<p>Wow, really?
Isn't Amherst one of the most generous liberal arts colleges in terms of Financial Aid?</p>
<p>That's what I heard too, but then my package came...</p>
<p>you guys received a financial package even though you got waitlisted?</p>
<p>No I was admitted.</p>
<p>if someone from my country gets accepted and decides to enroll elsewhere... do i stand a better chance of getting off the waitlist??</p>
<p>11 more days until we know if they'll use the waitlist!</p>
<p>Hey, guys and gals, are you writing your letters to Ms. Fretwell, or your regional representative?</p>
<p>I wrote mine to my rep, but I feel a tinge of doubt, since K.F. DID sign my waitlist letter: which impressed me.</p>
<p>when are we notified of waitlist decisions?</p>
<p>Will there be any kind of e-mail notification whether they will take anyone from the waitlist?</p>
<p>Oh come on aerableparable, it isn't Amherst's duty to foot the bill for a student with a 40k EFC just because his/her parents' don't think the school is worth paying for.</p>
<p>I sympathize, it must be rough, but don't go around spreading false information about Amherst's financial aid, among the very most generous in the country.</p>
<p>when my grandpa came to the usa from korea, apparently he was accepted at quite a lot of prestigious colleges (~1950s)... the reason he chose amherst was because it gave him the highest financial aid out of ALL the other colleges...</p>
<p>Actually, my EFC is less than 5000, and Amherst wants us to pay 22000. This is after appealing as well. We have a lot of savings, but those are really for my parents to retire on, and 22000 a year won't be easy, but--I don't know. I haven't made a decision yet.</p>
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<p>Is Amherst trying to pull an NYU here?</p>
<p>My EFC is ~7,000, and I'm on the waitlist.
I can't imagine what my package would be like if I were taken off.</p>
<p>the same as it would be if you were accepted originally.</p>
<p>Advcomp, how did Amherst's package compare with other purely need-based schools?</p>
<p>any news on the waitlist yet?
anyone?</p>
<p>I don't think they've gotten all the deposits yet.</p>
<p>Is it a good sign that there are only 299 members in the Amherst 2012 Facebook group?</p>
<p>but isnt the last year group about the same #?</p>
<p>The 2011 group has 386 members! I'm just hoping here.</p>
<p>My son was looking at the "class of 2012" on the part of the Amherst website that admitted students can access. (He'll be a freshman this fall.) He counted the list of names and he says it's 383. If that's true, I think there will definitely be some admits from the waitlist. I read that they were being conservative with the number of admitted students, and planning to use the waitlist to end up with just exactly the number they wanted -- so as to not repeat last year's over-enrollment. What was the magic number... like 420 or something like that? So waitlistees, hang in there and good luck.</p>