Anonymous
Post 11/28/2025 19:42     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:Williams grad. On this forum, I’ve learned the following negative about my alma mater:

1. Too many athletes
2. Bad for ED if unhooked
3. Williamstown is too remote
4. Too many I-banking types
5. Too cold
6. Less friendly

Here’s the good:

1. Cool mascot
2. The mountains
3. The library
4. Fun rivalry with Amherst
5. Personal attention
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and it's $92,250 a year x 4. You could have mentioned that upfront. https://www.williams.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid/cost-and-aid/
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2025 19:34     Subject: I love Williams!!
The best LAC
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 21:03     Subject: I love Williams!!
It is one building. Big deal. Duke is one of the most beautiful schools in America and has a hideous student center. This is not a reason to attend a school.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 17:20     Subject: I love Williams!!
Since I posted favorably earlier about the Paresky Center, I should clarify. I like its interior a lot and appreciate its position near the center of campus; I'm not impressed by the aesthetics of its exterior.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 15:26     Subject: I love Williams!!
This thread was created for no reason and is now populated by boosters and trolls.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:48     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:I was lucky to attend a peer liberal arts college. It's a respectable school, but the rural nature would've drastically harmed my college experience and professional development in college. I think it's a great choice to delay for 4 years in the most intensive academic environment possible.


This seems like an exercise in passive-aggressive babbling.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:45     Subject: I love Williams!!
It’s just if you can’t be honest about a student center or food - who cares! - then when we can’t trust your opinion about real stuff
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:39     Subject: I love Williams!!
Ok, clearly the Williams-hater troll (who is probably one of general SLAC trolls too) is off the rails and probably 50% of the posts on this thread. Best for the rest of us to move on. Have a great day!
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:36     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Such a strange thread. Even architects call Paresky center crap: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/02/williams-college-campus-guide-review/


Right, that is what kids want and need in a Student Center - architectural accolades. I am not sure what your beef is about this school, but your posts are increasingly bizarre.


anyone who has toured Williams has seen this student center. I'm not this person, but I've seen it and it's blah. There's a lot to like about Williams but the student center .. cmon. it's very blah.

Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:33     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Such a strange thread. Even architects call Paresky center crap: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/02/williams-college-campus-guide-review/


Right, that is what kids want and need in a Student Center - architectural accolades. I am not sure what your beef is about this school, but your posts are increasingly bizarre.

Yet, others are claiming it's some architectural marvel...maybe read the forum before jumping to the last comment next time.


Please point me to the comment calling it an "architectural marvel." I'll wait. I saw folks complimenting it as a student center - yes, sure, you were there as well dissing it many times - but the only comment I saw re aesthetics was the "Adirondack-style" one and, having been inside Paresky, I understand that allusion. But I would love to know where your opinion of the school comes from, since you do not seem to know very much about it.
You seem a bit mentally unstable. It's a student center, not the Guggenheim. The inability to take criticism isn't concerning. You've developed a parasocial relationship with a college.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:29     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Such a strange thread. Even architects call Paresky center crap: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/02/williams-college-campus-guide-review/


Right, that is what kids want and need in a Student Center - architectural accolades. I am not sure what your beef is about this school, but your posts are increasingly bizarre.

Yet, others are claiming it's some architectural marvel...maybe read the forum before jumping to the last comment next time.


Please point me to the comment calling it an "architectural marvel." I'll wait. I saw folks complimenting it as a student center - yes, sure, you were there as well dissing it many times - but the only comment I saw re aesthetics was the "Adirondack-style" one and, having been inside Paresky, I understand that allusion. But I would love to know where your opinion of the school comes from, since you do not seem to know very much about it.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:24     Subject: I love Williams!!
I was lucky to attend a peer liberal arts college. It's a respectable school, but the rural nature would've drastically harmed my college experience and professional development in college. I think it's a great choice to delay for 4 years in the most intensive academic environment possible.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:18     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:I turned down Williams and I've always wished I could have done college twice to experience it as well.

Since then, the ratings game really took off and maybe the consistent #1 SLAC ranking for Williams has attracted a more overtly competitive type of student, but the vibe seemed pretty incredible to me. But you have to be 100% committed to going to school in a location that remote, and if you've got other great options...


My kid is a freshman and she loves it - her classmates seem very collaborative. She is always studying with friends, doing review sessions in groups, going to office hours. And she is involved in many extra curricular activities. While she is working hard, she seems less stressed out than she was in high school!
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:16     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Such a strange thread. Even architects call Paresky center crap: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/02/williams-college-campus-guide-review/


Right, that is what kids want and need in a Student Center - architectural accolades. I am not sure what your beef is about this school, but your posts are increasingly bizarre.

Yet, others are claiming it's some architectural marvel...maybe read the forum before jumping to the last comment next time.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2025 14:15     Subject: I love Williams!!
Anonymous wrote:Such a strange thread. Even architects call Paresky center crap: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/02/williams-college-campus-guide-review/


Right, that is what kids want and need in a Student Center - architectural accolades. I am not sure what your beef is about this school, but your posts are increasingly bizarre.