<p>It's part of why I made Amherst my top choice</p>
<p>yeah, but the location still bugs me.</p>
<p>what? how?? was it the weather? I loved the town and the campus... It's gorgeous... and the 5 college consortium keeps things lively.</p>
<p>How did your impression differ?</p>
<p>the weather... good point. that may have been it. i got there when it was pretty overcast. the sun didn't come out until i was basically ready to leave. it was in late october this year.</p>
<p>i know the 5 college consortium compensates for how small amherst is, but it just feels too campus-centered for me. just a personal preference. i want a place where students don't just revolve around the school, where they can get out and have fun when they can.</p>
<p>i have to admit that there are gorgeous views around the campus, especially at the top of the hill overlooking their fields. </p>
<p>and the town isn't particularly attractive. decent, and much better than some places, but still a little dead.</p>
<p>I used my Stanford picture essay as my Amherst supplemental (chose the prompt about pictures). I even included the picture. They could see it and think "ahh, stupid lazy kid trying to reuse essays," and maybe they'd be right... but I think the essay is pretty good.</p>
<p>how can i see it ?</p>
<p>Let me tell you, these topics are specifically there to get you to think. If you can't wrap your head around ideas such as monoculturalism and produce a well crafted response to the issue then you will be a shoe into being admitted. That essay was one of the reasons I'm sure I got in, it was one of my two stand outs...</p>
<p>I went from:
Monoculturalism to --> "America: A Culture that Cannot Be Defined"</p>
<p>And that essay has also won me a scholarship, so spend good time on this, you will be very satisfied with the product when you finish.</p>
<p>Ah, the supplemental essays! They are there to see how you think - that gives tremendous insight into whether or not you are a thinker, just a bookworm, or a well-rounded person, very literal or interpretive, and the list goes on. They let them know if you can handle the rigors of the level of education at Amherst, and what you can add to the student body. Be grateful you guys didn't have to do the mustard essay for UofCh. Imagine writing a whole essay on a jar of mustard! UofCh I think still comes up with the most bizarre and creative prompts. Good luck to all of you in your application process to Amherst!</p>
<p>Amherst is my...1/2 choice, i guess, since it's tied with Duke!</p>
<p>Anyway, yeah, the topics are a little obsure. </p>
<p>My lang teacher was telling us about one..."write about string" or something like that. oy.</p>
<p>"ahh, stupid lazy kid trying to reuse essays"</p>
<p>lol yes. I've twisted essays in some pretty bizarre ways to get them to fit promts.</p>
<p>Haha, I reused several essays. A few of them were kind of stretches too. Oh well, I rather liked Amherst's prompts- it made it easier to write in an intellectual and personal way at the same time- at least, as much as one can in a 500 word essay.</p>