Strength of Williams Alumni Network

jrpar
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 20:21:16 +0000

I’m a Williams alum and one of my sons (and many others in my family) graduated from Colgate.

Both schools have an incredibly strong and loyal alumni network - it’s really a hallmark of both schools. I’ve seen both networks in action - alums absolutely look out for students, make themselves available for networking, interview prep, etc. As I think about it, both my first job out of grad school and one of my son’s summer internships came about as a result of alumni connections. And I helped one of my son’s Colgate roommates get his first job, so indirect networks work too!

Williams and Colgate alums are all over Wall Street and students from both schools are well placed for recruiting - the key is having alums in senior positions at the firm in question. And both schools do. My sense (from being involved with recruiting at my firm) is that Williams might be a “target” school at a couple of more firms than Colgate, there’s a bit more on campus recruiting at Williams, but that’s just my sense. Honestly, this isn’t a reason to pick one school or another for ED. They are both great schools - which one do you want to spend four years at?