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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The freshman entry system makes this divide much less severe than some other NESCACs.[/quote]

What does that mean?[/quote]

Small groups who live together. It's meaningless when athletes are spending hours every day (not to mention travel time in season) with their teams [/quote]

This dismissal isn't quite accurate. I played a sport at Williams and I, like other freshmen athletes, was much closer with my entry (a small coed dorm-wing of sorts with all first-year students and two junior advisors) than with the members of my team. The most insular clique back then consisted not of athletes, but of ultra wealthy international students from one part of the world. [/quote]

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