Amherst vs Davidson..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let me rattle off all the bad faith anti-Amherst talking points before someone else gets to them:

- Campus is such a dump that opening your eyes is unbearable
- Athletes and non-athletes get into fights if they make eye contact
- Fellowships are so rare that the school holds celebrations if someone gets one
- Academics are so low-caliber that students only go to local state schools for graduate school
- Every single student is an LGBTQ+ test-optional POC

I think that covers it

I think you have them all covered except that the job placement is so bad that kids are forced to go to NYC and work in finance.

Don't forget its intersection with "The reason Amherst students go to grad school at high rates is because they can't get jobs."

Or, they’re highly intelligent, academically successful, and professionally ambitious compared to those with only undergraduate degrees? Amherst is top-ranked for outcomes in medicine and law, for example.

PP. I agree with you! I was adding to the list of bad-faith anti-Amherst talking points.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

[Anonymous]

The students at Amherst and Davidson are probably similar but Amherst is more famous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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?

Business-type aspirations refers to what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

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”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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?

Business-type aspirations refers to what?

Good question. Bizarre phrasing, yet she’s somehow surprised posters don’t know what this means. Hope her kid is a better writer.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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?

Business-type aspirations refers to what?

Good question. Bizarre phrasing, yet she’s somehow surprised posters don’t know what this means. Hope her kid is a better writer.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

??? 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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

??? 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

In my world, Amherst has a reputation for being a bunch of d*cks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

??? 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

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.