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[happyjanezhang]

<p>how do you reply to the quotations on Amherst apps?
prompts as followed:
"The world as revealed by science is far more beautiful, and far more interesting, than we had any right to expect. Science is valuable because of the view of the universe that it gives. "
George Greenstein, Sidney Dillon Professor of Astronomy, Amherst College </p>

<p>“It seems to me incumbent upon this and other schools’ graduates to recognize their responsibility to the public interest…unless the graduates of this college…are willing to put back into our society those talents, the broad sympathy, the understanding, the compassion… then obviously the presuppositions upon which our democracy are based are bound to be fallible.”
John F. Kennedy, at the ground breaking for the Amherst College Frost Library, October 26, 1963 </p>

<p>" Stereotyped beliefs have the power to become self-fulfilling prophesies for behavior. "
From Men and Women in Interaction, Reconsidering the Differences by Elizabeth Aries, Professor of Psychology, Amherst College </p>

<p>“Justice seems to require us to take the perspective of an impartial observer…Often this perspective seems to clash with the perspective that most of us take in our daily lives…where ties of love, commitment, friendship and professional responsibilities seem not only to permit, but to demand, that we treat people unequally.”
From Amherst, Summer 2001, Jyl Gentzler, Professor of Philosophy, Amherst College </p>

<p>" Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can’t deliver."
Scott Turow, lawyer, author, Amherst College Trustee, Amherst Class of 1970 </p>

<p>" Young as she is, the stuff
Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy:
I wish her a lucky passage. "
From The Writer by Richard Wilbur, Amherst Class of 1942, 1987 Poet Laureate of the United States </p>

<p>do your essays have to be extremely linked to the promts, do you have to include some phrases of themin your essay?
any advice on writing would be great!!!</p>

[blazianazn]

<p>In my opinion, the quotes serve as more of a source of inspiration and a very rough guideline. My year had a quote to the effect of "If you would let me talk, I could go on and on.... (something about learning new things, It's been a while so I'm not really sure)" This quote reminded me of a really eye openning conversation I'd had with another prefrosh at Amherst DIVOH, so I wrote about how talking to each other openned our eyes to the sense of diversity there is in the world, as we came from extremely different backgrounds. I didn't stick to the topic quote, and actually ended up slightly modifying it in my conclusion, but the idea of letting someone talk was the definitely present in my essay. Hope that helps</p>

[Lemonjello]

<p>Agreed. They're more meant more as starting points for your thinking. They do not necessarily need to be mentioned or even that explicitly connected to the essay. The ideas and thought process is what is more important, rather than how closely you connect to the topic.</p>