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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were definitely years in 80s (ca. JFK jr) when Brown was a harder admit than Harvard but generally Harvard was the hardest admit. Don’t recall anyone ever claiming Amherst was a harder admit than either of them though. [/quote]
it has not been uncommon for Amherst to have placed among the top few schools in the nation by selectivity. In 1980, for example, Amherst reported an SAT profile higher than that of Princeton. Further back, Amherst placed in the first tier by standardized scoring in this article, with Brown, for example, placing in the second tier:

https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=life+magazine+1960+college+admission+tufts+bowdoin&source=bl&ots=5BKi5WV8SQ&sig=GFl_LycVnJV8AGIXLX2P9kW97I0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sO1TT4uPK-jm0QG8ifC3DQ#v=onepage&q&f=false[/quote]

it's interesting that occidental and denison are here but none of the claremont colleges are[/quote]
Eh it’s one source- especially with liberal arts colleges, they tend to pick and choose around a bunch. It’s fun to see reed described as Harvard of the west [/quote]

Educate yourself just a bit. With the exception of Pomona and Scripps the C5 were founded after WWII. Pitzer didn't even exist when this article was written.[/quote]

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