| Both offer great opportunities. The real question is what kind of person are you? Are you someone who is likely to be overwhelmed by Columbia and NYC? Are you someone who is likely to find Williams comfortable the first year and then outgrow it or its location in later years?
Here's a way to think about it that might help: When my S was considering which colleges to apply to, a friend of his at Williams told him what she loved best about it was that she knew she could count on seeing all her friends every day. He repeated her words with great enthusiasm. Then I asked him if that appealed to him. He thought about it for a few minutes and said, actually it didn't. He'd gone to a small high school and he was looking for a bigger playing field, if that makes sense. So what was ideal for one person sounded like a drawback to someone else.
Go to the place that will challenge you, but where you see yourself being comfortable enough to take advantage of all the opportunities the institutition offers. |