<p>I can’t answer all those questions, but I’ll answer what I think I know! It seems that the consensus is that Amherst and Williams are more academically rigorous and elite than Wesleyan. Although they are all in the “Little Three,” I’ve found there’s a distinction in people’s minds. I haven’t visited Wesleyan, but I prefer Amherst’s location to William’s simply because of the 4 other colleges nearby (Mount Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire, and UMass). Amherst offers a small student body of about 1700, but when you want to go meet new people, there are tens of thousands more new faces at the other schools. Also, being able to take courses at any of the 4 other colleges is a huge plus in my opinion, since you have access to a very large range of professors and ambitious students.</p>