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Old 05-01-2008, 09:45 AM   #1
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Is it true?
That Amherst is like high school, but with smarter students?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that there is a surprising amount of emphasis placed on the "social rat race", and that the school is clique-ish.
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:14 AM   #2
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I have not experienced that at all.

The only times I have ever heard Amherst compared to high school have been by non-students, concerning the size. Amherst is not for everyone, but I think the social environment has been terrific.
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Old 05-01-2008, 12:25 PM   #3
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If there's a social rat race here, I haven't heard of it and wouldn't give a d*mn about it if I had.
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:46 PM   #4
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Ouch, what kind of a high school did you go to?
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Old 05-02-2008, 12:29 AM   #5
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Everything you hear on the Internet is 100% unadulterated truth.
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Old 05-02-2008, 04:18 PM   #6
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Internet is serious business.
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Old 05-07-2008, 07:17 PM   #7
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is amherstconfessional.com as bad as they say it is?
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Old 05-07-2008, 08:16 PM   #8
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Yes, it is. Fortunately I was paralyzed by not caring enough, so I didn't participate.
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Old 05-07-2008, 08:29 PM   #9
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So it's like juicycampus but worse because there's like 1600 kids in total right?

I guess it confirms the 'Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = *******' theory.
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Old 05-07-2008, 09:17 PM   #10
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The confessional is very bad. Fortunately, it's also very ignorable.
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