Last college visit.
Amherst - down.
This will be brief since they didnt host information session when we attended.
Tour guide spoke about the open curriculum, dorms, dining hall, the usual. Because they dont have a lot of students, there is only 1 dining hall. Buildings are a mixed bag. They’re nice but not grand like some other schools.
Tour guide was very honest. Asked about finance jobs: Finance jobs are extremely competitive. Asked about the social scene: Only athletes host parties. If you want to be involved in the main social scene, you need to ingratiate yourself with an athlete. Each sports team is the head of a different social group.
Question to tour guide: Can you attend parties if you’re not friends with athletes? Not really, maybe you can show up late around 11-12am, by then no one will care. Message is there is a dichotomy of athletes and non athletes. And if you’re not an athlete, you better find your own small group of friends, which will be somewhat limited because the school is small. Basically it’s like a mid-big HS where the athletes are the most popular and everything runs through them.
The end. Crossed off ASAP for both D24 and D26.