PP. I agree with you! I was adding to the list of bad-faith anti-Amherst talking points. |
All this talk about Amherst, Williams, and “The Street,” reminds me of all the chatter about Bucknell! So, are all these schools peers? If not, stop the crap about “The Steet,” which says little about the school and more about the kids who attend - greedy, competitive, athletic, not intellectual. |
Reading is fundamental. OP’s child is interested in finance. |
The students at Amherst and Davidson are probably similar but Amherst is more famous. |
Agree, reading is fundamental. OP: Econ major with business-type aspirations at this young age. Where in this comment is there anything about finance or The Street? |
+1, what kind of business? Venture capital? Hedge funds? If the kid is interested enough to know what he's aiming for, he should know what part of business is influencing him. |
Business-type aspirations refers to what? |
lighten up Francis - this is no more annoying than the striver kids and smothering parents from every private school in DCUM land who target ivy or bust - I’ll amend your characterization for that group to “greedy, competitive, obnoxious, insufferable, weirdos” |
Good question. Bizarre phrasing, yet she’s somehow surprised posters don’t know what this means. Hope her kid is a better writer. |
Surprised no one seems to have mentioned politics. If your child is MAGA, go to Davidson and if smart, go to Amherst. Amherst has a much better reputation. |
Maybe posters should go with economics and any biz-type career. Why must every economics major at an elite school go to Wall Street? I think more highly about schools where students don’t have that obsession. |
??? Especially in athletics, Amherst has a decent population of conservative students. The reason Amherst went so D.E.I. was because it was essentially a finishing school for wealthy white boarding school alum |
You obviously know nothing about Davidson. Davidson has student political debates and the crowd is 80% moderate/Democrat. Davidson is not a highly divisive campus. Kids are pretty chill and kind. Academics at Davidson are pretty tough. |
In my world, Amherst has a reputation for being a bunch of d*cks. |
And the PP personifies this Amherst trope! Beyond being jerky, the athlete vs non-athlete divide at Amherst is untenable. |