Anonymous wrote:What famous people have gone to Williams? I can think of a senator and a CNN anchor, and that’s about it. And neither of them are _that_ famous, all things considered.

George Steinbrenner

Max Gail

Stephen Sondheim

John Sayles

David Strathairn

Michael Beschloss

Erin Burnett

Mika B.

Anonymous wrote:Lol... Williams was NEVER on the level of a truly elite university, and the value/general lay prestige of LACs has only decreased over time.

And if we're comparing it with its peer group, Amherst seems to be more well-known.

And I say to that, “Hah!”

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, OP, you made me snoke my champagne with this! The shamelessness with which you hunt not only prestige but public recognition for it is absolute gold! (And I happen to like prestige.)

The post might, however, be useful as a public service announcement. A lot of very excellent students can a now avoid Williams like the plague if you are representative of the students/alumni.

Curiously nasty response.

- NP with no dog in this fight.

Nothin curious about it. Sometimes you stand up to a bully, or “meet someone where they are”…. Choose your cliche. Does it matter which one?

The OP took a shit swipe at Pomona. Playtime palace? Please. Defend it all you like.

—no dog in this fight either. But no one likes an A-hole

Isn’t responding-in-kind just letting the a-holes set the terms for how you are in the world?

It’s always going to be the best because it is Williams-the exemplary liberal arts college. No school compares

Anonymous wrote:I know hundreds of graduates from this college but have never heard one of them talk about this way.

You know HUNDREDS of Williams graduates? You must live/work in Williamstown.

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is the Bucknell of Massachusetts- complete with a pipeline to the street!

One of these things is not like the other.
Very few in in NYC has even heard of Bucknell. The first time I heard about this college was on this site!

The co-heads of the hedge fund where I work, went to Williams and Cornell, respectively. Guess where we recruited most of our incoming analysts and traders from?

Robert G. scott, the former President and COO of Morgan Stanley is a graduate of Williams. I can list 100 more successful finance people, but that’s something you could
google yourself.

I think Williams is a great school. I am an immigrant and my school from India has more CEOs in Silicon Valley (including the CEO of Google), and top people at fortune 500 companies, VC firms, and hedgefunds than many of the colleges people discuss here. It really does not matter where you go to school because the world has 7 billion people and there are many hungry and smart prople. Our education in was free. Now I am paying $60k for private school and $90k per year for college (at a top 15 school) and my kid got his first internship through my college contacts.

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Anonymous wrote:Williams is the Bucknell of Massachusetts- complete with a pipeline to the street!

One of these things is not like the other.
Very few in in NYC has even heard of Bucknell. The first time I heard about this college was on this site!

The co-heads of the hedge fund where I work, went to Williams and Cornell, respectively. Guess where we recruited most of our incoming analysts and traders from?

Robert G. scott, the former President and COO of Morgan Stanley is a graduate of Williams. I can list 100 more successful finance people, but that’s something you could
google yourself.

Bucknell? Lafayette? Gettysburg?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, OP, you made me snoke my champagne with this! The shamelessness with which you hunt not only prestige but public recognition for it is absolute gold! (And I happen to like prestige.)

The post might, however, be useful as a public service announcement. A lot of very excellent students can a now avoid Williams like the plague if you are representative of the students/alumni.

Curiously nasty response.

- NP with no dog in this fight.

Nothin curious about it. Sometimes you stand up to a bully, or “meet someone where they are”…. Choose your cliche. Does it matter which one?

The OP took a shit swipe at Pomona. Playtime palace? Please. Defend it all you like.

—no dog in this fight either. But no one likes an A-hole

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the Bucknell of Massachusetts- complete with a pipeline to the street!

Amen.

Anonymous wrote:Williams is the Bucknell of Massachusetts- complete with a pipeline to the street!

One of these things is not like the other.
Very few in in NYC has even heard of Bucknell. The first time I heard about this college was on this site!

The co-heads of the hedge fund where I work, went to Williams and Cornell, respectively. Guess where we recruited most of our incoming analysts and traders from?

Robert G. scott, the former President and COO of Morgan Stanley is a graduate of Williams. I can list 100 more successful finance people, but that’s something you could
google yourself.

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Kind of par for the course these days, though.

Williams is the Bucknell of Massachusetts- complete with a pipeline to the street!

Most normal DCUM thread

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Anonymous wrote:In my limited experience, the seven sisters and Amherst are the best known LACs. Williams gets a lot of blank stares for some reason

Amherst? How random. It has the least opportunities of any of the top lacs.

What?

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It doesn’t have any top departments and has the worst campus of the top 4. Only does well for grad admissions in law school. There’s really not much redeeming Amherst.

Says the idiot who was rejected

Yes, I was too buys going to Princeton. Now, can you bug off if you aren't going to make any substantive commentary?

If that’s supposed to impress us with what you write, it doesn’t. And don’t even talk about substance when you clearly don’t have!

Yes, because Princetonians have never made a typo. You haven't made an argument, so glad to be done with this foolishness.

Do you even listen to yourself? Never mind. You clearly have issues and need help. It also begs the question why someone who supposedly went to a good college would have such scorn for another good college.

You sound mental.

It clearly a sore spot with you

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Anonymous wrote:In my limited experience, the seven sisters and Amherst are the best known LACs. Williams gets a lot of blank stares for some reason

Amherst? How random. It has the least opportunities of any of the top lacs.

What?

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It doesn’t have any top departments and has the worst campus of the top 4. Only does well for grad admissions in law school. There’s really not much redeeming Amherst.

Says the idiot who was rejected

Yes, I was too buys going to Princeton. Now, can you bug off if you aren't going to make any substantive commentary?

If that’s supposed to impress us with what you write, it doesn’t. And don’t even talk about substance when you clearly don’t have!

Yes, because Princetonians have never made a typo. You haven't made an argument, so glad to be done with this foolishness.

Do you even listen to yourself? Never mind. You clearly have issues and need help. It also begs the question why someone who supposedly went to a good college would have such scorn for another good college.

You sound mental.