My Friend Needs Help Now!!! Williams vs. UMCP

momrath
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:22:38 +0000

My first reaction was “What? Is she nuts?” pass up a full ride to Williams in order to live at home, go to a mid-tier university with her high school friends and end up $20,000 in debt? But then after thinking about it I realized that this young person is just not ready to let go and there’s a good chance that her experience at Williams would be a self-fullfilling prophesy. She believes she won’t like it: ergo, she won’t like it. By not bothering to visit Williams she has basically made up her mind. She doesn’t like what she doesn’t know.

I also wonder why any one who prefers an urban environment would even apply to Williams. The sports culture and the drinking culture are arguable. I tend to believe the former is pervasive; the latter is not. But the rural, insular location is simply a fact. If you have to have a city and all its amenities then Williams isn’t what you want.

She should let some one on the waitlist have the opportunity to attend Williams.