<p>What do you make of 1) Hamilton's academic rigor and 2) strengths in career prospects?</p>
<p>I came close to choosing Hamilton last year. Rigor was that of any other top LAC and the school has amazing connections in NYC for internships. Career prospects are as good as any other LAC. Love that school.</p>
<p>I don't think any college -- university or LAC -- has "strengths in career prospects" as some sort of disembodied quality independent of a specific field or program and specific people. Hamilton attracts good students and seems to do a good job educating them and offering them opportunities. My nephew is there now, a junior who started after a gap year helping a friend start up a business. He has pretty much loved every minute of it. I have no idea what's going to happen when he goes on the job market, but he has been doing exciting, interesting things in his field, and is very engaged in his studies, and meeting people all over the country. He's very excited by his future. But he's not a Wall Street investment banker type -- he spent the summer studying community supported small-scale agriculture.</p>
<p>I had actually never heard of Hamilton until I graduated and took up my job. But we have a couple of folks from Hamilton here in this 80-person company, and the one that I've interacted the most is truly an excellent and dedicated engineer, which would seem to speak well for them</p>
<p>Hamilton doesn't offer engineering. Maybe he did a 3-2 program and actually graduated form some place else?</p>
<p>The students I know who chose Hamilton were all academically very strong and ambitious. These kids were intellectually-inclined and picked Hamilton in part because they felt they would have better, closer access to professors.</p>
<p>My father always used to say, "Works harder than a Hamilton freshman".</p>
<p>a more specific question - success in graduate schools (law, medicine, etc)?</p>