Engage with HWS on your favorite social platform using @HWSColleges and #HWS2025. Start a conversation with your future classmates in the Classes of 2025 Facebook Group. Connect with HWS by following current students, clubs, offices and organizations on Instagram.
Through the Guaranteed Internship/Research Program (including a stipend for unpaid positions), Hobart and William Smith connects students to amazing opportunities around the world and across industries.
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All incoming students including transfer and international students participate in the HWS Orientation Program. Over the course of four days, you’ll start your academic journey, meet new friends, explore campus and begin the transition to college life.
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The only required course at HWS, seminar classes are small – usually about 15 students – which allow students and faculty members to develop close working relationships. Through the First-Year Seminar you will:
