http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/tags/admissions/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:07 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admissions http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/admissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/admissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/admissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:07 -0700 <p>Amherst College has <a href="http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/current/news/view.php?year=2007-2008&amp;issue=22&amp;section=news&amp;article=01">record number</a> of applicants: <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In what many call the most grueling college admissions year ever, Amherst College finally sent out 1,096 letters of admittance to the class of 2012. The College accepted 14.2 percent of all first-year applicants (including early decision), a considerable decrease from last year’s acceptance rate of 18 percent. The College admitted 85 fewer students than it did last year, out of a record large applicant pool (17 percent bigger than last year) in an effort to offset this past year’s unexpectedly large first-year class.</span></span></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/admissions.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398f866b30005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> admissions amherst college