1. Percentage of prospective first-years who applied online to Amherst in 2003: 33
2. Percentage who applied online in 2008: 89
3. By the end of August 2008, number of members of the Amherst Class of ’12 Facebook group: 432
4. Total number of students in the Class of ’12: 440
5. Number of first-years who brought desktop computers to campus this year: 14
6. Total number of students who have landline phone service on campus this year: 5
7. Average number of e-mails received on campus each day: 180,000
8. Percentage of e-mail that arrives on campus that is spam: 94
Source: Amherst College Department of Information Technology