Anonymous wrote:

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.

Lina Khan - FTC chair, 2021-2025

She’s pretty unpopular and really doesn’t do much today.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I only see Williams mentioned on this site and once a year when USNWR rankings are released. Thats it.

It’s irrelevant

Anonymous wrote:Is it time for there to be a gap between Williams and all other LACs: most notable alumni, most successful in finance/art/math/physics/geology/English/pre-med/government, highly visible in academia AND top companies. The academics are a whole other level with no other college having tutorials. Even Oxford recognizes Williams as a top institution! It seems closer to a Harvard than a playtime palace college like Pomona.

The bolded is not accurate. Ohio University is one of several others which offer tutorials.

Honestly, I only see Williams mentioned on this site and once a year when USNWR rankings are released. Thats it.

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.

Lina Khan - FTC chair, 2021-2025

I like that all these schools fly under the radar of trump tbh. our kid's college years and trumps reign overlap -- so I guess we have to think about this.

touch grass

I mean it’s the best lac, but there’s a reason it has no prestige…it’s great and all to be able to pay for good professors to teach, but real universities do actual research that helps people. The LAC model is pretty easy to ride the ranks, because it just requires rich people and economics degrees (look at the rise of CMC in past years).

Best LAC in the US. Hands down.

What prestige? Nobody outside of the upper crust tiger moms even community even knows what it is?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it time for there to be a gap between Williams and all other LACs: most notable alumni, most successful in finance/art/math/physics/geology/English/pre-med/government, highly visible in academia AND top companies. The academics are a whole other level with no other college having tutorials. Even Oxford recognizes Williams as a top institution! It seems closer to a Harvard than a playtime palace college like Pomona.

I can't imagine a prestige difference between Williams, Amherst and Swarthmore.

This. The Williams booster has been all over threads, unhinged.

Anonymous wrote:Is it time for there to be a gap between Williams and all other LACs: most notable alumni, most successful in finance/art/math/physics/geology/English/pre-med/government, highly visible in academia AND top companies. The academics are a whole other level with no other college having tutorials. Even Oxford recognizes Williams as a top institution! It seems closer to a Harvard than a playtime palace college like Pomona.

I can't imagine a prestige difference between Williams, Amherst and Swarthmore.

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of any these people.

And if you were in any of their fields you absolutely would have. That’s my point.

Never heard of any these people.

I think it’s more that Williams grads are famous in their field. Ordinary people might not know the names Billy Finn, Tom Krens, Michael Beschloss, Frederick Wiseman, Steve Case, Jay MacInerney, John Sayles, Toby Cosgrove, or Herb Allen, but people who work in those respective fields sure do. I didn’t attend, nor did ny kids, but there’s not really a question that Williams produces a disproportionate number of top-of-their-field alums.