<p>Which one’s better for Liberal Arts?</p>
<p>That's a really broad question, and the answer obviously depends what you mean by "better" and what you mean by "liberal arts."</p>
<p>Are you asking which is "better" academically overall? Which has more prestige? Which gives the best overall undergraduate experience for a liberal arts student? I think the last question is the most important, and it has no single answer, just different answers for different individuals.</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a school? Which aspects (size, location, specific academic areas, overall academic program, "personality" of the student body, extracurricular activities, social life, etc) are most important to you? If you give us more of a sense of who you are and what you want, you'll get much more helpful responses.</p>
<p>Although I have never attended (i.e. studied at) either school, I was in a similar position just a few months ago, debating with myself whether to apply early to Brown or to Amherst. </p>
<p>Like ILoveBrown said, it is hard to give advice without knowing exactly what you're looking for, but nevertheless I can tell you briefly that what put Brown ahead of Amherst for me was its environment. Maybe this is not really a criterion upon which you are basing your decision, but I found Amherst to be very driven and focused (lots of triple majors lol), with a heavy emphasis on academia and study. The 5 college consortium--something that originally attracted me to the school--is not widely utilized by Amherst students, especially since it is the most highly regarded school of the five. I figured that while Amherst wasn't the liveliest place in the world, UMass certainly would be, and the consortium would allow me to divide my time however I pleased. However, I found--by talking to advisors and students--that the consortium is simply not a cornerstone of the Amherst experience as Amherst makes it out to be, and at that point Amherst's star began to fall in my mind. </p>
<p>Once again though, if you are simply referring to academics, a more specific question should be asked.</p>