Decisions are only a few months away and I did not see a RD discussion thread, so I made one! I love Amherst and hope they consider me for admission! Stats, predicted decision dates, questions and even which mascot you want to replace Lord Jeff can all be talked about here. Personally-- I like the Fighting Poets!
Really hoping it’s not the Hamsters! Amherst Aces sounds good.
Not Hamsters - Hamster. Hamster is awesome. It’s an anagram and its fun to make the H silent like it is in Amherst. The “Am-erst M-ster.” Look, it certainly hasn’t hurt Williams to be the Purple Cows. It won’t hurt Amherst either.
Mammoth or Mastadon would be fun when they play Tufts. Moose is fine too. Rays might work because you could tie it to the rays of light in the logo/motto but also be a stingray, which is badass.
If they decide not to be fun at all, then I guess Aces would be ok. Oaks is kind of cool and unique.
Poets, Beacons, Blaze, Irradients, Luminaries, Flame, Radiance, Octagons, Pride - all awful choices. Amherst is good enough that it doesn’t have to be overtly pretentious like that.
The color Purple is boring. The reason that the Harvard Crimson works is because it’s Crimson, not just “Red.” Same with Chicago Maroon or Stanford Cardinal. Purple is just… well… a basic color (and the same as Williams to boot)
Falcons, Hawks, Wolves - all bad. Generic animal names already used by tons of other colleges - no thanks.
gimme a Hamster, Mammoth, Mastadon or Ray, please. I’ll settle for Oaks or Aces.
This is stolen from Groucho Marx in ‘Animal Crackers’ –
Mammoths or Mastadons would work better for the University of Alabama, because they’re located where the ‘tusks are looser’.
Do we really want our mascot to be a nearly blind, solitary animal commonly used for lab experiments? :-? Well, I guess there is some pretty accurate symbolism in that, too.
Who else is in love with Amherst. idk i just love it. everything about it
allima, I am in love with Amherst too. I hope i get in, its one of my top schools
Any international students like me who love Amherst too?
@sodiumpunny I’ve applied to Amherst too. I’m an international student.
For the Amherst Financial Aid application I think they’re asking for letters from my parents employers, has anyone else had to send this in? I don’t know if it’s because I’m international, I did send tax return copies and no other college has asked for letters from employers
They haven’t asked me for those. Should I be worried?
It was only because I looked on the portal and it said tax information ‘not recieved’ for one and I was really confused because I sent off both parents’ tax returns. Then I emailed and they said I needed to submit extra documents, but I’m not sure if this is something they always do or just me? (Can’t see why though, the tax returns are perfectly legit and fine for all the other colleges) Check your FA portal and see if anything is missing.
@greenstudent I think you need to submit letters from your parents’ employers.
@LisaMK That’s awesome! Where from?
I’m just confused as to why none of the other colleges I’ve applied to would want that, has anyone else had to send them in? Would payslips do? @sodiumpunny
@greenstudent since Amherst is one of I think only 4-5 schools that admits international students without regard to their need, and then meets that need 100%, it may just be that they need more info/proof of income than schools that do not.
@greenstudent I asked them what they wanted, and it’s either an employer letter (not a payslip) or a business supplement (if your parents are self employed).
Hey! I applied as an intended Computer Science major with a plan to take up classes in Theater.
@sodiumpunny Damn, more hassle…Thanks for the help though!
@sodiumpunny Damn, more hassle…Thanks for the help though!