Chimichonga

I'm very interested in Amherst, but I plan to go into business. I know Amherst is a liberal arts school, so I wanted to know if it was any good.

kwu

Amherst does not have a business program.

Chimichonga

I apologize, I meant Computer Science.
I don't know what's wrong with me today...

ShesOnHerWay

www.amherst.edu

Check it out.

lavendercloud

I don't think Comp Sci is state-of-the-art at Amherst...it's not a program that draws a lot of people. But I have friends who are Comp Sci majors and really enjoy it. The facilities and resources are pretty good, too.

cs12345

lol i know what you tried to do. you just said that to save yourself from embarrassment.
lol its ok.

kwu

An average of 15 students major in Computer Science annually.
There are three tenured professors and one associate professor.

It's not a matter of embarrassment: it's just confusing that one would enroll at Amherst intent on majoring in Computer Science when one is better off looking at Stanford or MIT, peer schools with far greater and more numerous research opportunities in the field.

However, the benefit of studying CompSci at Amherst is that one isn't burdened by distribution requirements or a core, in addition to small class sections.

ncram65

I'd certainly agree that someone interested in computer science should look at the big research universities, but I don't think it is "confusing" that someone might prefer going to a school where one could also enjoy the benefits of a well rounded liberal arts education.