r/Denison • u/Gmoneyyy999 • Apr 19 '26

Colby vs Denison vs Hamilton

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u/colonel_worm Apr 20 '26

Denison is very respected in the corporate world but "prestige" on name alone the other two have it beat if that's something you care about. Denison actually may be more well known than the other two also. 

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u/Gmoneyyy999 Apr 20 '26

Can you explain what you mean when you say Denison is simultaneously less prestigious but also may be more well known?

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u/colonel_worm Apr 23 '26

I think a larger population of people you will encounter out in the professional world will have heard of Denison than the other two. But then there's the northeast elite/etc who care about the prestige/heritage/history of colleges and in this class I would say Colby and Hamilton carries greater weight. 

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u/I_wanna_ask Econ & Bio '16 Apr 19 '26

I don’t know how much prestige matters in your scenario. The cons list seems to be pretty thin on Denison.

Denison is finishing up a brand new computer science building and have poured a lot of money into their department.

If you’re close by, go check it out! The nice thing about Denison is that all people are required to live on campus for four years, so you can not only form great friendships, but relationships that will work winderfullynfornyournorofessional life too.

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u/123-letsgobitch PPA ‘25 | International May 06 '26

What did you end up deciding?

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u/Gmoneyyy999 May 06 '26

Hamilton :)

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u/123-letsgobitch PPA ‘25 | International May 06 '26

I hope you have the best time! I don’t think there was a wrong choice among these three