Why I Attend Williams College
Williams College, ranked #1 National Liberal Arts College by US News, #2 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, and #4 in Best Value College.
Williams College is different from other colleges. My mother first told me that her coworkers who knew about Williams spoke of it like it was a "Little Harvard." I didn't really understand the nickname's true meaning until I got here.
I applied to Williams College Early Decision, mostly because I felt strongly about a liberal arts education and loved my one-day visit here. The admission counselor's talk was more than just selling the college to us, but also trying to help us find the best fit. This was starkly different from college visits to Dartmouth or USC, in which the counselors would talk for 45 minutes about the great opportunities at their school. The counselor's humility at Williams struck a chord within me, and I knew I wanted to be here after that talk.
Something that helped me gain a lot of insight into Williams College was reading reports by higher education oversight organizations, which go a lot into detail about the strengths and weaknesses of certain colleges. I've found these reports to not contain emotional stories like that on Niche or College Confidential, but they present the pros and cons of schools quite impartially. I've linked the Williams College related reports below.
Unfortunately, I got deferred after I applied Early Decision, but I did end up getting in Regular Decision, so there was a happy ending. GO WILLIAMS!
http://www.csc.kth.se/~balter/Williams.pdf
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/ReviewsAndReports/Documents/Williams%20College%20UK%20Ltd/Williams-College-REO-12.pdf
Just googling "Williams College Review PDF" will get you many more formal reports (although some are financial reports, bleck)
Williams College is different from other colleges. My mother first told me that her coworkers who knew about Williams spoke of it like it was a "Little Harvard." I didn't really understand the nickname's true meaning until I got here.
I applied to Williams College Early Decision, mostly because I felt strongly about a liberal arts education and loved my one-day visit here. The admission counselor's talk was more than just selling the college to us, but also trying to help us find the best fit. This was starkly different from college visits to Dartmouth or USC, in which the counselors would talk for 45 minutes about the great opportunities at their school. The counselor's humility at Williams struck a chord within me, and I knew I wanted to be here after that talk.
Something that helped me gain a lot of insight into Williams College was reading reports by higher education oversight organizations, which go a lot into detail about the strengths and weaknesses of certain colleges. I've found these reports to not contain emotional stories like that on Niche or College Confidential, but they present the pros and cons of schools quite impartially. I've linked the Williams College related reports below.
Unfortunately, I got deferred after I applied Early Decision, but I did end up getting in Regular Decision, so there was a happy ending. GO WILLIAMS!
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http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/ReviewsAndReports/Documents/Williams%20College%20UK%20Ltd/Williams-College-REO-12.pdf
Just googling "Williams College Review PDF" will get you many more formal reports (although some are financial reports, bleck)
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