre-Professional, Academics over everything with a toxic relationship to "rigor," Has a dying/dead Consortium, Food is allegedly inedible, no social scene/party life after greek life disbanded-which had a really negative culture of SA
[b]Pomona[/b]
Pros: Gorgeous Campus, Claremont College Consortium, Typically the best LAC for grad Econ, Public Policy Program, Near the Mountains and access to LA, Most Diverse LAC, Downing Scholars 
Cons: Dorms with no AC, CS program over-enrollment issues, the head of LACs with terrible Palestinian Protests, 1 hr train ride to LA, smallest LAC class size in WASP[/quote]

The description of Williams seems pretty accurate, from my time there.  I will say when I lived in the Freshman Quad, it was a pretty nice place to live, both from a location perspective, and a nice-ness perspective.  But that was 35 years ago, so they may be much more run down now.  In general, Williams is an amazing place for those who don't need outside nightlife to enjoy their time in college.  If you like outdoorsey stuff (hiking, running, etc.) it can't be beat.  The tutorial system is incredible for the right students.  As a student in a tutorial, you are responsible for presenting each week to your professor and the other (one!) student in your group. This requires you to really have a grasp on the material, and also teaches you how to learn without being "spoonfed" the material. (That sounds unnecessarily perjorative, but I can't think of a better term right now).  The tutorials are very, very different from small classes that you will get at many SLACS.  [/quote]
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