<p>Silly I know, but I'm inclined to make a college list for my daughter based on teaching company courses. So, if she wanted to major in physics I would send her to Middlebury. (I've only bought one physics course.) I'd be delighted for her to go to William and Mary and take a medieval history class, and Whitman for Humanities, and Williams or UTx for math. Emory for religion.</p>
<p>D doesn't buy into this rather random methodology, but it has made me aware of some wonderful schools.</p>
<p>You will get a supurb education at all of the above. Kind of a regional issue, each well known within it's area less well known outside. What do you want to do after? If elite grad school then Williams is possibly the better choice. Just demographics, more of them on the east coast. Good luck.</p>
<p>I grew up near Williams - if you have any questions about the area just ask. It's pretty isolated up there - not a whole heck of a lot to do outside of the school itself, a few local art museums (including the fabulous Clark), and skiing in the winter. Summer is a different story, as the area is a big cultural tourism magnet.</p>
<p>My d. is going to attend Scripps - so she (and I) have bought into the idea of the consortium concept. She's been worried about the social aspects of being in an all woman's school, and I've been encouraging her to make sure she makes an effort to get to know people on the other campuses. Though she's a liberal arts type, many of her friends are science geeks, so I'm happy there's a hard-core science crowd around, so she have fun with them. </p>
<p>Don't know the relative academic merits of each.</p>
<p>I have a child who is a first year at Williams and I have never seen anyone happier with their choice. Great profs, lots of first person interaction, great guest speakers, recruiters, tutorials, fabulous golf course if you happen to play. Out of the way but they work very hard at keeping the community interesting.</p>
<p>mom58, I've done the same thing. :) With few exceptions (our current Alg. 2 is a snoozer) we have LOVED TTC lectures. Wouldn't it be nice to have a school where our children could have all these "best of" instructors?</p>
<p>I've had to remind my dd that not ALL her college teachers will be as engaging as what TTC has on offer :)</p>
<p>S sat in on a class with Prof. Benjamin last week. Yeah, he's that good. Chaucer's_Pal, the Mudders are happy to make the acquaintance of Scripps women. I have a friend who was a Bio major at Scripps and took most of her science courses at Mudd.</p>