At williams we believe that bringing together students and professors in small groups produces extraordinary academic outcomes. our distinctive oxford-style tutorial classes—in which two students are guided by a professor in deep exploration of a single topic—are a prime example. each week the students take turns developing independent work—an essay, a problem set, a piece of art—and critiquing their partner’s work. focused on close reading, writing and oral defense of ideas, more than 60 tutorials a year are offered across the curriculum, with titles like aesthetic outrage, financial crises: causes and cures, and genome sciences: at the cutting edge. imagine yourself in a tutorial at williams. of anyone in the world, whom would you choose to be your partner in the class, and why?