There's a poster on here who always needs to put down this school. It is ok if you don't like it, but you seem to single it out when there are plenty of other crappy schools out there and it has a lot going for it even if you don't agree.

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Tiny, mediocre campus in a lackluster town.

Opinion.

Anonymous wrote: No academic highlights (like Williams tutorial, Swarthmore Honors, etc).

Open curriculum? Consortium?

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Racial and socioeconomic diversity on paper, but every group sticks with themselves.

I'm always surprised when I see this repeated here. DC's friend group looks like it was made for a brochure.

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Snobby, condescending students who think they're big shots. This struck us because the students we met at Yale and Brown were so much more friendly and humble.

Opinion.

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They tout small classes but only 62% are under 20 students- every other top ranked SLAC and nearly every top 20 university is ahead of them.

Nice cherrypicking. They're ahead of Williams and Swarthmore on under 30. Either way, the "advantages" the other schools have are rounding errors.

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They themselves said few utilize the 5 College consortium, so that's a moot benefit.

The benefit also takes the form of being in a real college town with sports games, bars, and an actual full selection of amenities.

The consortium is not a real benefit and few students use it. I don't know why people on DCUM still are lying about this when it's common knowledge at this point. If you want a consortium that bad, go to the Claremont schools or whatever they are.
What percent of LAC classes even have 30 students?

Did you read the post?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Trash response when admissions season has just started. Get for real. It isn’t a school immune to criticism.

If you spew garbage, expect garbage in response.

Is your tantrum over now? It’s getting in the way of the thread.

What thread? Who cares about this meaningless drivel?

then get off it. No one is making you comment here?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Tiny, mediocre campus in a lackluster town.

Opinion.

Anonymous wrote: No academic highlights (like Williams tutorial, Swarthmore Honors, etc).

Open curriculum? Consortium?

Anonymous wrote:
Racial and socioeconomic diversity on paper, but every group sticks with themselves.

I'm always surprised when I see this repeated here. DC's friend group looks like it was made for a brochure.

Anonymous wrote:
Snobby, condescending students who think they're big shots. This struck us because the students we met at Yale and Brown were so much more friendly and humble.

Opinion.

Anonymous wrote:
They tout small classes but only 62% are under 20 students- every other top ranked SLAC and nearly every top 20 university is ahead of them.

Nice cherrypicking. They're ahead of Williams and Swarthmore on under 30. Either way, the "advantages" the other schools have are rounding errors.

Anonymous wrote:
They themselves said few utilize the 5 College consortium, so that's a moot benefit.

The benefit also takes the form of being in a real college town with sports games, bars, and an actual full selection of amenities.

The consortium is not a real benefit and few students use it. I don't know why people on DCUM still are lying about this when it's common knowledge at this point. If you want a consortium that bad, go to the Claremont schools or whatever they are.
What percent of LAC classes even have 30 students?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Trash response when admissions season has just started. Get for real. It isn’t a school immune to criticism.

If you spew garbage, expect garbage in response.

Is your tantrum over now? It’s getting in the way of the thread.

What thread? Who cares about this meaningless drivel?

Anonymous wrote:
Tiny, mediocre campus in a lackluster town.

Opinion.

Anonymous wrote: No academic highlights (like Williams tutorial, Swarthmore Honors, etc).

Open curriculum? Consortium?

Anonymous wrote:
Racial and socioeconomic diversity on paper, but every group sticks with themselves.

I'm always surprised when I see this repeated here. DC's friend group looks like it was made for a brochure.

Anonymous wrote:
Snobby, condescending students who think they're big shots. This struck us because the students we met at Yale and Brown were so much more friendly and humble.

Opinion.

Anonymous wrote:
They tout small classes but only 62% are under 20 students- every other top ranked SLAC and nearly every top 20 university is ahead of them.

Nice cherrypicking. They're ahead of Williams and Swarthmore on under 30. Either way, the "advantages" the other schools have are rounding errors.

Anonymous wrote:
They themselves said few utilize the 5 College consortium, so that's a moot benefit.

The benefit also takes the form of being in a real college town with sports games, bars, and an actual full selection of amenities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Trash response when admissions season has just started. Get for real. It isn’t a school immune to criticism.

If you spew garbage, expect garbage in response.

Is your tantrum over now? It’s getting in the way of the thread.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Trash response when admissions season has just started. Get for real. It isn’t a school immune to criticism.

If you spew garbage, expect garbage in response.

Anonymous wrote:OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Trash response when admissions season has just started. Get for real. It isn’t a school immune to criticism.

What?

OP, did Amherst reject your child?

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I just spent three days there at family weekend with my freshman daughter who is happier than she’s ever been in her life. Pretty much your entire post is untrue, particularly every group sticking to themselves and students being snobby and condescending. Not sure what your beef is with such a great community but if your child didn’t like visiting Amherst then it’s great that there are so many other options.

I’d be the happiest I’ve ever been in my life too if I escaped you.

Anonymous wrote:Ha! I just spent three days there at family weekend with my freshman daughter who is happier than she’s ever been in her life. Pretty much your entire post is untrue, particularly every group sticking to themselves and students being snobby and condescending. Not sure what your beef is with such a great community but if your child didn’t like visiting Amherst then it’s great that there are so many other options.

Please. The only reason the groups aren’t sticking together is because they can’t- 3% of the sophomore class is black. That’s embarrassing! It’s obvious Amherst is racially discriminatory in the opposite way now, and it’s pathetic that you’re rejoicing over this.

Your obnoxious comment really shows the weird condescending tone OP is talking about.

Ha! I just spent three days there at family weekend with my freshman daughter who is happier than she’s ever been in her life. Pretty much your entire post is untrue, particularly every group sticking to themselves and students being snobby and condescending. Not sure what your beef is with such a great community but if your child didn’t like visiting Amherst then it’s great that there are so many other options.

Tiny, mediocre campus in a lackluster town. No academic highlights (like Williams tutorial, Swarthmore Honors, etc). Racial and socioeconomic diversity on paper, but every group sticks with themselves. Snobby, condescending students who think they're big shots. This struck us because the students we met at Yale and Brown were so much more friendly and humble. They tout small classes but only 62% are under 20 students- every other top ranked SLAC and nearly every top 20 university is ahead of them. They themselves said few utilize the 5 College consortium, so that's a moot benefit.

What is the big hype behind this school? I don't get it.