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Old 07-15-2009, 12:08 PM   #31
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Ahahah I'm sorry. I meant with the close minded comments that i've seen them in the past in really intense debates where kids are makig really ridiculous and rude comments lol. I did not mean that about the rivalry stuff on this thread. I personally like the rivalry except for the fact that Williams dominates Amherst in football. Lol sorry about the miscommunication.
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Old 07-16-2009, 11:59 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by mythmom
Amherst is a wonderful school
I'm sorry, I'm really confused by your post. Did you make a mistake? Don't worry, there's still time to edit it!



That said, mythmom is right, although you'll be hard pressed getting many students to admit it. I'm currently doing a summer program and living with an Amherst student, and we get along very well. Our schools in general sound very similar.
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Old 07-19-2009, 01:58 AM   #33
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Differences are differentiated along the distinct areas of circumspective statistical distribution such as: athletics, external community appeal, course dynamics, reputation, intellectual rigor, etc. Fit, financial aid, and forseability rarely enter the picture from the student’s prospective as these are more elusive and student oriented, where these important and salient features rarely enter the benefactors mind.

As costs precede common sense and the factors such as mentors, parents and tangential abstractions take precedence over personal design towards success and experience, we find the process approaches the semblance of balance between chance and measured deliberation.

Amherst has defined itself apart of the Williams charter and thus appeals to the reactionary in their draw. Its consortium environment appeals to those for whom a more metropolitan community is important, and to those for whom class distinction and anonymity appeals, and especially for those for whom a pastoral setting intimidates fragile characters.

Williams celestial beginnings were wrought within a frontier frought with war and thus took on the more patriotic stance of conserving the frontier for present and future generations. Armed with history and the self confidence of its assertive antecedents, Williams marched into time well knowing that its past would bind over time to defend its principles grounded in the liberal arts program, where education would be the primary defence of the frontier, of our nation, and the independence of our people and their way of life as observed within our culture.

As such, I am Williams, and I claim a stake for the frontier that is Williams and our future.

Go EPHS!
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Old 07-30-2009, 10:06 PM   #34
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I see how the two colleges are so similar and I guess the choice is whether or not I like the mountains more than civilization(which I do, I think). The thing is I have no means to get up to Mass. and my dad definitely not gonna let me take a bus up there from NYC by myself. What should I do to decide? I wanted to go Amherst Open House but I lost my application the day I was gonna send it off. Sigh. Lucks doesn't seem to be on my side.
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Old 08-01-2009, 09:48 AM   #35
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you lost an application to amherst's open house. luck is on your side.
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Old 08-01-2009, 11:09 AM   #36
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Unless you are talking about applying ED, just apply and the decision may be taken out of your hands. Many students get into one school and not the other.

You can also use websites and catalogs to help you decide. Look up your intended major in online catalogs and compare the offerings.

Then I think most students really could be happy at either even if one appeals more than the other.
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Old 08-01-2009, 09:32 PM   #37
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Williams offers transportation from Albany (and a few NYC vans too) to the campus for every major break, so you won't be alone on a bus full of strangers, but with other Williams students :]
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