Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 19:34     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:If you’re going through all the trouble of getting into a top lac just to worry about prestige, go to a damn Ivy or top research university.


They're looking for prestige among people who matter, not ethnic striver groups.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 19:04     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
DP, but Amherst Williams Swarthmore I think.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 19:00     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just chiming in to say I can't believe we're eight pages in and everyone is still agreeing that the top four SLACs are Williams, Midd, Bowdoin and Amherst?
Ahem - Swarthmore is always one of the top three!!!

No one said this and it’s also just not true.

Give me one ranking where Midd or Bowdoin is above Swat. USN always has AWS as the holy trinity of SLACs.

What the hell is AWS
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 18:59     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
A majority of the country does not care at all. On Wall Street, either for most roles, Williams if smart enough for quant (likely not, because you’d be considering Princeton or Harvard).
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 18:53     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
To people who know and care (which is a small slice but matters to some), yes there is a substantial difference.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 18:28     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Middlebury is the Colgate of Vermont. Williams hands down most prestigious LAC.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 18:11     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:Eh, what can I say. D1 recruit with 1210 SAT. Whaddya expect.

From Stanford? An Olympian.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 17:47     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Eh, what can I say. D1 recruit with 1210 SAT. Whaddya expect.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 17:42     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford grad here. I work with several Williams grads. Had to google Bowdoin.

To be sure, many students at top colleges are not culturally-educated going in; but it takes a special type to proudly proclaim ignorance post-graduation.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 17:17     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Stanford grad here. I work with several Williams grads. Had to google Bowdoin.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 17:03     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Williams grad here again. Hope that OP's nephew made the choice that seemed correct for him. Its certainly possible that either Williams or Bowdoin would ultimately be the better choice, but I don't think its possible to know now which one that is. In any event, if he chose Williams, I think he's made an excellent choice. It was a great place for me and hopefully it would also be for him.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 16:49     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Absolutely
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 16:48     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:Midd is nowhere near the others


Sorry your kid didn't get in.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 16:05     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:I think they were talking about top NESCAC SLACS. Top national SLACS are definitely

Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Carleton, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Claremont McKenna, Vassar

In terms of academic rigor and teaching excellence I would say top five are—Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Carleton, Pomona


This entire thread is stupid, just stupid.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2025 15:46     Subject: Is there a huge difference in prestige between Williams and Bowdoin?
Anonymous wrote:I think they were talking about top NESCAC SLACS. Top national SLACS are definitely

Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Carleton, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Claremont McKenna, Vassar

In terms of academic rigor and teaching excellence I would say top five are—Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Carleton, Pomona


How exactly are you measuring academic rigor and teaching excellence?