Williams vs. Amherst vs. Dartmouth

<p>Was accepted at all three and I'm trying to decide. Williams offered me the Tyng Scholarship which is a huge plus. I'm posting the question in all three threads. Looking for Pros and Cons, differences, similarities, etc.</p>

<p>It really doesn’t matter. Choose which one you like. And congratulations on your scholarship.</p>

<p>to pick three more similar schools, so as mythmom said, if you’d be happy at one, in all likelihood you’d be happy at any of the three. If you have a strong gut feeling in favor of one of the three, that is the one I’d choose. </p>

<p>Dartmouth obviously has some slight differences which could be advantages or disadvantages depending on your interests: a huge fraternity culture, roughly twice as large an undergrad population, and a sizeable grad student population, most notably. Amherst and Williams are more difficult to distinguish from one another. It would help if you noted your particular academic and extracurricular interests, since each school has particular strengths and weaknesss, of course. I’d also recommend searching this forum for the numerous Williams v. Amherst threads from the past few years; the topic has been discussed at length. </p>

<p>Congrats on the Tyng. That is a really prestigious honor and, all other things being roughly equal, certainly a good reason to choose Williams.</p>

<p>I think that Ephman is right, this is a common question. I know that on the Amherst thread, there are comments about it being closer to things, part of the consortium, etc. but in the end, I don’t think there is really that big a difference between Amherst and Williamstown. They both are not real close to anything big. While the consortium is there, the only school that is really close is UMass. If you want to go someplace ‘bigger’ on the weekend, you can make it happen from either place. I also think the profs being there for you will be the same at these schools, especially Williams and Amherst. You have to decide if the frat culture is something you are interested in to even bring Dartmouth into the mix. We loved Dartmouth, but in the end, my S decided LACs were a better option for undergrad and Ivies were a better option for grad school.</p>

<p>Seems to me that the Tyng scholarship would be the deal breaker here. You have excellent choices, but how can you go wrong with Williams and the Tyng?</p>