<p>Huskem, I'd give the smart jocks and "love the outdoors year round" award to Colgate. Williams is probably the hardest of the top liberal arts colleges to categorize or describe.</p>
<p>If Swarthmore is your standard for "hardcore studious student body", Williams is hardcore, but not that far.</p>
<p>If Oberlin & Vassar are your standard for liberal, artsy, ad non-conformist, Williams is liberal but not that far.</p>
<p>If Middlebury and Colgate are your great-out doorsy school, I'm mean Williams loves the mountains (& hikinh) but not in 365 day a year way tht Middlebury snowplays and Colgate rock climbs.</p>
<p>If Washington & Lee and Franklin & Marshall wwer your standard for partying and beers, Williams can party, but they don't PARTY!</p>
<p>The comparisons could go on forever...Williams is an odd-ball that combines the best of all and some unfortunates.</p>