^^^ with all due respect, we should give credit where credit is due.
Amherst has obviously placed a great deal of importance on diversifying socio-economically. All you have to do is look at their % pell grants to see that. In fact Amherst and Vassar are #1 and #2 on usnwr’s list of elite LACs with the most Pell grants at 25%. (for comparison Harvard is 18%).
I know that there is a lot of cynicism regarding “need-blind”, but let the percentages speak for themselves.
If anything being low-income is almost a ‘hook’ at Amherst.