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...fairly general; you can major in biology, but the more specific cellular biology is not offered. The best departments for majors are English, art history, history, economics, and biology. Weaker departments include romance languages and anthropology. Smaller departments--like philosophy and religion--offer more personal attention because of their size. For an externally competitive school, cutthroat behavior between students is surprisingly absent; personal goals are more the focus. There is a sense that everyone's grades are stellar, but GPAs are rarely discussed explicitly...
Involvement in sports is also widespread, and teams are generally successful. Sporting events against arch-rival Amherst are always packed, invariably including someone in a dorky cow outfit. Williams has been awarded the Sears Cup--which honors the best sports teams overall for a given size bracket--twice in the last three years...
Classes at Williams are small, although introductory courses of the 101 genre can be somewhat large (as in 80, not 200). Size usually decreases after you choose your major. It can be difficult to enroll in some courses (i.e. Studio Art 100 and certain 100-level Environmental Studies classes) if you are not majoring in the subject. However, students who take initiative and talk to professors beforehand usually have no problems in enrollment...
...fairly general; you can major in biology, but the more specific cellular biology is not offered. The best departments for majors are English, art history, history, economics, and biology. Weaker departments include romance languages and anthropology. Smaller departments - like philosophy and religion - offer more personal attention because of their size. For an externally competitive school, cutthroat behavior between students is surprisingly absent; personal goals are more the focus. There is a sense that everyone's grades are stellar, but GPAs are rarely discussed explicitly...
Involvement in sports is also widespread, and teams are generally successful. Sporting events against arch-rival Amherst are always packed, invariably including someone in a dorky cow outfit. Williams has been awarded the Sears Cup - which honors the best sports teams overall for a given size bracket - twice in the last three years...