<p>Major major major congratulations, I’m mega-jealous.</p>
<p>You found Williams pretentious? When I visited they had possibly the nicest people I’ve ever met. I met multiple students and alumni who went far out of their way to help me out. The Inn was really pretentious though.</p>
<p>If you have the connection, go to Swat. I felt that connection at Williams(but got deferred ED 
), so I committed myself to that. Academically these schools are essentially equal, all fantastic in nearly every regard.</p>
<p>The main difference as far as I can tell:
Swat - most ‘academic’ and most ‘quirky’
Amherst - in the middle
Williams - most (only in a very relative sense) pre-proffessional, most jock/prep(once again, not really very jock/prep, but relatively the most)</p>
<p>Personally I loved the mixed style of Williams, the tutorials and stuff to satisfy my nerdy side, and one of the top D3 athletic programs and a very active intramural program for my athletic side. Plus they have the Clark and a great theatre program and stuff. I don’t know as much about the others. So go to one of the other ones, maybe Williams will let me in :)</p>