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Amherst College

📍 Amherst, MA · USA · North America

QS Overall #— · QS Accounting/Finance #—

10%
Acceptance
100%
Aid coverage
$98k
Annual cost (USD)
10%
International

🎓 Academic Program

Economics major with accounting/finance courses. Small classes, personal advising.

🎯 Admissions

Acceptance rate
10% overall
Int'l acceptance
~9%
ED/EA acceptance
32% (ED)3.2x boost
International %
10% of student body
Campus size
1000 acres · Cold winters, warm summers

📊 Exam Requirements

SAT
Test-optional (permanent)
SAT middle 50%
1430-1530
ACT
32-34
IELTS
7.0+
TOEFL
100+
Other / notes
Graded writing sample (optional but recommended)

📅 Deadlines

Early Decision/Action
November 1
Regular Decision
January 1
Financial Aid
CSS Profile or ISAFA by Nov 1 (ED) or Jan 1 (RD)
Scholarship deadline
Must apply first year — cannot request later

💰 Financial Aid & Scholarships

Aid coverage
100% of demonstrated need met
Need-blind?
✓ Тийм — Aid хүсэлт нь admission-д нөлөөлөхгүй
No-loan policy?
✓ Тийм — бүгд grant, зээл байхгүй
Tuition
$67k/жил
Total cost (COA)
$98k/жил
Avg aid package
$65k/жил
Living costs covered?
✓ Тийм — room+board багтсан

📑 Scholarship requirements

  • CSS Profile or International Student Application for Financial Assistance (ISAFA)
  • Need-blind for ALL students including international
  • No merit-based scholarships — all need-based
  • NO LOANS
  • Must apply for aid first year

🔄 Scholarship maintenance

Annual reapplication. Demonstrate continued need. Satisfactory academic progress.

⚠️ Conditions & restrictions

  • No loans — all grants
  • No merit aid (all need-based)
  • Outside scholarships may reduce institutional aid
  • Must apply first year — cannot add later

📝 Application requirements

  • 2 teacher recommendations
  • Counselor recommendation
  • Common App essay
  • Amherst writing supplement (choose Option A, B, or C)
  • Optional graded writing sample
  • Optional interview

✍️ Supplemental essay prompts (2025-2026)

  1. Choose 1 from Option A (350 words): Respond to one of three provided quotations (changes annually). Option A previously included Charles Hamilton Houston, Joy Harjo, and others.
  2. OR Option B (350 words): Submit an academic paper or piece of independent academic work you have already written.
  3. OR Option C: Use your A2A (Access to Amherst) application essay (only if you applied to A2A program).

⭐ "Why Us?" — Essay hooks & school personality

Open Curriculum — no required courses. Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire). Beneski Museum of Natural History. Folger Shakespeare Library connection. Strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity (Access to Amherst program).

🏆 Unique advantages

#2 Liberal Arts College (US News). Need-blind for international (very rare!). Highest endowment per student of any liberal arts. 8:1 student-faculty ratio. Cross-registration with 4 other colleges.

💼 Career outlook

Strong placement in consulting/finance/law. Amherst Career Center funds summer internships. ~30% pursue graduate school.

⏰ Work while studying

F-1: 20 hrs/week on-campus. Federal work-study in aid. Amherst Funded Internships Program covers summer unpaid internships ($4,500).

🎯 Backup plans

  • Apply ED (acceptance triples to 32%)
  • Williams as alternative (similar need-blind, slightly more selective)
  • Bowdoin/Pomona as alternatives
  • Wesleyan/Hamilton as backup match

🔗 Official sources

  • amherst.edu/admission
  • amherst.edu/financialaid