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<blockquote> <p>You know as well as I that Williams excels in many areas other than athletics and art history. </p> </blockquote>
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<p>Of course. Someone had asked for a positive about Williams, and I posted one. In my opinion, a student interested in an art history/museum curator career should view Williams as the absolute best choice in the country. That's pretty positive.</p>
<p>My view is that, for most majors, Williams would be among the very best schools in the country and should definitely be considered if the location and campus culture is a good fit. I, personally, worked my daughter for over 2.5 years to get her to add Williams to her short list. Something I was finally successful in doing.</p>
<p>I actually spent most of that 2.5 years refusing to believe the guidebooks' and my wife's (the active alum) characterization of the college as a jock school. But, it is hard to argue otherwise based on the percentages of varsity athletes and the clear domination of Div. III nationally.</p>
<p>I applaud Shapiro's recent efforts to reign in both the number and degree of low-band athletic admits over the past three or four years. Clearly, this had become a hot-button issue from his comments that the athletic emphasis was the most common question he fielded from the alums.</p>