Can anyone tell me how I can get a vibe about this college, without visiting?

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<p>I'm an international, and selecting my last college. Or I might not even add another college to my list...</p>

<p>Anyhoo..</p>

<p>I was looking at Williams' website and everything online, and I found most of the things I wanted to know such as the academics, location, and so on.</p>

<p>What I could not really get an idea about was the vibe of the college, or the student body, and thus, I cannot really see if I "fit" in the college. Can anyone tell me how I get some ideas of the vibe and the student body and the intellectual atmosphere?</p>

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<p>Where else are you applying (Williams is usually not an “add on” to a complete list of applications)?</p>

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<p>It’s pretty hard to get a full picture without a campus visit, but here are a few web pages that if you peruse will give you a pretty good flavor:</p>

<p>I’d start with these videos, probably the best way to get a sense:
[EDU</a> - YouTube](<a href=“course - YouTube”>course - YouTube)</p>

<p>This video is also good: [It's</a> A Good Day To Be An Eph - YouTube](<a href=“It's A Good Day To Be An Eph - YouTube”>It's A Good Day To Be An Eph - YouTube)</p>

<p>Then check these pages:</p>

<p>[I&lt;/a&gt; Am Williams&lt;a href=“quick%20snapshots%20of%20folks%20in%20Williams%20community”&gt;/url&lt;/a&gt; [url=&lt;a href=“WSO: Williams Students Online”&gt;WSO: Williams Students Online]WSO</a> Discussions - All Discussions<a href=“student%20discussion%20board”>/url</a></p>

<p>These pages on the admissions website have a lot of useful links/info:</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“http://admission.williams.edu/bigpicture/studentlife]Admissions”&gt;http://admission.williams.edu/bigpicture/studentlife]Admissions</a> – Williams College| Student Life](<a href=“I Am Williams – Office of Communications”>I Am Williams – Office of Communications)
[Admissions</a> – Williams College| The Williams Difference](<a href=“http://admission.williams.edu/bigpicture/difference]Admissions”>http://admission.williams.edu/bigpicture/difference)</p>

<p>Also check the Flickr pool:</p>

<p>[Flickr:</a> The Williams College Pool](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/groups/williamscollege/pool/]Flickr:”>Flickr: The Williams College Pool)</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot Ephman :)</p>

<p>@Dad2 I’m sorry for how my post must have sounded. I’m an international with good board exam results, and thus, I have extremely good safeties, both in my country (in Asia) and in Canada, that take kids according to board exam results. So, I decided to only apply to 5-7 universities in the US and only the ones that TRULY interest me.</p>

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