What is Chicago ? is that University of Chicago ? if it is then they are probably going to there for Academics and using the tennis as way to get in. University of Chicago not known for tennis or other athletics really. Northwestern however is D1 and they have Great athletic programs as well as great academic programs..
University of Chicago is not known for their tennis.....
I NEVER heard of U of Chicago tennis program. because they never make news. pre-med is tougher in D1 ?????????? what does D1 or D3 have to do with it ??????? lol
Fedace, just stop. Please, find a life off of these boards.
LOL, NADALGIRL, U of Chicago doesn't even have scholarship programs. Their focus is on Academics and tennis players knows that. and they use the tennis to get into the university and get a good degree....
Pre med is tougher in d1 because in d1 you practice year round and travel more. In d3 you don't have mandatory practice during off season.
Heck yeah!!!
its crazy to see a d3 school get more than 2 in 4 years, 2 in a class is crzy
And their lack of scholarships has what to do with them getting 4 and 5 stars? With logic like yours I can see how you want to "Standford"
"Stantfort"
he was at tcu so im sure hes getting tcu runoff
Many reasons. Here in Cali we are constantly hearing about the decline of the UC's. Overcrowding, budget cuts, low four-year graduation rates. The top D3's guarantee to meet full need, making them more affordable than state publics for some. UCLA and Berkeley combined only take a handful of recruits, and the other UC's are not as appealing. With all the high-achieving tennis players we have here, Ivy or Stanford is the target, and those who don't quite make it will look for other top ranked colleges to fall back on. My kid was one of those highly ranked players who chose a top D3 and he is having a fantastic experience both with the team and academically.
I read an article on College Confidential recently about top California kids being shut out of UC in favor of higher tuition paying out of state and international students. Sorry to hear it is affecting California tennis players too. I think any college would be lucky to California player-SoCal seems to be the toughest section. I did not realize how hard it was to get in UC schools until I read the article, as a couple of grads from my son's public high school are Berkeley freshmen. Glad your son is having a great experience at a D3.
Doubt it... it's a different crowd. Those guys wouldn't have the academics to get in or survive at top d3 schools.
He got 2 5 star recruits and 3 4 stars
I don't know man; Amherst's academics are pretty outstanding and I'm not Sure many SEC or Big 10s would compare. Amherst is 9 on Forbes college list. to put some perspective on that number, Amherst ranks above 4 of the IVYS. I know rankings aren't everything, but that is pretty rare air. The students there are of such elite caliber which creates a different kind of learning and discussion than that at big sports schools. Also, at Amherst a student will get a lot more interaction with professors than at a SEC. Lastly, playing tennis at Amherst isn't going to be as time consuming which further makes the education even more incomparable.
Well this here is a misconception. Amherst is a very good school academically, but it isn't good enough to be ahead of any of the Ivys. This is coming from a current senior. Of the big tens the only school that would rank higher(and actually is "better" academically) than Amherst is Northwestern. From the SEC it would be Vanderbilt but Amherst is definitely closer to Vanderbilt than Northwestern in terms of academics. Forbes college list and us news college list isn't the be all end all. For example, Emory is 21 on us news, but that is overrating it by too much and in reality it is more around the 30 range. As for Ivy leagues and Amherst, it is easier to get into Amherst than the Ivys, end of story there too. Even Cornell, the easiest Ivy to get into, is harder than Amherst and for the most part, better academically too. Amherst is an elite school, but the number 9 ranking given by Forbes is overrating it by too much. Forbes is especially unreliable. I just checked the Forbes ranking and Pomona and Williams are ranked 1 and 2........with HYP at 4, 5, and 6. Doesn't matter what ranking it is, HYP should always be in the top 3. Going through the rest of their list, it is not reliable at all. In terms of D3, Amherst isn't king either. MIT and Uchicago are definitely more prestigious which is reflected on tennis recruiting although MIT has stricter requirements for merit for recruits to even get in because they are so highly sought after.
amherst is equal to ivys and far above sec and any public school.
