<p>Williams stands ahead of Amherst in the particular interests you name, but that doesn’t make it the better school for your S. I think kids do best in environments that are sympatico to them.</p>
<p>We visited Amherst and Williams on the same day. I was drawn to Amherst; my S was drawn to Williams, even though on paper he looks like more of an Amherst fit: very left-wing, non-athletic, humanities type.</p>
<p>He is about to graduate from Williams and has adored every minute there.</p>
<p>However, had he been accepted at Amherst and/or Wes and not Williams I am sure he could have done well and been happy at any of them.</p>
<p>They’re not that different. </p>
<p>As Freud described: "the tyranny of the inpercepticble difference.</p>