| I made my previous statement from what I, along with many of my peers have observed. I didn't mean to put down all of Amherst's athletes. I agree with you when you said that some of them are brilliant. But some are not.
I go to a very competitive public high school, and, naturally, Amherst is always one of the top choices. The class size is usually around 850. Last year, Amherst let in a student who was ranked in the 70s (and a recruited athlete) over several students in the 20s. This year (which I know more about), Amherst let in one athlete who was in the 130s (~3.4, 29 ACT) and one in the 80s (~3.6, 30) over two students in the top ten (3.99 and 3.98, 33 and 34).
In tabular form:
Accepted 3.4 29
Accepted 3.6 30
Waitlisted 3.98 34
Waitlisted 3.99 33
Hard to argue with numbers. To be sure, Amherst's student body is brilliant. I'm just questioning some of its admissions decisions. |