<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I applied to Amherst ED on Monday. I got my confirmation from the commonapp that my stuff was sent, however I still have not received confirmation from Amherst. Is this usual for the early decision rush?</p>
<p>I’m thinking about applying RD to Amherst but the viewbook sort of disappointed me… How, how, how could they make a 1000 acre campus look so claustrophobic? =( I have a friend who goes to Amherst but they never got around to telling me what exactly makes Amherst so awesome and different to every other big LAC. Can someone please fill me in?</p>
<p>The 1000 acres includes a big chunk of wildlife reserve. The residence halls and classroom buildings are mostly clustered together. Not cramped, but close enough you can get from place to place easily. I think that’s a very nice thing, but it sounds like you maybe want a bigger school all around. More space, more people? Amherst is quite small and cozy feeling. If that’s not to your taste, then Amherst will definitely not suit you.</p>
<p>I have one kid at Amherst and one at a large state university. They are both in environments that suit them, very different ones.</p>
<p>Oh, that makes sense! I like close-knit, small communities where people know each other and get along well. I really don’t like crowds and cities. However, I also like wide-open, airy surroundings and a lot of personal space. I saw some photos of the dorms, and they looked quite small… My friend gets sexiled all the time! hehe. I just heard that 500 acres of Amherst is a wildlife preserve, which sounds really wonderful. Lots of space to walk around in and get lost for fun! </p>
<p>I’ve been told that Amherst has something for everyone, but is there a kind of person who won’t fit in well?</p>
<p>^^^^^
The dorms are not small, and the Freshman dorms are exceptionally nice.</p>
<p>Amherst just beat Williams, 8-0 for the season!</p>
<p></p>
<p>I guess my friend, who lives at Charles Pratt (apparently the best freshman dorm?), took crappy pics of the rooms then 
Everything looked a bit small and dark, so I was slightly put off :S But the outdoors are absolutely beautiful!</p>
<p>My kid’s freshman dorm was quite nice, but it was pretty small. Charles Pratt may or may not be the “best” freshman dorm, but it is the newest and flashiest. I have heard some kids find a stronger sense of community in the older dorms that are, at least in their public areas quite a bit smaller. I don’t know though. All the freshman dorms are <em>very</em> nice, but I’ve never really understood making dorms a big criterion in picking a college… I mean, aside from expecting them to be warm, safe, and basically functional. But people are different and want different things.</p>
<p>hehe. I know that dorms are a minor issue in picking a college, but I have a slight claustrophobic tendency :S 
I need space, lots of space and lots of light… Otherwise I feel down and sluggish and don’t get my work done…</p>
<p>You might want to consider schools where more students live off-campus, especially after freshman year.</p>
<p>Are there any top-ranked universities/LACs like that in Massachusetts or on the east coast? In the ones I’ve come across so far, students tend to live on campus. I don’t want to give up community but neither do I want to give up personal space :S</p>
<p>If personal space is your issue, Amherst dorms will give you plenty–my half of a two-room double freshman year was the same size as my best friend’s triple at state school. And in my experience with living off-campus, you get a lot less space for the same price as the dorms, so I don’t know that that will help at all. Lots of light may be harder to come by. It’s not as though the dorms have any lack of windows, but by its very nature New England is frequently dark and gloomy. If lots of sunshine is crucial to you, you might want to be looking at the Claremont colleges instead.</p>
<p>deadline over, finished with the app, now all there’s left to do is look up to the heavens and pray…</p>
<p>Amen to that, waiting for access to the tracking data is bad enough as it is. Do they post admission results on MyAmherst in addition to mailing them in December? It wasn’t especially clear on the website.</p>
<p>I think they just mail them. Not sure though</p>
<p>They just mail them. They don’t post anything online.</p>
<p>I saw they have first-marking period grades on AC data. is the application technically not complete until they have them?</p>
<p>how long does it usually take for them to send an email with your username and password?</p>
<p>Masterus- I applied the 10th and received my tracking data on the 16th. It may take a little longer if you applied even closer to the deadline.</p>
<p>I applied on the 15th. But my school reports were received by amherst on Monday-the 16th. And i recieved the the username on thursday</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about getting it anytime soon, the program that manages tracking data is apparently under repair, and according to ITS may not be fixed for awhile. They’re waiting for some part to arrive in the mail.</p>