Amherst vs. Williams vs. Dartmouth

lillypod
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:47:28 +0000

We visited both and S happily chose Amherst.
The strong Greek life was something my S strongly disliked. My thoughts are that likely the schools are more similar than dissimilar,and a lot has to do with a subjective sense of fit for any individual student. S preferred the more intimate feel at Amherst which has proven to be very true this year, especially when it comes to strong close relationships with professors.
The college is not a mile from Amherst. The college is 2 small blocks from town center, less than 5 min walk ( my impression is that it really feels like it’s part of the town). Lord Jeff Inn, part of the college, is within the city center. S really likes the easy accesibility to nice a variety of casual restaurants in town, CVS, bookstore, Starbucks etc. Staples , Target, etc are also easily accesible via the free 5 college consortium shuttle. Of course all of these are easily found in Hanover and certainly within walking distance from Dartmouth. In that respect S was concerned about the greater sense of isolation he noticed at Williams compared to Amherst.