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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WASP is just an acronym. Other than being top liberal arts colleges, these schools are all very different. Perhaps, Williams and Amherst share  more similarities, like being closer geographically. If you’re smart enough to attend these schools, certainly you think beyond this logic. [/quote]
They're all pretty similar. I don't know why everyone acts like they're completely unrelated and have nothing in common. Our tours at all 4 pretty much said the same thing and the offerings are nearly identical.[/quote]

You have to be kidding. The culture at Swarthmore is not the same at Williams or Pomona. [/quote]
Bout the same. The stress of Swarthmore is overstated. They all have very similar student communities and the resources are about equal. What massive difference do you see that I must be "kidding" :roll: [/quote]

DP. [b]Would you say that Harvard, Princeton, and Yale are the same? Yes, they all have high-achieving students, but you could say the same about another 20 schools. [/b][/quote]

You just highlighted the truth that the Ivy obsessed masses here on DCUM are loathe to admit. Yes they all are the same from an academic and learning perspective because they are all very richly resourced and have academically identical student bodies. They all have strengths, weakne[b]sses and personality differences but none of them are objectively better or worse than the others. People just don't want to accept this because it upsets their long cherished view of an [/b]Athletic Conference of mediocre teams.[/quote]
+1, I don’t know why anyone would think otherwise. Sure Williams has tutorials and swarthmore has honors program, but all of these schools give you access to tiny courses and pretty similar academic programs. People get so obsessed about small differences.[/quote]

+100[/quote]

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