<p>I enjoyed Williams fine. Not that impressed with the direction the school has taken in recent years. The whole sports thing is fairly recent. Don’t get a good vibe about the campus culture from the school’s own internal reports: the drinking and the diversity issues are troublesome. I think they underfund some important areas such as student academic services (weak writing program) and community service (one part-time staff member) – I just disagree with some of the priorities. </p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong. I worked on my daughter hard to apply to Williams in case she wasn’t successful with her Swarthmore ED app. I think it’s a fine school. My wife and I both would choose Swarthmore today, if given the option.</p>