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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williams is the one that stands out to me. No way I'd go there over Amherst or Swarthmore growing up in an area like DC.
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Friend of mine had a son who transferred from Williams because of this as well as the cliquishness of the other students.[/quote]

such a weird vibe at Williams - only school of 10 my DC eliminated immediately after the visit - she said kids were odd[/quote]

My outgoing, well-adjusted kid is ridiculously happy at Williams, just FYI. And I've met a bunch of their friends, none of whom are "odd."[/quote]

There are many athletes at Williams. They tend to be pretty normal socially. I'm sure there is a quirky, brilliant subset of kids less adept at socializing given the impressive academics though. Our student tour guide happened to be quirky, brilliant, but also social.[/quote]

Williams College reportedly has a distinct social divide between athletes and non-athletes. [/quote]

I've had kids at 2 different NESCAC schools, and I think they all have this issue. The schools are aware of it, and are trying to address it, starting with orientation and dorm assignments. [/quote]

There isn't much the schools can do. When freshman playing sports are on campus and hanging out with each other a month before the rest of students arrive, orientation isn't going to disrupt that dynamic. You also have teams spending hours together which leads to freshman getting to know upperclassmen better than non-athletes and those upperclassmen then integrate their new teammates into the teams' social life which likely includes other athletes.

If schools really were concerned, they would drop all sports to the club level and just have open tryouts every year with no athletic admissions and no large professional coaching staffs [/quote]

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