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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were in the area for something else this weekend and drove through the Amherst campus. It’s the first SLAC that either DC or I have seen, and we both thought it was beautiful.

Is this just a case of different-strokes-for-different-folks, or did we miss something? [/quote]
Compared to other Liberal Arts Colleges, it has a very lackluster and underwhelming campus. DC thought he wasn't going to want an LAC after Amherst (first tour) but loved all the others. It's pretty in terms of being in New England, but the actual buildings and amenities are pretty piss poor.[/quote]
D'24 had a very similar reaction. Sure the memorial is nice, but it looked like the college was still in the beginning stages of being founded-where are the buildings! It was shocking to see the buildings that weren't the science center. Campus needs a massive touch up.[/quote]

Luckily, that's what Amherst is currently right in the middle of![/quote]
Renovating a single building that has asbestos issues isn't going to transform a meh campus.[/quote]

"Renovation" is an understatement: https://ibb.co/Vtc6nqf

It seems like half this thread is desperately searching for ways to hate this school, only to completely fall flat when the only thing they can muster is "pretty but not stunning campus." Get a life.

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I'm in the middle of this take. As a student, you notice the lack of facilities very quickly, and, while it is amazing we are getting a new student center (really just a 4 story play place, doesn't do much for students), we desperately need more academic buildings. Math/Stats should have more lab space and be upgraded and most of the humanities have terrible cramped spaces that the college has abandoned working on since the 19th century. It is completely fair to assess that Amherst "looks" beautiful if you've not been in New England for long and don't care at all about the type of buildings you walk into, but the gap between the science center and every other campus building is wide.[/quote]

True in the sense that the science center is a typical soulless glass and concrete box, whereas every other campus building is human.[/quote]

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