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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amherst without question![/quote]
+1000. I would not take any other school over Amherst.
- Not an Amherst alum[/quote]

Parchment on Amherst-Columbia cross-admits:

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Amherst+College&with=Columbia+University+in+the+City+of+New+York

- Not a Columbia alum. [/quote]

Columbia’s prestige has crumbled over the last couple of years though.

Still ok if a kid is really set in living in NYC and is ok with crowded classes. Outcomes are similar to Cornell, Emory, and other peercachools. [/quote]

80% of Amherst admits can't be that wrong to forgo Amherst for for Columbia for an outcome that is similar to Emory...  [/quote]

Don’t take parchment cross-admit data as gospel especially when comparing such dissimilar schools. There is no minimum sample size. It works best with very similar schools such as Harvard vs Columbia [/quote]

Students who apply to SLACs and ivy pluses are often hedging their bets. Ivy pluses are lotteries, as is Amherst. Nevertheless, SLACs often - although not always - give way to ivy pluses when students have the latter option.

It's similar to Yale and Vassar.  Choose Vassar in case Yale is not an option. If Yale is in the picture, that changes the dynamics.  [/quote]

If so, this is a somewhat haphazard way of applying to college. Ivies and SLACs are very different schools. It would make more sense to apply to an Ivy and another university that may be a good fit and somewhat higher admit rate.[/quote]

A high-stats kid can apply to all the ivies and get rejected by every one of them. SLACs are better for risk management.  Apply to fewer ivies - add SLACs as fallbacks. [/quote]

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