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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is everyone talking about Williams now? It is a decent school, but people talk of it like it's Princeton or something.[/quote]

Ha, my top wo choices years ago, and well before US News was ranking each #1 in their respective categories.  They used to have a lot in common, before Princeton got so STEM-y.

Davidson probably still has a more regional feel, but another great school.  Could definitely see people who are a bit unsettled by the current reputations of Princeton (grind & bicker clubs) and Williams (jocks headed for Wall Street) opting for Davidson as a good alternative.  [/quote]
Princeton is the one that got stemy?
The top majors at Williams are all stem majors. The college is known and has carved itself into a niche of mathematics and economics (mathematical, not social science). The humanities departments are running thin on majors, and Econ, math, CS, and now stats (just became an independent department) are EXPLODING. Even art history is being majored in less and fewer students are taking courses in art history.

It’s Williams that has become STEM.[/quote]
+1, Williams’s current direction is math and economics and has been for a while. Of WASP, only amherst is known for its humanities programs in English and legal studies at this point. Swarthmore has engineering, Econ and cs emphasis and Pomona is imploding in on itself from Math, CS, and Econ.[/quote]

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