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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have strong connections to Amherst (e.g. Legacy) it's critical your DS applies ED to Amherst.

Best of luck getting in! With a legacy hook or other connection, I'd prioritize Amherst. It's an outstanding place to study those two subjects.

Nearly everyone is an econ major at CMC, so it's a great place too, but with your connections/hooks to Amherst, I'd prioritize that for best chance to get in.
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Listen to this, OP. Amherst with connections will be an “easier” admit than CMC. It is that simple. [/quote]
But it’s not true at all. Because Amherst doesn’t factor “connections” into admission. They’re also going hyper dei now that their black population has been decimated.[/quote]

Well they’re going hyper FGLI as a proxy. 25% FGLI, 33% athletes means vanishingly few spots for regular high achieving white and Asian kids. Therefore, OP, the strategic move is to apply early to CMC. Without Ivy level stats, Amherst is probably a waste of an application for the vast majority of applicants.[/quote]

My DD is at CMC and was a recruited athlete. From what we learned, much of CMC's ED1 is reserved for recruited athletes because CMC largely supplies the athletes (especially the male ones) for the combined CMS varsity teams. CMS is a combo of CMC, Harvey Mudd and Scripps but Scripps is all women and fewer Mudders are athletes (compared to CMC). So ED1 for non-athletes and non-FGLI/Questbridge is quite small.

That said, my DD is really enjoying her freshman experience at CMC - it's exactly what she hoped for! The only concern I'd have going forward is that the excellent President (Chodosh) is stepping down at the end of next year and we have no idea who will succeed him. We're grateful our DD will have half her experience under his capable leadership but worry about the future.[/quote]

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