<p>That Amherst is like high school, but with smarter students?
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve heard that there is a surprising amount of emphasis placed on the “social rat race”, and that the school is clique-ish.</p>
<p>I have not experienced that at all.</p>
<p>The only times I have ever heard Amherst compared to high school have been by non-students, concerning the size. Amherst is not for everyone, but I think the social environment has been terrific.</p>
<p>If there's a social rat race here, I haven't heard of it and wouldn't give a d*mn about it if I had.</p>
<p>Ouch, what kind of a high school did you go to?</p>
<p>Everything you hear on the Internet is 100% unadulterated truth.</p>
<p>Internet is serious business.</p>
<p>is amherstconfessional.com as bad as they say it is?</p>
<p>Yes, it is. Fortunately I was paralyzed by not caring enough, so I didn't participate.</p>
<p>So it's like juicycampus but worse because there's like 1600 kids in total right?</p>
<p>I guess it confirms the 'Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = *******' theory.</p>
<p>The confessional is very bad. Fortunately, it's also very ignorable.</p>