<p>of the schools i’ve been admitted to, my top 2 choices are amherst and sfs. i like the variety of courses that amherst offers, but i know georgetown is very strong is econ/government (part of the reason why i want amherst is that it provides so many alternatives to these subjects should i decide to change).</p>
<p>which do you think i should go to?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Only you can make the decision. My D had to make a similar choice, and decided that SFS was not for her, until grad school. She wanted to experience more than just that for 4 years. Amherst it is. Plus there is the IR certificate available through the consortium, and headed by Vince Ferrarro of the Clinton administration. A LOT of the students go to DC for internships, and there is a student housing help site for that, as well. She thought she would be getting the best of 2 worlds this way. Research the opportunities at Amherst, and good luck!</p>
<p>PS - my DD is currently at Amherst for the admitted students' overnight, and she attended an econ class and said it was AWESOME! Apparently, the professor was voted best prof and won nationally, as well. He said that hopefully by the end of the class, the students wouldn't have a clue as to how he stood on econimcs but more clearly understood their own positions after discussions in the class. She was extremely impressed. Can't wait to take his class. There is room for all viewpoints and that sold her!</p>
<p>this is Barbezat?</p>
<p>Amherst undergrad/Georgetown grad would be formidable, imo.</p>
<p>Yes, Barbezat.</p>
<p>wow! that good huh? thanks a lot for the advice, it's really helpful...actually, i really am leaning more and more towards amherst. these small liberal arts schools really are the best place to go for undergrad...it's sad that people consider the ivies stronger than the lac's.</p>
<p>Shrug. Don't worry about reputation. There are aspects of each of the Ivy schools that make them very very good and for considerations of fit, they're the right school for many people. What I think we can do without is the pro-Ivy snobbery or anti-Ivy reverse snobbery.</p>
<p>Every school has its pros and cons, Amherst included. Some things are extrinsic to the undergrad experience per se, such as the relatively high percentage of admitted students needed to fill athletics slots. Other things, like the relatively high percentage students who engage in binge drinking, are more intrinsic but within control of the student. For sheer quality of undergrad instruction, though, Amherst is difficult to beat.</p>
<p>My own fuzzy ranking at the moment might be something like:</p>
<p>Yale > Amherst > Swarthmore > Chicago > Princeton > Harvard > Brown > Williams</p>
<p>just to take a few schools. Ask me tomorrow and I might have a different take, except that for my particular biases, Williams has too many negatives and would always rank lower in my preference than for many other people's. Ultimately, ranking schools is the contemporary equivalent of medieval discussions about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.</p>
<p>Ultimately, ranking schools is the contemporary equivalent of medieval discussions about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.</p>
<p>ROFL!</p>
<p>many people have told me that students at lac's are very smart, but not really career oriented - like they would rather just be smart than successful professionaly. what you think about that?</p>
<p>I think that you've been listening to people who don't know what they're talking about. Look at the figures for LAC students going into graduate studies or professional schools.</p>