Internet stats aren't everything. If you ask most people(from personal experience too), a good 3/4 would say they would rather go to Cornell than Amherst. Amherst is better than all big 10 schools except Northwestern and Umich Ross. In the SEC Vanderbilt is comparable. Average SAT and ACT scores are lowered by athlete admissions for highly sought after D1 schools like Cornell. Stats that you find on google are a somewhat good indication, but they don't tell the whole story and are for the most part, not completely accurate either. Amherst is at the top, better than just about all state schools, but it has nothing on the top Ivys and in reality, would be around the 17-20 range in terms of nationally rankings on the us news list.
internet stats were from the schools respective websites as well as other sources like those listed
Better professors? Not necessarily. The Ivys naturally attract nobel winning world famous professors. Yes, a lot of this is in the higher up classes, but you will be taking these in freshman or latest end of sophomore year anyways. They don't just teach graduate either.
Well, harvard would be a good school for connections, but aside from that they don't have much more to offer than going to amherst. I would rather have proffessors who teach the class instead of their ta, even if it is a low level class. And vandy isn't my cup of tea, neither is northwestern. Id rather go to a school where teachers will make an effort to know me and get to a personal level rather than seeing me like a chore.
Well you do you, but the general consensus among most employers and students is that Northwestern/any top 15 school on us news>Amherst. Good for you if you are looking for an education, but I think there is a lot more to college than an education which any top 40 school would provide anyways. We always have to self study and can't be 100% dependent on professors either. Whether or not you look the Amherst environment is up to you, personally, I wouldn't like a class size as small as liberal arts colleges.
that's fair to each their own.
First of all, ever heard of HYPSM? Top 5 undisputed universities in the country. You simply can not argue with that. Now, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Uchicago, UPenn, Caltech, and Brown. You simply can not argue that Amherst should be ranked higher than these 10 either. There are at least another 6-8 that I would add ahead of Amherst, but those slightly arguable. I hope you know, not everything is about class size or liberal arts colleges would be far more popular than they are now and frankly it is the only thing Amherst really offers more than the 10 schools I listed too
You can argue mit and Columbia as well as uchicago upenn cal tech and brown
I just listed 10 schools that are for sure ahead of Amherst. Another 6-8 are arguable but a vast majority would say that at least 4 of them would be ranked higher than Amherst. Don't overrate Amherst. If you really are a senior, then just ask around. Most if not all of your fellow classmates would not share your view. Amherst is a top 20 school, not top 10.
Considering most of the kids in my class who even know of Amherst all applied. They're applications including Princeton And Harvard.
Honestly if you rely on internet lists to judge for you, that is pretty damn sad. The only lists I've looked at is the us news rankings, the moment I saw the Forbes rankings I knew it was unreliable.
Checked the website you linked me. Reason forbes is unreliable? It is simply undeniable that Harvard is a top 2 school yet Forbes lists it at number 8. Also, US news lists Amherst as #2 in liberal arts rankings not overall rankings(which us news doesn't do anyways). Washington Monthly also only lists rankings by liberal arts or national colleges too. So no, it is not the way it works. Please look more into this stuff on your own rather than just googling information. #18/#20 out of liberal arts colleges only is horrible, which is why washington monthly is probably unreliable too since Amherst is more than definitely a top 3 liberal arts college.
I am a senior and i will be playing for a top d3 school next year, though not amherst.
Top 5% for the my school and surrounding schools means intel awards, top 10 national science Olympiad awards, starting own businesses, making well selling apps, doing whatever great medical things there are, along with the already perfect gpa and sat.
Yes, but we were purely speaking in terms of ranking and not tennis. In terms of tennis then sure Amherst might be a better choice than most top D1s because it is D3, but in my opinion(and most people's for that matter), OP overrated Amherst's ranking too much.
US news rankings only rank by liberal arts and national, not both combined. I thought I already said this.
I don't know...these are your opinions that these rankings are off. What are you basing these statements on? "Amherst is probably the best LAC" where did you decide that? I feel like forbes bases their rankings on important traits of colleges that I stated above, traits more important than you thinking one school is better than the other.