Reply to What’s the deal with Amherst?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "What’s the deal with Amherst?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll add some specifics if it helps. The access to professors is unreal even to someone like me who went to a smallish (3500) college. The math professor who teaches many of the lower level math classes holds office hours for more than 20(!) hours per week to make sure those who need extra help end up succeeding.

In addition to the great medical and law school placements, Amherst students have much higher than average acceptances into REUs. This is largely because they are able to get research experience on campus as early as spring semester freshman year which boosts their resumes. [/quote]
Sounds like a bunch of hand holding and low rigor-especially with the no curriculum element. This school is sounding more and more like a joke as people write about it. 20 hours of assistance for a low level math class is embarrassing and concerning more than it is a resource. Students should learn to work through difficult problems and struggle. I wouldn't have liked this, and I went to Swarthmore-a peer.

You don't need 20 hours of assistance a week to learn linear algebra, unless you are not ready nor prepared for the course. Not everyone should be in math.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics