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Which Failed Amherst Mascot Are You?

Choose a pair of adjectives that describe you.

What can you be found doing on a Friday or Saturday night?

Choose your favorite musical artist or group.

Known to be among the most intelligent of all birds, hawks have exceptional vision and impressive hunting skills. As noted by alumni and students alike, many different hawk species can be spotted in the Pioneer Valley, especially during spring and fall migrations. And you want to be just like them, flighty, fun, and high up in the sky. According to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, “hawks seem to provide the most pleasure and excitement when they are in the air, soaring, gliding, flapping, or stooping in awesome aerial displays.” So go on out there, you flappy little socialite.

Valley Hawk

Known for their keen senses, intelligence and power, wolves collaborate and care for one another in packs, but they can also represent individuality and independence. You are a leader, but also have a deep understanding of your true angsty and "misunderstood" self. While you thrive on intelligence, you sometimes forget how the real world operates.

Wolf

Without embodying any single poet, this idea celebrates multiple poets who have taught, studied, or written poetry in association with the College or town of Amherst. “Fighting Poets” draws attention to the way that Amherst is invested in the literary tradition through its teaching of the liberal arts and the setting it provides for expression. And you only strive to be the next one. You are artsy yet surprisingly loud and definitely own a pair of clear-frame glasses.

Fighting Poet

“Purple has always been considered emblematic of royalty and leadership,” wrote one proponent of this finalist—and it has long been proudly associated with Amherst: The 1871 publication Student Life at Amherst College notes that purple and white have been the College’s colors since April 30, 1868, in accordance with a student vote. And you appreciate all of this data nonsense. You're a good friend and listener but somewhat boring to talk to when left to your own devices. You are a no-nonsense person and it really shows...in a good way, we promise.

Purple & White

The moose is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is its largest and heaviest extant species. Just like you, the moose is rare and misunderstood. You're quirky, don't give two shits, and just want to be free to live your life.

Moose

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