Amherst College Top Questions

We believe we are better than everybody else, and routinely look down on people at other institutions, particularly the ones around us, such as umass, smith and mount holyoke. Also, we are liberal to a fault, and are not entirely accepting of other, less informed viewpoints.

People say they are pretentious, very intellectual, rich white kids.

Amherst is seen as really rich, preppy, elitist, etc. Most students are from the east coast, and a lot of people are from private schools. I think the college itself is seen as a little stodgy and conservative.

I came to Amherst thinking the student body would be dichotomized between (1) rich, preppy and stuck up kids and (2) hippies. I was also nervous that Amherst students would all be smart in a forward and intentionally intimidating way.

Amherst students are stereotyped as very liberal, intelligent, preppy, rich and white.

That we're awkward. Seriously, I you think something has gone rather awkwardly it was probably as much your fault as anyone else's.

Either that they are really preppy or really dorky; that they are intellectual and at times pretentious; that they are the kids that couldn't get into Harvard and Princeton

Amherst students are all WASPs who are jerks.

Preppy, rich kids all over

We are seen by the other Five College students as being pretentious, preppy, and liberal; basically your quintessential New England private college.