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Visiting Williams

Campus Tours and Group Information Sessions

When visiting Williams, plan time to explore the whole campus. In addition to taking a campus tour and attending a group information session, talk to students, attend classes, read bulletin boards, take part in evening concerts or lectures, meet faculty and coaches, and investigate facilities. Allow at least a full morning or afternoon.

Campus Tours: No advance notice is required. Students lead all tours, which last approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.  All tours depart from the Office of Admission.

Group Information Sessions: No appointments are necessary. Admission staff lead these hour-long question and answer sessions which provide general information on the College as well as on admission and financial aid policies.

Campus tours and group information sessions are offered on weekdays throughout most of the year; we offer Saturday tours and information sessions during a period in the summer. When visiting near any holiday or college vacation period (as listed in the Academic Calendars) or during borderline dates on the schedules below, please call ahead to confirm tour and group information session times.

  Weekdays (Monday through Friday)         Saturdays
Feb 16 - Mar 27, 2009 Mar 30 - May 1, 2009 May 4 - May 22, 2009 May 25 - 29 * June 1 - June 5, 2009 June 8 - Oct 30, 2009 Nov 2 - Nov 23, 2009 Nov 24, 2009 - Jan 1, 2010* Jan 4 - Feb 12, 2010 July 11 - Oct 31 2009 **†
9:00 AM   Tour   Tour Tour     Tour
10:00 AM Tour   Tour       Tour C Tour  
10:15 AM         Group Information Session Group Information Session   L   Group Information Session
11:30 AM   Tour       Tour   O   Tour
1:00 PM Group Information Session Tour     Tour Tour   S    
2:15 PM   Group Information Session       Group Information Session   E    
2:30 PM Tour   Tour       Tour D Tour
3:30 PM   Tour       Tour        

* No tours or information sessions offered during this period
** Saturday, November 14 (Homecoming): Office is closed but one tour offered at 10:00 am. Meet outside the Office of Admission.
closed September 5, 2009


Holidays and breaks when the Office of Admission is CLOSED

2009
  • May 25 (Memorial Day)
  • July 3 (Independence Day observed)
  • September 5 - September 7 (Labor Day weekend)
  • November 24 - December 31 (Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays)
2010
  • January 1 (New Year's holiday)


Holidays when the Office of Admission is OPEN

2009
  • October 12 (Columbus Day)
2010
  • January 18 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

As of March 2009

Purple Cow
purple cow prospect

Williams’ mascot can occasionally be spotted on campus tours, especially during the summer.

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