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[quote=Anonymous]I toured both colleges years ago.

Williams is a classic New England elite LAC.  The academics are superb and the students engaged.  The area is dead boring for a college student.  When I was in my hotel I chatted with the front desk guy, who was a recent college grad who went away, and he ended up driving me around, the takeaway being there is was absolutely nothing around so you better like the college b/c there isn't anything interesting anywhere else.

Vanderbilt is in the heart of a big city, though the campus feels sort of walled off.  It seemed very preppy and southern and a little bit like you would be excluded if you don't fit "the mold."

I didn't end up going to either school - I went to an urban school in a northern city.

If I had to pick, I'd recommend Williams, since the academics will be better (not just the scores of the admits, but the actual collegiate experience - in the olden days, the point of the thing) and I got the sense the students were more inclusive so it would be easier for a non-fratty kid to find his people.

Exception is that you visit Williams and think, "gosh this seems like a boring place," you are probably right and then go live in a city.

They are very different environments so it should be easy to pick one when you think it through.  [/quote]

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