Williams College

Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. The fraternity was also removed during this period, starting in 1962.

There are three academic curricular divisions (humanities, sciences, and social sciences), 24 departments, 33 majors, and two smaller master's degree program in art history and economic development. Students can also concentrate in 12 additional academic fields that are not offered as majors (eg, environmental studies). The academic year following the 4-1-4 schedule of two-semester courses plus a four-course "Winter Study" term in January. During the winter study period, students study a variety of courses outside the typical curriculum for 3 weeks. Students usually take this course on a pass / fail basis. Previous course offerings include: Learn to Play Chess ski patrol, Accounting, the jury Bargaining, and Creating a Life: Shaping Your Life After Williams, among many others. Williams students often take winter term study to study abroad or work on projects of intensive research.

Williams awarded 510 undergraduate degrees and master's degrees in 35 2008. Tuition and fees for 2010-2011 is $ 52,340; 53% of students are given financial aid based on need, which is an average of $ 46,006.

Williams sponsored the Williams-Mystic program at Mystic Seaport; Williams-Exeter Programme at Exeter College of Oxford University; and Williams in Africa.

For the 2015 cycle of acceptance, the acceptance rate was 16.8%. Academic profile of students who admitted to 'indicate the average SAT score of 735 in critical reading, 727 in mathematics and 735 in writing. The average ACT super print is 33. 82% of high school students who submitted ratings are projected to graduate in the top ten percent of their class.

Williams is classified as "most selective" by US News & World Report and "more selective" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

One characteristic of a Williams education is modeled after a tutorial system at Oxford and Cambridge, a rarity in American higher education. Although the tutorial in Williams originally intended for seniors, faculty as of 2001 to expand the tutorial program. Now there are victims variety of tutorials, covering a variety of disciplines, including mathematics and the sciences, which serve students from all class years. In 2009-2010 alone, 62 tutorials are offered in 21 departments. Registration for this tutorial closed at 10 students, which is then divided into five pairs who met separately with the professor once a week. Each week, one of the students to write and present a paper of 5-7 pages while other students criticize it. The same pair reverse roles for the next week. Professors take a more limited role than in traditional college classes, and usually allows students to direct and guide the direction of the conversation.

Of course student evaluations for the tutorial are usually very high. In a survey of alumni who have taken a tutorial, more than 80% found their tutorials to be "the most valuable of my program" Williams.

Williams College currently occupies first place in the US News & World Report's 2014 ranking of 266 liberal arts colleges in the United States. Forbes magazine ranked Williams best undergraduate institutions in the United States in 2014 publication of Top American universities.