<p>Visited Hamilton 2 years ago. I loved the campus - thought it was very attractive (the 60’s side of campus is not as attractive, but it’s ok), very rural, very northeast - cold, snowy winters (these are all positives to me). They’ve done away with frat houses (turned them into dorms); seem to emphasize writing in all course work, close student-faculty relations, foreign languages seem to be very good. Don’t know anyone who’s graduated from there but am acquainted with three people who attended and transferred. Basically they were looking for more of something specific that was better served by other schools. Although I have nothing but positive impressions of the school, I know there are negative prejudices out there - that it’s a school for rich kids who couldn’t get into the Ivy league (and therefore aren’t hard workers) or that there’s a lot of drinking on campus. I do know they are explicit in stating that they take ability to pay into account in the last 5 or 10% of their admissions decisions (you should find that easily on their web site). Like all small, rural liberal arts colleges, a student has to want that kind of setting to be happy.</p>