From my family’s personal experience - it the school kids from top boarding schools go to when no one else will accept them. This is true both academically and athletically.

It’s a wonderful school. My dc looked closely at it. Very intellectual vibe but also lots of outdoorsy activities. The students we talked to seemed very kind. It is isolated, but many lacs are; it’s part of the experience.

It really is in the middle of nowhere and gets a ton of snow. We went to their fall event, and the food was also not good. It is a very pretty campus, but I can’t see our DC there. I think it would be a tough sell for most DMV kids.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Funny. I have no connection whatsoever to Hamilton but did attend a comparable SLAC.

Then I went on to the top doctoral program in the country in my field and also grabbed a T4 law degree while I was there. Interacted with plenty of HYPS folks. Not much difference between them and my LAC peers.

So that’s the basis for my opinion. Now show me yours.

You'd think that getting a PhD and law degree from a "T4" school would be enough for you to get over your insecurity for having not attended HYPS undergrad. Guess not.

Insecurity is one of my primary challenges. 😂

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Funny. I have no connection whatsoever to Hamilton but did attend a comparable SLAC.

Then I went on to the top doctoral program in the country in my field and also grabbed a T4 law degree while I was there. Interacted with plenty of HYPS folks. Not much difference between them and my LAC peers.

So that’s the basis for my opinion. Now show me yours.

You'd think that getting a PhD and law degree from a "T4" school would be enough for you to get over your insecurity for having not attended HYPS undergrad. Guess not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Funny. I have no connection whatsoever to Hamilton but did attend a comparable SLAC.

Then I went on to the top doctoral program in the country in my field and also grabbed a T4 law degree while I was there. Interacted with plenty of HYPS folks. Not much difference between them and my LAC peers.

So that’s the basis for my opinion. Now show me yours.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Yet if you talked to them you’d find that the students are largely indistinguishable.

Anonymous wrote:LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

The professor discussed similarities but emphasized differences.

LOL Hamilton is no Stanford. It's probably the weakest of the half dozen or so LACs tied for 13th in US News

Anonymous wrote:To add- DC is being recruited to both and trying to determine which is better academically and what the vibes are socially.

Both?

Anonymous wrote:How strong is this college? Is it truly intellectual and for serious students? Is the social vibe preppy/Greek, sporty, progressive or nerdy?

What's the other school? What sport?

This response from a current professor, when interviewed, touches on your questions:

"As a grad student I taught at a big research institution, Stanford, and there are very smart students there as well, but they weren’t the ideal I had in mind, which was the engaged, enthusiastic liberal arts student who’s in it for the ideas, for the love of knowledge . . . I also found that there are different varieties of liberal arts students; there are the ones who are more academically inclined, the ones who are more athletically inclined, the ones who are more counterculture, and the ones who are more mainstream. So far, I’ve found Hamilton students to be a similar variety and disposition to the ones at my undergrad school, so I think I was lucky in that respect."

Meet the New Faculty: Jason Cieply, Russian Studies - News - Hamilton College https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/faculty-jason-cieply-russian-studies

To add- DC is being recruited to both and trying to determine which is better academically and what the vibes are socially.

How strong is this college? Is it truly intellectual and for serious students? Is the social vibe preppy/Greek, sporty, progressive or nerdy?