Behind The Scenes: How Do You Get Into Amherst? : NPR

Behind The Scenes: How Do You Get Into Amherst?

Admissions committees at selective colleges sometimes have to plow through thousands of applications to choose the members of next year's freshman class. The committee at Amhest College in Mass., will accept only 1,000 of the more than 8,000 students who applied.

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134916924/Amherst-Admissions-Process