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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the distinct differences between the 4, and why do students chose these over ivies or other t20s sometimes?[/quote]
Each WASP school (as well as Bowdoin, Wellesley, etc.) has something special about it that may make it especially appealing to certain students:

(1) Williams: Bucolic setting, Oxford tutorials, Winter Study, historic white-shoe pedigree

(2) Amherst: Open curriculum, Williams's pedigree without Williams's isolation

(3) Swarthmore: Honors program, PhD production, easy access to Philadelphia

(4) Pomona: West coast, easy access to LA, part of an integrated consortium

Similarities: Selectivity, size, rigor, endowment, grad school placement, etc.

Why choose WASP over an Ivy/Top 20?
-Financial aid
-Prefer undergraduate-focused education
-Prefer a smaller school
-Prefer a college with students who are less devoted to prestige or brand-recognition
-Prefer broad academic/intellectual exploration over subject-specific focus
-Professional and graduate school placement
-Able to play D3 sports[/quote]

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