Amherst College

 

Amherst College 

Amherst, MA 

Acceptance Rate: 14.3% 

SAT/ACT 25th Percentile: SAT 1990; ACT 30 

SAT/ACT 75th Percentile: SAT 2300; ACT 34 

Amherst, established in 1821, attempted to rapidly set up itself as a school that opened its ways to every qualified understudy, regardless of their experiences. The College's first African-American understudy graduated in 1826, and the first Japanese understudy to move on from a Western school graduated in 1870. In 1871, an individual from the trustees expressed, "If a lady is completely qualified, [Amherst's] entryways will be interested in her." Unfortunately, it wasn't until 1962 that the school started contracting ladies as residency track educators, and until 1975 to wind up coeducational.

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