CMC vs Amherst-Econ and Philosophy Major

[Anonymous]

Claremont McKenna, unless you really need to stay in New England. It is made for those two majors.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like ASP would be better fits for your DS - Amherst, Swarthmore and Pomona?

[Anonymous]

Amherst is the best but also fights with Williams for top LAC in the US. What are your son's stats and accomplishments?

[Anonymous]

If you have strong connections to Amherst (e.g. Legacy) it's critical your DS applies ED to Amherst.

Best of luck getting in! With a legacy hook or other connection, I'd prioritize Amherst. It's an outstanding place to study those two subjects.

Nearly everyone is an econ major at CMC, so it's a great place too, but with your connections/hooks to Amherst, I'd prioritize that for best chance to get in.

[Anonymous]

Amherst grads do economics to go into Wall Street like everyone else. Not sure why we are all imagining Amherst students wanting economics for the sake of pure intellectual desire and a need for graduate study

[Anonymous]

Claremont McKenna has better outcomes in economics than Amherst. I'd go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amherst grads do economics to go into Wall Street like everyone else. Not sure why we are all imagining Amherst students wanting economics for the sake of pure intellectual desire and a need for graduate study

+1, thank you! I thought I was going crazy and misplaced my pills. Amherst has a ton of athletes who have no interest in pure economics for the sake of academics, but because they don't have access to a communications major.

[Anonymous]

Both are great in the subjects you mentioned. Choose based on fit, not prestige.

[Anonymous]

OP is legacy at Amherst so why is s/he asking us unhooked folks for info.

Apply ED to your alum school where your kid is hooked (Amherst) and if you don't get in apply RD to your non-hooked school (CMC).

Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both are great in the subjects you mentioned. Choose based on fit, not prestige.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is legacy at Amherst so why is s/he asking us unhooked folks for info.

Apply ED to your alum school where your kid is hooked (Amherst) and if you don't get in apply RD to your non-hooked school (CMC).

Easy peasy.

Sounds ridiculous. OP basically wants to constrict her son from going to a college he would fit in with and would definitely have elite resources all to go to her alma mater because...it's hers? Like there's not really a reason her child would want to go to Amherst.

[Anonymous]

What is with the finance bro mocking here? Maybe it's a east coast|west coast division, but CMC is seen as very intellectual and hardworking while also being preprofessional, but not the Wharton finance kind of student.

[Anonymous]

If he's interested in philosophy, I'd go to CMC. They have nearly twice the amount of faculty as Amherst, while being a much smaller college. There's a lot of research activity going on within the Claremont college system, while is much more connected than the Amherst equivalent.

Amherst, I guess, is great if you want to be in New England.

[Anonymous]

CMC, not even a question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is legacy at Amherst so why is s/he asking us unhooked folks for info.

Apply ED to your alum school where your kid is hooked (Amherst) and if you don't get in apply RD to your non-hooked school (CMC).

Easy peasy.

Sounds ridiculous. OP basically wants to constrict her son from going to a college he would fit in with and would definitely have elite resources all to go to her alma mater because...it's hers? Like there's not really a reason her child would want to go to Amherst.

huh? Amherst is being suggested because OP's kid has legacy so it would be easier for OP's son to get in. getting into either is next to impossible because they are such small schools (for example, CMC has only 325 freshmen which is tiny!). not sure size of Amherst freshmen).
both are great schools ofc. just people trying to help OP by steering her to the one where she has a hook. hooks trump everything when you're talking about highly selective and tiny SLACs.