A tale of two colleges in Amherst

The physical distance between Amherst College and U. Mass., Amherst is a few miles. The difference in tuition costs is astronomical (so are the professors but at less degree of discrepancy). However, your primary aim to go to Amherst is not to learn a professional skill or meet girls unless you're homo (a boys' college), but to meet the students with the same high social status and a stepping stone to Harvard.