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Old 10-19-2009, 06:23 PM   #1
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Only at Williams

What do current or former students think Williams has to offer that no other college does?
What specific events have made you think "I could only get this at Williams?" (other than tutorials, which I already think are great and distinctive)
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Old 10-27-2009, 03:31 AM   #2
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Easy.

1. Three AMAZING art museums nearby, one right on campus.
2. Excellent hiking 10 minutes walk from your dorm.
3. A truly accessible administration (though that doesn't mean they listen to us
4. Excellence in the arts, academics, and athletics all in the same student body.
5. Libraries you can take food into.
6. Special, Williams-student only fellowships for post-grad study.
7. Alumni-sponsored internships - pay you well for your time in an unpaid internship.
8. Travel fellowships - go somewhere(s) over the summer and learn stuff for free.
9. A very active Outing Club that sends people backpacking for orientation if they want, and leads all sorts of other things, like MOUNTAIN DAY! (which Holyoke and Smith have lesser versions of.)
10. 7 a capella groups, lots of other performance groups, way too many for 2000 students to support, esp since most of us are varsity athletes.
11. A world class theater building with three stages and a director's studio.
12. WEPO - Williams students who study abroad at Oxford in this program are not considered "visiting students," like most people - they have the full rights and privileges as any other student @ Oxford.
13. Entries - entering group of 20-30 freshmen living with 2 unpaid JAs of 52 picked from a pool or 160 or so applicants. NOT RA's, much better.
14. Lots of old & gorgeous former frat houses to live in.
15. A graduate program in developmental economics for people from governments around the world.

Hows that.
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