Amherst College
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Educational Quality | A | Faculty Accessibility | A+ |
Useful Schoolwork | A | Excess Competition | A |
Academic Success | F | Creativity/ Innovation | A- |
Individual Value | A+ | University Resource Use | A |
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty | A+ | Friendliness | A |
Campus Maintenance | A | Social Life | A- |
Surrounding City | A- | Extra Curriculars | A+ |
Safety | A | ||
Describes the student body as: ApproachableDescribes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful |
Lowest Rating Academic Success | F |
Highest Rating Faculty Accessibility | A+ |
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
I just want to quickly clear up a a misconception about AC students. Many people that do not attend the university believe that the school is mostly rich and white. In fact, about half of students are on financial aid. None of those students graduate with any loans at all. Over half of students are minorities. I am an international student and most schools don't offer financial aid to non-citizens. Amherst does, so I am able to attend the school. It has been my perception that there is a much smaller proportion of low income students at schools without such generous financial aid policies. I recently visited a large event at a state school in CA and only saw a handful of minority students.On a side note: AC offers many summer grants for research, volunteer work and travel. It is easy to get these summer opportunities. This is nice because all AC students (even us poor ones) can get good experience in a time when it is very difficult to land a paid internship. Otherwise, many students would have to take standard "college jobs" which do not distinguish them. Students graduate at an advantage to begin their job hunts and continued schooling applications.