You think these colleges are unknown, but in fact, they are all big names in the education industry!

　The following schools, you think they are little-known minions, are actually big names in the education industry!

　　① 威廉姆斯学院（Williams college）

　　Williams College, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is a prestigious liberal arts college in the United States and is ranked No. 1 among U.S. News liberal arts colleges.

　　To be honest, students who know the College of Arts and Sciences naturally know the value of Williams, but for many people who "look down" on the College of Arts and Sciences, they really don't pay much attention. Moreover, this is not the first time Williams has come out on top among liberal arts colleges.

　　Williams College claims to "offer the most unique learning experience for undergraduates," and the most enviable aspect of the school is their student-to-faculty ratio. The school has just over 2,000 students and a student-to-faculty ratio of 7:1. That is, there will be no more than 20 students per class.

　　In this way, there can be sufficient interaction between students and between students and teachers, and perhaps a small discussion in the classroom can turn into a debate. The debate often takes place from the classroom to the café, and even the professors invite the students to their homes for dinner – and then continue the debate.

　　Williams College also has a special "tutorial class". In this class, every two students will have a tutor, and the students will have to communicate with the tutor on a weekly basis, and the tutor will answer any questions they may have. With such a high teacher-student ratio, coupled with small class sizes and one-on-one tutoring, how can students' academic abilities not be strong.

　　Those who don't know may be surprised to see that it is the No. 1 among liberal arts colleges, thinking that the name "Williams" is not so familiar and should be a small school with a small name, but in fact, their undergraduate education has always been at the top level in the United States, and Williams College has always been in the top 10 in the previous Forbes list.

　　(2) 哈维穆德学院 (Harvey Mudd College)

　　Located in Claremont, California, Harvey Mudd College is an elite private college involved in science, engineering, and mathematics. It is also one of the 5 liberal arts colleges in the consortium (Pomona, HMC, CMC, PITZER, SCRIPPS) and is the only liberal arts college in the United States that only has science and engineering.

　　With an acceptance rate of around 13%, it is known as the "toughest" and "best" school among liberal arts colleges. After all, HMC was founded to train scientific and technical talents, so they only have six majors: mathematics, physics and chemistry, CS, engineering, plus three other joint majors.

　　The school is located in a college town, and the five schools are easily accessible from each other, and you can also take the small train from Claremont to Los Angeles. Traffic in Los Angeles is notoriously bad, but in the small town of Claremont, fast food chains are not allowed to enter, so the town's facilities and transportation are well maintained.

　　Students can go to any seven of the five schools in the alliance to eat, the canteen is not bad, and there are many kinds of seven canteens: Chinese, Mexican... You can choose from both. There is a good Chinese restaurant 20 minutes walk from the school, and there is a Chinese gathering area 30 minutes by car with a lot of good food and fun.

　　HMC has a high safety index, they have a very close relationship with the local community, the population is basically composed of students, professors, retired seniors, and families with families, basically nothing major happens, and everyone meets in harmony.

　　Academically, HMC often appears in the "most stressed" rankings, which is very similar to the Ivy League schools. There is no vicious competition among the students, everyone will form a lot of study groups, and because the school has a small number of people, everyone is relatively familiar. The school is keen to listen to its students, and at HMC, teaching is more important than research.

　　As for the question of why HMC can be compared to the Ivy League. In this way, it should be due to its educational achievements in science and engineering. Of course, this is for science and engineering students.

　　③ 宾州三校联盟（Tri-College Consortium）

　　Students can choose any courses between the three schools, and the student life of the three schools is also intertwined.

　　Haverford College

　　It is a private liberal arts college that has been ranked at the top of the U.S.NEWS liberal arts college rankings for many years, and is well-known in the United States, producing 3 Nobel Prize winners and 20 Rhodes Prize winners.

　　Although Haverford is a bit famous, he is quite low-key. They are smaller than other liberal arts colleges, with an annual enrollment of only 1,200, less than half that of many competitors. That's because Haverford has its own way of competing, attracting only those students who are willing to study diligently, and giving 100 percent financial aid to those who enroll.

　　Swarthmore College

　　It is also translated as Swarthmore College, which is also at the top of the U.S.NEWS liberal arts college rankings all year round, and is known as the "Little Ivy".

　　From the perspective of the campus system, Swarthmore is completely on the same side as the students, and it is a "free" institution where students have a voice, and students who want to participate in school activities and management can definitely find a sense of belonging here.

　　Bryn Mawr College

　　Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college and a member of the "Seven Sisters" in American history, with a predominantly undergraduate program, but also a small number of master's and doctoral programs (graduate programs are for male students).

　　Bryn Mawr College has one of the top 10 percentages of Ph.D. graduates of any U.S. university and one of the top 10 U.S. universities with the highest percentage of graduates of any liberal arts college system going on to top law schools, medical schools, and business schools.

　　In fact, public schools and liberal arts colleges are like books of different thicknesses.

　　For example, UCLA is a very thick book because it has a large campus, a lot of lecturers, and large class sizes. And Williams is like a relatively thin textbook, small in scale, small in number, and small in class.

　　Yes, that's the most significant difference between them, but can you say that a thick book is necessarily better than a thin book, or that a thin book is necessarily inferior to a book with more paper?

　　Actually, no, the quality of a book lies in the content, not the thickness. Choosing a school is a decision-making process that combines a variety of factors. We need to keep an open mind and not only see the short-term benefits, but also consider the long-term development of the future.