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NO MATTER WHERE YOU DECIDE TO APPLY, AMHERST COLLEGE CAN HELP.
As one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, we know firsthand what the best colleges look for in a student. We know that your potential—not your ability to pay—is the key to accessing a world-class education at highly selective colleges and universities. In turn, these schools offer unparalleled resources and open doors to opportunities around the globe. To make sure that you find the best colleges and to help you navigate the application and financial aid processes, we invite you to join our Telementoring Program. The program, which is free, will connect you to trained mentors who come from backgrounds similar to yours. All mentors are Amherst College students. Many of them are the first in their families to attend college—all of them needed substantial financial aid. |
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| They’re available to help you research colleges, complete applications, and select the offer that’s right for you. You’ll communicate with them by e-mail, telephone, instant messenger, and even old-fashioned postal mail.
HOW CAN TELEMENTORING HELP ME?
Telementoring addresses four stages of the college application process:
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COLLEGE SEARCH: Telementors can help you discover what’s out there, including schools that you might not even know exist. They can help you decide what you’re looking for in a school and teach you how to assess which ones match your interests and personality.
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APPLICATION: Telementors can assist you with all aspects of the application process. Their expertise ranges from how to construct a strong application essay to how to obtain a fee waiver.
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FINANCIAL AID: Telementors help you navigate the FAFSA, PROFILE and other financial aid applications. They also can help you interpret and compare financial aid offers, including loans and scholarships.
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ADJUSTMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES: Telementors can answer any questions you have about daily life at a highly selective college. Whether you want to know about the workload or how people dress, you have a peer to ask.
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its inception, the Telementoring Program has had successful results
with its mentees:
Known
College Matriculations for Class of 2011 Mentees |
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Amherst |
3 |
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Pomona |
1 |
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Stanford |
3 |
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Purdue |
1 |
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Brown |
2 |
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TCU |
1 |
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Dartmouth |
2 |
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U.S. Military Academy |
1 |
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Harvard |
2 |
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UC Irvine |
1 |
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Princeton |
2 |
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UC Riverside |
1 |
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UCLA |
2 |
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University of Pennsylvania |
1 |
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Bentley |
1 |
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University of Richmond |
1 |
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Bowdoin |
1 |
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University of Washington |
1 |
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Community College in Mississippi |
1 |
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University North Carolina Chapel Hill |
1 |
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Hobart |
1 |
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Vassar |
1 |
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Miami (OH) |
1 |
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Wake Forest |
1 |
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MIT |
1 |
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Wesleyan |
1 |
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Mount Holyoke |
1 |
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Yale |
1 |
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