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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williams employs the Oxford tutorial system. Swarthmore Honors Seminars also similar.[/quote]

Amherst has a direct enrollment program for study abroad. We consider that the best of both worlds.[/quote]
Williams has the better program with WEPO. Pomona if you want Cambridge. [/quote]

Interesting response, since New College (the Amherst program) is both wealthier and more prestigious than Exeter (Williams).
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-colleges-at-oxford/

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There’s no comparison. Williams has its own fellowships to Oxford and a very close relationship. [/quote]

I'd prefer my kid attend one of the top-ranked colleges, but you do you.[/quote]
But they aren’t? They’re going abroad. Yeesh, you seem obnoxious.[/quote]

NP. Unlike the Williams parent insisting their program is superior? Okay.

Oxford is a large university; each college has a different character. Does anyone have any info re: which colleges are best for certain disciplines? I haven't had much luck searching online. My DD would like to focus on bio, chem, or biochem.[/quote]

It doesn’t really work like that. The degrees are awarded by the university. You might choose a particular college because a particular professor is based there, but lectures are held by the university, and even for tutorials you will often head to other colleges. I was doing a relatively obscure subject, and I think I only had one tutorial in my college vs 10 or 12 in other colleges.[/quote]

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