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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had this choice years ago and went w/ Williams. I loved the small classes and one on one access to professors even at entry level classes. I also loved being able to take some classes completely unrelated to my major. I ended up changing my major from what I intended and was so glad I wasn’t stuck in a particular track. I went into banking in ny, and the Williams alum network was amazing. Between that and the career center, I had my pick of great jobs beginning with internships after sophomore year. 
I don’t think you can go wrong with either choice so focus on where he’ll have the best quality of life. Williams was intense but not a pressure cooker or stressful. [/quote]

I had a somewhat similar experience and chose between Pomona and a non-HYP Ivy (1st choice was Princeton, I got WL but never offered a spot). Went with Pomona and likewise loved the small class sizes, getting to know professors (I housesat for a couple of them), taking diverse classes to pursue non-major interests, and also got very involved in campus/residential life programs. The smaller community feel was the right fit for me, but we diverge on the job/alum/internship side... it's been a helpful resource at times, but not as strong of a benefit as I would have liked. That said, my career has been very SLAC ranging from programming to operations to finance to policy to data science, with lots of fun detours along the way. It's been a choose-your-own-adventure path, with a few moments of feeling lost/uncertain earlier on, and not quite as financially lucrative as if I'd taken a more traditional career route and/or maybe had a strong career/alum network, but in the end I'm very happy with the journey and outcomes.

Your kid has two really strong options OP, and probably can't go wrong either way unless there's some sort of culture/interest misfit between one of the schools and your kid that you haven't yet uncovered.[/quote]

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