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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s really about environment, not the dang weather like everyone here is babbling about.

If you’re a bit more academically intense, doesn’t mean you get better grades but maybe you like constantly talking about school and academic life, Williams is perfect. You should ideally be athletic and into nature if you don’t want to go crazy.

Meanwhile if you’re a bit more relaxed and prefer weighing school and social life, Pomona might be a better idea. More options of things to do and more students around.[/quote]
You realize that “academically intense” and 40% of the freshman class as recruited athletes (yes, the overall percentage is slightly lower, but attrition) is kind of a contradiction? Not because the athletes aren’t smart, but because, you know, they are playing their sport 3 hours a day? Just sayin’…[/quote]
Sure but 60% aren’t and need to do something on a rural hill campus, so they work.[/quote]
Um, think real hard. What kind of culture and expectations pervade the academic experience, in terms of work expectations, when 40% can’t do maximum rigor? If you want to work like a dog, go to Swarthmore. If you are unnecessarily working like a dog at Williams, that isn’t something to be proud of; it’s kind of pathetic.[/quote]

You’re kidding yourself if you think athletes can’t do maximum rigor. They can meet that bar while still devoting huge efforts to their sport. Many of them are just plain smarter than the typical NARP.[/quote]

Agreed. Some of the smartest kids I knew in college were athletes. It gives them structure and they were very disciplined. And many sports are just one semester.[/quote]
Most athletes get Econ degrees and take school on easy mode.[/quote]

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