Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:38
Subject: Re:W&L versus Amherst
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Seeing LAC parents fight over selectivity is hilarious. No one applies to lacs and they are hardly known
-Princeton mom, actually selective.
Btw: your kid should go to W&L. She’s gonna like it a lot more.
Sure you are, actually a Princeton mom.
The speculation won’t change the fact that we can’t verify anything anyone says, so she’s a Princeton mom.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:15
Subject: W&L versus Amherst
W&L is no Amherst. The only thing they share in common is the were once both all-male.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 07:29
Subject: W&L versus Amherst
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst is liberal -- perhaps very liberal. I think a student survey reported 94% of students supported Biden. W&L might have been the reverse. For a student interested in a political career, presumably with a genuine interest in politics, the differing environments on should be a very important factor.
Are you asking which she should apply to early decision next year? I can't imagine why, in January, you'd want a head-to-head decision between these two schools. Academically, any selective school should clear the bar on English, History, and Economics.
No liberal arts college is actually that conservative (unless it’s hillsdale). CMC and W&L are always brought up as super conservatives but it’s mostly because lac students are intolerant. For example, only 21% of CMC is conservative, but it’s branded as some trump factory. When liberals run a university, they try their hardest to stamp out minority voices; when conservatives run a university, they try to actually give any student who wants to speak a voice. Also, notice how rabid more conservative institutions are about alumni groups and resources; conservative alumni are much more giving and supportive of the college.
Thanks, Russian troll farm!
Anonymous
12/05/2025 06:35
Subject: W&L versus Amherst
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:revisiting this thread as it answered many of my questions - but biggest question I have is about the business major at W&L, which I find fascinating for such a tiny LAC. Do the alumni connections reach into NYC or are they concentrated in Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, DC etc. My DC about to pull the trigger on athlete support from W&L coach and she has a strong interest in Investment Banking. How are those alumni connections, or does it depend on the sport? thank you all!
it is more of a regional pull. most alums stay in the region.
not true - NYC finance is chock full of W&L bros
I know three very successful W&L alums who are in finance in NYC.