Amherst College - Information Session

Posted By	Comment
macnell May 01 2009	situated in a small conference room with 5 or 6 families, and admissions officer and a current student. Laid back and informative. [View Full Report]
13softball August 22 2008	The information session was very helpful. The admissions people had us sit around a round table, introduce ourselves and started off with the students asking questions. [View Full Report]
mochabear August 09 2008	Done by one of the deans of admission, good, though he almost ended without giving us any info on admissions process. Spent most of time talking about student life and advantages of open curriculum. [View Full Report]
ChiSquare July 10 2008	Lots of awkward silence. The personality of the admissions person was not conducive to asking questions. [View Full Report]
Zythiel June 13 2008	They spent the entire time telling us that getting in was pretty much a crapshoot. [View Full Report]
bingle April 19 2008	Good info on what's expected in the app; consider it holistically - you want all your selling points to come across in essay and recs. Rigor of courseload more important than extras; take all the [View Full Report]
sugangel7 March 17 2008	An admissions person tells you about what makes Amherst unique and a bit about the admissions process. He answers questions and then brings a student to come give you a tour and answer questions too. [View Full Report]
AnotherAlice August 10 2007	A very crowded information session, with limited seating. A straightforward, general description was provided followed by a question and answer session. [View Full Report]
footballyus2345 April 08 2007	all the time whether it is better to take an AP course and get a B, or a regular course and get an A. My answer to that is take the AP course and get an A" not much, but its an attempt. [View Full Report]
littleathiest March 21 2007	Very informative, it was led by a current student (sophomore) and an admissions officer. Both were very friendly, particularly the admissions officer who was the Director of Admissions at the college. [View Full Report]
meganthegeek August 24 2006	Had long discussion with Admissions Officer at Amherst. Offered TONS of info and gave me his card to get in contact with him. Left in love with the school. [View Full Report]
jackson17 August 17 2006	The session was very informative, but very few people were there to ask more detailed questions. [View Full Report]