Amherst Urban Legends

Amherst has such a large endowment that it can afford to purchase absolutely anything for its students.

That the rivalry between Amherst and Williams Colleges actually stems from genuine reasons, and not from manufactured and made up ones.

That the hardest thing about Amherst is getting admitted. Once that's accomplished, it's easy to get high grades because of the massive grade inflation here.

Parties at Smith and Holyoke are only attended by hot, voluptuous, and naked females.