WILLIAMS, Willytown, MA, 2003-2004
1. Weather:
wso.williams.edu (dont even try this, not available off campus, and is currently being hacked)
some ordinary day/night weather forecast @WS0: -37F, "dangerously cold."
2. When u get a cold, dont even try the Health center, since it's in ...Vermont (hmm... is there any better way to track down the hell far location from the center of campus?). Normal ppl after walkin down there may get sick rite after they get back.
3. Academic life
Pretty manageable, if u have experienced the whole 3 floors of one of the libs, and kissed a goodbye to Saturnite dates.
4. Social
+ Food: incredibly....better than a lot of other colleges & high schools (i've tried different food at different colleges) --- however, if assigned to live in the Odd quad (well, it's used to be called the Art Quad, since the art museum is rite there, and/or, odd quad kids are still calling it "art quad" to make themselves feel better), you may have to put up with the most notorious in the 5 dining halls -- Driscoll, or, better known as Dirty D. Can use meal points to purchase stuff in the snack bar if u miss meals.
+ People
Not all smart kids (it's true everywhere)... have some sense of humour (i spelt this rite?), party a lot (official party day: thursday, since half of the school is athletic, cant party on friday, as most have sat. games). See a lot of kids in libs on Sunday, since they've been partying all weekend, and sunday is the only time to sit down so that not to cry out of next week's overwhelming schedule.
+ community as a whole: well-bonded by endless activities, so many that students never read the whole email thingy: daily message listing campus events (well, i never did at least)
If u dont play a sport, u'll probably have to learn how to do it, since there's a PE requirement and a swimming must-pass-or-learn-it test to graduate.
Answers to disadvantages of:
1. weather:
The heat's working all the time, so, just have a nice exercise running from wherever not indoors to buildings (benefits: lose weight, since we have awesome dining halls)
2. If u need to go the health center or die otherwise, security will give u a ride (they have just claimed they're not a taxi service, so this may change)
3. Academic: williams parties r not always cool, so, dont regret too much if u miss some of them. Some u really need to go to, since your reading assignment may even be more boring.
Profs: cant be more appoachable, can take faculty/staff to free meals, and they use AIM (for out-of-class chat w/ students)
4. Social: remember intermarriage rate is ranked one of the highest in the nation (dont know if true for international kids) --- since there's nothing else to do off-campus (well, except hiking, skiing...) u'll not be alone sitting by yourself in the dining hall, or have a one-person drinking out-of-depression party (there will be other ppl who love to drink with u)
Dont get lost in overinvolvement, since it's not surprising if you'll.
If u cant say: amHurse (they hate us call them like this) sucks, u cant be an Eph. Lord Jeffs (Jeff: genocidal criminal, footnote) have only ONE dining hall, and the food was NOT good at all :mrgreen:
In general, go to Williams if:
1. you dont get in your first choice (if not williams)
2. you hate amHurse, and dont like other schools (except Williams) that also hate amHurse (like Wesleyan, Midd)
3. if you haven't got a bf/gf not at Williams
4. if u wanna spend the first year of your college life thinking of transfering to U. Miami.
5. if u really wanna prove that u can survive the first nationally ranked college (thanks to alumni -- amhurse alumni had a bad year
) )
6. if u have any slightest intentions of opening a Williams shop in competition with the monopolistic one in town, and/or a Vietnamese restaurant to outcompete Thai/Indian restaurants in Spring Street.
btw, i had a good start and would not trade it off for experience at any other colleges.
