The town has a small and very prestigious college: Amherst College. In addition, there is a large university at the outskirts: the University of Massachussetts at Amherst. Three other colleges are in its vicinity: Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire College. The five colleges work together in the "Five College Consortium' which allows all its students to participate in each other's classes.
https://www.amherst.edu/ is at the top of the ranking scale for Liberal Arts Colleges. Due to its small size (1 600 students), Amherst College takes only a tiny number of applicants, all of them boasting extraordinary accomplishments.
From the president's newsletter 2009:
" Appropriate candidates for admission have worked hard in school, have assumed leadership positions, have read broadly beyond the curriculum, and are deeply curious about the world around them."
Please note that reading 'broadly beyond the curriculum' means avid reading beyond assigned works and beyond the scope of NY Times bestsellers.
Positive point: Amherst is one of only 8 colleges that have extended their need blind admission to international students.
“Need-blind” means that a school makes admission decisions without holding financial need against that applicant. Amherst also agrees to meet the full financial need of every student who is admitted." (from the website)
Academic calendar:
September 1 - December 19th 2008
January 23 - May 16th 2009
Applications had to be in before January 1, 2009 for the fall of 2009. The college informs students of their acceptance starting in April 2009. The early decision deadline was on Nove 15, 2008. Information of acceptance was sent out on Dec 15, 2008.
SAT subject tests are required in addition to the ACT or SAT. 75 % of the applicants have ACT scores between 30 and 35 (maximum 36) or SAT scores of 760 - 770. No result below 660 (SAT) or 28 (ACT) shows up in Amherst College's admittance statistics. In 2008, nobody was accepted from the waitlist.
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