Williams College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 97% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 90% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 90% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 5% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.16 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• English
• history
• economics

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September.

• 22% continue immediately.
• 65% continue within 10 years.

• Law School: 3%
• Medical School: 5%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 12%
• Theological School/Seminary: 1%
• Other: 1%

• Harvard University, Michigan University, Stanford University, Yale U.

• American Management Systems; Bain & Co., Chemical Bank; First Boston; Goldman, Sachs; Mercer Consulting; Monitor; Morgan Stanley; Price Waterhouse; UNUM.

• Hedrick Smith, former Washington bureau chief, New York Times; Fay Vincent, former baseball commissioner; Stephen Sondheim, musician and writer.