Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The Quest Quotient has always interested me more than the Intel… - Eugene S. Wilson

Too often secondary school counselors seem to press academically talented students toward an early vocational choice. We believe more mistakes are made by an early vocational decision than a delayed decision, especially by students who are intellectually gifted and who possess wide interests.

Intelligence test scores and marks in school are not always true indicators of the worth of a student, nor even the power of his intellect.

For generations prior to the last war, the central problem of admissions at Amherst and similar institutions had been one of recruitment—finding enough qualified candidates to fill each entering class. Since 1946, however, the central problem of admissions has increasingly been one of selection— picking the "best" candidates from a great excess of qualified applicants.