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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither school would be a good fit for my kids, so have no particular feelings about either. But it seems to me a lot of people are stuck in the world from 30/40 years ago. Generally, people seem to be really underestimating how much the world has moved on from old New England. The West Coast, the South, and even the Midwest have much more going on than New England. Amherst seems really ossified to me. And their attempts to modernize and diversify haven't really succeeded. From what I've read, Amherst's attempts have led to more silos - there are the athletes, their are the black kids, there are the first generation kids, there are the residual WASPs, and they don't interact at all. It's like a bad high school. The New Yorker had a good article about Amherst as a community a few years ago. It seems like an exhausting place to be.

But Pomona seems kind of tiresome too in a West Coast way. It's very unlikely a white or asian unhooked UMC kid from the burbs of DC or NY or Chicago would ever be admitted to begin with. Pomona is all in with their view of "diversity." The upside to Pomona is the consortium. I always envisioned it as five schools on a cul de sac. The Pomona student can take classes at Harvey Mudd or CMC, and I think that's really cool. If the only choices in the world were Pomona and Amherst, I would totally choose Pomona - because there are outlets to go elsewhere and enlarge your community and experiences.

I'm not anti-SLAC at all, but these are such tiny communities that I think going to either Amherst or Pomona is so risky for 18 year olds. But the Pomona consortium is better than the Amherst consortium. Plus, weather, which is no small thing from October to March. [/quote]

That New Yorker article was about a MIDDLE school in Amherst. If you’re referring to NY Times article, it actually puts Amherst in a good light on balance [/quote]
Why is the New Yorker writing about the demographic makeup of a middle school in the middle of Massachusetts? I need to see this.[/quote]

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