Dartmouth vs. Williams vs. Amherst

AboutTheSame
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:09:30 +0000

It’s the Tyng Scholarship, not Tyang. Let’s at least keep our facts straight while we talk about something that none of us really knows about. And, speaking as a Californian, I couldn’t tell you where Williams is without Googling (Rhode Island? named after Roger? I’ll have to go look [edit: nope, I was very wrong, wasn’t I]), and my uninformed take is “not quite Swarthmore? on a par with Haverford & Bowdoin?” and maybe I’m doing the school an injustice but semi-confirming what IvyPBear said. My pulse doesn’t race when I see Amherst on a resume either – or, even Dartmouth for that matter – but I’m looking at law schools, not the undergrad years. Honestly, I don’t really think your undergrad school matters that much (within a range, of course) if you plan on grad school/law school/B school/etc. Given that the Tyng evidently provides grad school/law school/etc. support, I vote with Sybbie. Take the money and run.