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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williams grad. I felt out of place NOT being an athlete. Especially true freshman year when the teams had been together already for two weeks. I started a sport just to try to make some friends. Honestly it was a bit hard. [/quote]

If I may ask, where do you wish that you had attended college/university if you were accepted to any school of interest to you ?

I ask because I think that Williams College deserves its top ranking among LACs, and I am attracted to many aspects of the school, but I also attended a rural LAC and really regret the experience (even though I was very athletic).[/quote]

I should have gone to somewhere closer to DC, with more options than drinking for fun. Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore? I was rejected from Princeton. [b]The rural aspect of Williams has some shades of Deliverance in the winter.[/b] It can be pretty isolating without a strong friend group. [/quote]

As the parent of a current Williams student, no, it's not like Deliverance. Not at all. Have you ever been Williamstown?

I do think it's important that a Williams student be able to enjoy the outdoors, appreciate the natural beauty of the setting, and not hate winter. My DC is more a city mouse than a country mouse, but he made a conscious decision to go to college in a rural setting, knowing that for his working life he'd probably be living in a big city.

ANY college experience is going to be "isolating" without a friend group. Of my 4 kids' college experiences, Williams made the most effort to ensure that freshman have a good social support system. I will say, though, that my DC, who works within that system, has noticed that this year's (2022) freshmen are more immature and less confident - they needed more "hand holding." DC thinks that may be because of the Covid school disruptions - but that's another discussion.[/quote]

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