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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IYKYK is right.  Amherst, Williams, and Middlebury are for families who don't really need to work (or work very much), value intellectual pursuit as a concept, will then go on to sit on boards or otherwise do good works, while living in their (multiple) beautiful homes while raising the next generation who will repeat the script.

It's a nice place to be for those early years and you will be able to reminisce with your crowd over cocktails on lazy days overlooking the ocean.  [/quote]

This is a weird take.  I know several immigrant kids (Asian Americans) who graduated from Amherst and were my classmates at a T3 law school.  All of them are Biglaw partners except for the one who decided to go back to Wharton to get an MBA and become a PE guy.  Trust me, they are all busy working (and drinking cocktails too!), but my point is that their Amherst education was a stepping stone to a lucrative career.

My kid is applying to Amherst this year because - based on the people we know and our research on the school - the Amherst network is strong and Amherst graduates have very good outcomes for grad school and professional schools.

I love everything that the PP said about the beautiful, idyllic area.  You want your New England fall - you won't find a better place.  Being able to experience college life in a small town with everything nearby is a wonderful place for someone who is just starting their adulthood.[/quote]

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