<p>This is GA2012MOM’s daughter (sophomore)</p>
<p>I’d reccommend coming on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning and staying until Sunday morning, that way you have enough daylight hours to tour around (which I would be happy to do!), see the town, etc., as well as get a taste of Amherst’s Saturday night scene, to see if you like it. I’ve never heard of arranging overnights unless you’re a recruited athlete, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Hopefully someone else can answer that one for you. A lot of NYCers take the Amtrak, just be prepared for a long trip! </p>
<p>You should talk to lots of students (we’re friendly!), go to a sporting event on Saturday, and look around the beautiful freshman dorms/the newly renovated upperclassman dorms while you’re on campus. The gym has old pictures of all the sports’ teams from the beginning of the school’s existence, which is neat.</p>