Amherst Releases First-Year Class Data After One-Month Delay

[Anonymous]

https://amherststudent.com/article/college-releases-first-year-class-data-after-one-month-delay/

After a one-month delay, the college has released demographic data for the class of 2029. This year’s class sets a new record for the percentage of first-generation students and students from rural towns. The percentage of Black and African American and Latinx students also doubled.

[Anonymous]

Seems strange when this freshman class has 14 black students for a class of 480.

[Anonymous]

They stopped favoring legacy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They stopped favoring legacy

Doesn't explain the decline in asian American students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://amherststudent.com/article/college-releases-first-year-class-data-after-one-month-delay/

After a one-month delay, the college has released demographic data for the class of 2029. This year’s class sets a new record for the percentage of first-generation students and students from rural towns. The percentage of Black and African American and Latinx students also doubled.

It’s easy to double when you can count the number of black kids on your two hands.

[Anonymous]

For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

My unhooked white UMC kid got in ED. You need top stats, but it happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

+1
or Penn, or Northwestern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

DC was initially interested in liberal arts colleges. Glad now she's shifted her focus to national universities, ED and RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

It’s really difficult for everyone to get into top LACs. As a white, UMC parent with a graduate degree, I’m really sick of hearing this from other privileged white people. Please get your heads out of your asses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

My unhooked white UMC kid got in ED. You need top stats, but it happens.

It's also about fit, and standing out from the crowd. These SLACs have tiny classes and lots of applicants, and the vast majority are unhooked white UMC kids. These schools are building cohorts with an eye to diversity, and I'm not talking about race. If you are an UMC kid from a good suburban public school, you need to be able to stand out in some way. Tippy top scores can write you a ticket (meaning perfect or just shy of perfect), but what you really need (on top of top scores and grades) is demonstrated, sustained excellence in areas of interests. Which means you didn't use write for the school newspaper, but you were the editor-in-chief for two years and the paper won national journalistic awards in that time. You don't just have a top math SAT but you captained the school mathletes to multiple statewide championships. Sports captains are often a draw, as are class presidents. It cannot just be "I got good grades and did very well on the SAT and went to a well-regarded high school and here is my list of participation several extra curricular where I did well but didn't distinguish myself in any way." You need to be valedictorian, be elected or selected for leadership roles, and have demonstrated excellence in everything you do.

And even then you might miss out on a spot because there's a kid with the exact same profile but she's from Nebraska and you're from Maryland the Nebraska kid will get it in order to provide geographic diversity whereas you are one of thousands of qualified kids from Maryland who applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

It’s really difficult for everyone to get into top LACs. As a white, UMC parent with a graduate degree, I’m really sick of hearing this from other privileged white people. Please get your heads out of your asses.

Agree. Whites on DCUM are the most racist and entitled people. I am sick of their privilege too. If they can’t play lacrosse that well, go to UVA.

[Anonymous]

Forget the press release and look at the actual numbers from the data, available here:
https://www.amherst.edu/about/facts/secondary_school_reports/class-of-2029-admission-and-enrollment-profile

Black 6%
Asian 12%
Latinx 16%
Multiracial 11%
White 40%
Did not report 6%
International 10%

Note: most internationals are Asian, most do not reports are Asian, and many of the multiracial category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For non-URM, non-FG, non-LI, UMC kids, it's really difficult to get in top LACs.

There is no point in ED Amherst or Williams. Place your bet somewhere else like Chicago.

It’s really difficult for everyone to get into top LACs. As a white, UMC parent with a graduate degree, I’m really sick of hearing this from other privileged white people. Please get your heads out of your asses.

I guess you are not privileged enough to recognize that a white, unhooked middle-class kid with top stats has a better chance of getting into an Ivy ED than Amherst ED. You might be “sick of hearing this,” but applicants are making a very important life decision, and they need this information to make an informed choice. Sorry you find that so offensive. Perhaps another graduate degree where you learn to apply your obviously lacking quantitative skills is in order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://amherststudent.com/article/college-releases-first-year-class-data-after-one-month-delay/

After a one-month delay, the college has released demographic data for the class of 2029. This year’s class sets a new record for the percentage of first-generation students and students from rural towns. The percentage of Black and African American and Latinx students also doubled.

It’s easy to double when you can count the number of black kids on your two hands.

+1 That is a really sad use of statistics if they're marketing this as a "win."