<p>Yes: P = Pomona.</p>
<p>This is truly curious. I thought there's even no way an Olympic gymnast in China could ever go to a normal school... and with amazing stats and ECs~ wow! stunning!</p>
<p>I'm both an Amherst alum and an Amherst parent and it is my favorite school on the planet. That being said, the emphasis on "names" for one's college choices is really sick. It's a real shame that so many kids (particularly the children of the nouveau riche) AND THEIR PARENTS are so hung up on name schools...as if 4 years at Cornell (a proud member of the Ivy League) will provide a better education than 4 years at Pomona or Davidson or Carleton, or even schools that US News (a distant #3 of the major news mags, in case anyone is ranking) deems "second tier." That's no knock on Cornell, but it is merely asking applicants to think more deeply about what they hope to get out of a college experience. If it's simply credentialing and bragging rights in Bangalore, then go to the most well-known "prestigious" university you can find; if you want an opportunity to learn, to inquire, to argue and debate, to reflect, and to dig deep on who you are and what your substance is, then it will be a much more individualized, deeply personal process. College is supposed to be about thinking and reflecting and considering options, and if all kids do is go for the names, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?</p>
<p>Azdad, I would like to hear about your experiences with Amherst, both as an alum and parent of a current student. Feel free to post here or send me a pm. Thanks!</p>
<p>i would like to second what priceless said, i would love to hear about your personal experiences with amherst both as a alum and as a parent, feel free to pm me also if you don't want to post it. thanks!</p>
<p>"who would want to go to an all girls school - it is not the college experience. I can understand going over schools that are not as academically well percieved, but to choose it over amherst/williams seems ludacris."</p>
<p>First of all, before you start trash talking, you might want to try a little something called spell check. Ludacris=rapper from the dirty south, ludicrous=word for ridiculous. Second of all, as much as I respect your opinion, I have to disagree. You obviously don't know anything about Wellesley. You may want to think about informing yourself before you start bad mouthing something you're completely ignorant about. Wellesley happens to be one of the best schools in the world. Whoever said that Pomona is a better school than Wellesley is obviously in the same boat as footballyus (lol) and knows nothing about all-girls schools. Pomona is never ranked higher than Wellesley. Wellesley has one of the oldest and most prestigious reputations of any school, you can't argue with that. I could go on and on listing the amazing women who have graduated from Wellesley but sadly, you probably wouldn't know any of them. Seeing as you can't spell. Anyway, I think it's extremely close-minded of you to condem someone's choice for college. I know many girls who chose to go to Wellesley over HYP because they simply think it's a better school. You don't have to worry about impressing guys during class, you have access to better professors, and the connections Wellesley provides after graduation are unparalleled. Just as you wake up every morning and make your own decisions (such as your decision to spell ludicrous wrong) other people have the right to make choices too. If someone makes a different choice than you, it doesn't mean it's wrong. It just means it's right for them.</p>
<p>*condemn
ten character minimum</p>
<p>whoops Herringbone5! Bet you wish you could go back and correct that after your previous post...</p>
<p>He could! It's the edit key!</p>
<p>Haha...that's ludicris.</p>
<p>the fottballyik guy makes me laugh. Wellesley bad?</p>
<p>HAHAHahahahahaha, reviens sur Terre!</p>
<p>Ludacris. I'm sorry I just CANNOT. STOP. LAUGHING.</p>
<p>Why does she want to leave China? Lots of great schools there. Why go to any school you have barely heard of and never visited? Tsinghua University and save the plane fare. What's so funny, that's how Christopher Brian Bridges spells it and he's a lot richer than you are.</p>
<p>My D goes to Swarthmore so I don?t have a dog in this fight.</p>
<p>In the case of Wellesley vs. Williams vs. Amherst, and Swarthmore for that matter to say one is better than the other because of their USN&WR ranking is silly. They are all so good you can?t tell which is best and the USN&WR ranking is the very last way one should rate these schools. </p>
<p>One note on prestige, a Wellesley grad may be in the White House by the
2nd semester of next year. 2nd note on prestige, prestige is a very poor way to pick a college.</p>
<p>"One note on prestige, a Wellesley grad may be in the White House by the
2nd semester of next year."</p>
<p>While true, it should noted Wellesley (and the other seven sisters) was a different college in the 60's...There were very limited options for bright women. HYP, MIT, Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, etc. were male.</p>
<p>okay...and?</p>
<p>The suggestion is that the premier women(many of which who now attend HYP, MIT, etc.) were concentrated in those women's colleges.</p>
<p>A lot more separates these schools than prestige. That's a fine way to choose which one to attend as long as you're okay when you end up at Amherst and wish you could study engineering, or Williams and miss civilization.</p>
<p>For international students "prestige" does count unfortunately. A top student who wants to study in the US will want to brag about the school too. </p>
<p>It takes guts and dedication (and foresight and intelligence) to decide to go to Swarthmore for instance, instead of Harvard -- when both want the student. </p>
<p>So I think, for Americans, it's a luxury to be in a position to choose LAC's over HYP. I know I'm being provocative here, but I hope you know what I mean.</p>
<p>onemoreparent // What makes you come to that conclusion?
It's true that many of my peers fall into your generalization, but "international students in general..." that's a big "general."</p>
<p>As an international student, I can say it's hard not to fall prey to a college's prestige. Why? In my case, it's the strongest reference I have. I've never visited a college in the U.S, or met with any representative, student, or teacher. How can I decide which college is the best for me? How can I decide whether I'd prefer to attend Swarthmore or Grinnell, for example? </p>
<p>Unfortunately, some international students like me lack valuable information. Prestige thus rises as a strong factor.</p>