<p>sorry if there’s another thread like this - couldn’t find one. i’m asking in terms of strength in east asian studies and language departments</p>
<p>I think language is a major weak point at Williams, I don't know about Brown (strength?) Amherst has itself a fairly limited language department but through the 5-college consortium has an enormous wealth of opportunities, probably surpassing Brown (if you do not have a problem with utilizing the 5-college consortium, the language opportunities will be near-endless. Which languages are you interested in, particularly? I suggest you look through the Williams,Amherst, and Brown course catalogues, as well as <a href="http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/courses/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/courses/</a> <a href="http://www.umass.edu/fclang/jointcourses.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.umass.edu/fclang/jointcourses.html</a> <a href="http://www.umass.edu/fclang/fcsilp.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.umass.edu/fclang/fcsilp.html</a></p>
<p>I was unclear from your post whether you are specifically interested in Asian languages, if so, I'm sorry, I know very little about any of them, but Chinese/Japanese should be offered at all three schools.</p>
<p>East asian studies at Brown is actually pretty good...
and language programs are also decent I think, but it IS quite tough
with classes every day for the same credit as any other course...
and I chose Brown over the other two when I was in your position last year...</p>
<p>Amherst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>East Asian studies is specialized enough that you are likely to find more opportunities at Brown, though I do not know this for sure.
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/</a></p>
<p>for example, the department awards several students with $5000 grants to pursue language immersion programs over the summer in China or Japan
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/easfunding_combined.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/easfunding_combined.pdf</a></p>
<p>My strong advice at the undergrad level, is to choose the school that will provide you with the best experience for you and will add the most to your personal development. All three schools are pretty different places with different feels. All will give you an outstanding education.</p>