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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To console your daughter...has she visited Amherst?

We did not like it. While the town look charming/fun, the campus is not really separate (my DD preferred Mount Holyoke, in that you could have quiet and peace to study OR take the shuttle 20 minutes to the fun/college town of Amherst). We found our tour guide (okay, that is one person but...) to be snobby/arrogant. For example, she said her favorite event on campus is when they have [b]skits that MAKE FUN of the essays of kids who did not get in[/b]. I kid you not, that is what she said was her favorite "tradition" on campus. That was all we needed to hear....[/quote]

Sorry you had a poor tour guide. She also explained that event incorrectly - of course they don't make fun of essays of kids who didn't get admitted. The skits are based on the essays of the admitted students and done for the incoming freshman as a bonding experience. They don't identify whose essay it's based on.[/quote]

Sounds potentially hilarious to me, provided they don’t pick the 50% of essays where the kid lost his grandmother or she overcame some obstacle and then founded the future doctors club at her HS. [/quote]

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