Amherst College Class of 2028 Profile

Amherst College has released its Class of 2028 profile. You can compare this data to that from Amherst's Class of 2027 below:
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[@Goodguy1ful]

I think what might be interesting to look at is how many Black and Brown students applied to some of these schools and were not admitted. Anecdotally speaking, while my Black nephew and a good friend's Black sons attended Amherst in the last few years it doesn't tend to be a school ( like many liberal arts schools in nonurban areas ) that is high on Black student's wish lists. So I think what happened at times is that the Black student who got into Amherst might have also gotten into Yale USC or Georgetown or Howard and chose those schools instead. I think how the affirmative actiion ruling affects Amherst is it affects their ability to specifically recruit top tier Black student or offer them great financial packages in order to sway them to attend ( as was the case with the 3 Black students I know that attended )

[@ColinKrohn7]

I think you’re confused about mean (average) vs median. The definition you provided for mean is actually the one for median.

[@arsenicCatnip413]

please pronounce amherst correctly (the h is silent!!!)

[@luimulder3768]

I love these class profiles. I wonder if the Supreme Court disallows AA beyond just race, such as male/female? If not, then why would the court argue that race is off limits, but sex is? Would that be fair to men or women if a college pulled one demographic stronger than the other all other things equal?

[@yumyumyucky6313]

According to Amherst’s common data set 10.1% of women who apply get accepted and 9.9% of men who apply get accepted. So at least for Amherst there is a small difference that is not statistically significant. It appears that the large difference in their demographic data is due to the number of men and women who apply. This is a much broader phenomenon of more women going into higher education than men. Also not all colleges are equal for example MIT women have a 5.6% enrollment rate but men have a 3.1% enrollment rate. Also at Yale women have a 4.0% enrollment rate but men have a 5.1% enrollment rate.

[@luimulder3768]

That sounds fair, thanks!

[@drticktock4011]

Male at 41%...scary low.

[@luimulder3768]

That is scary low. At some point only the female opinion will decide what happens at their university and how. I wonder what that threshold is for power and influence?