Don’t Settle for ‘Amherst College Average’

In the spring of 2013 I shook Biddy’s hand and received my diploma and cane. I had graduated in four years, I had made lifelong friends and I would join an investment bank later that summer. I was “Amherst College Average.” Clearly being average at Amherst is not remotely a bad position to be in. If you’re an Amherst College student, you are almost certainly talented, creative and intelligent. You’ve forged meaningful friendships and you’ll have no trouble securing a lucrative and/or fulfillin