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[quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] No reason going to a top liberal arts college and paying $90k/year to study art history; you'd frankly have more resources and access to professors at a state school.[/quote]

Ever heard of the Williams art mafia? If you want to study art history you'd be very well positioned and resourced at Williams. It's the only graduate program offered there. And which state school offers more access to profs than the Williams tutorials?[/quote]
You have more much access to art history courses, archives, and internship opportunities at any decent state school. You aren’t special getting 1 on 1 with an [b]unknown professor at Williams[/b] over a known researcher in the field who likely curates and consults at a state university.[/quote]

Uh, no. Williams professors are hardly unknown, far from it. Williams art history grads can write their ticket for grad school.[/quote]
I work in the field. They have 1 or 2 all stars (Laylah ali) but I’m not seeing anyone or any resource that’s particularly outstanding compared to any top state school- where there will be a lot more star faculty just due to a sheer fact of size.[/quote]

Name one star faculty member at a top state school. I’ll wait. (Hint: once upon a time was Berkeley and maybe UVA, but any and all big names have retired or teach at privates). It is also difficult if not impossible to get into a PhD program these days without a Masters. Williams remains the best launching pad there. No competition since the other tippy-top SLACs don’t have grad programs. This cuts both ways for Williams UGs.[/quote]
TJ Clark but he’s now emeritus. George Shackleford (much of UT Austin is very well known), Whitney Davis, Steven Nelson… you think Williams is where the art history research is taking place?

Most prestigious undergraduate programs can get you into a PhD without a masters. [/quote]

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