Amherst chances (ps i like you)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>white male champion of mediocrity</p>

<p>ACT
Composite 34
English 35
Math 34
Reading 30 (I got a 32 earlier)
Science 35
Writing 12</p>

<p>SATII
World History: 750
American History: 740
Literature: 690
(retaking, hoping for huge improvement in US History)</p>

<p>AP
5 x 5 (World History, US History, European History, English Language, Human Geography); 3 x 1 (French Language) </p>

<p>Took 2 classes at community college during summer (A A)</p>

<p>Rank 35 / 955 (= top 4%)
“extremely-competitive-well-known-elitist-superiotycompexesque- public” </p>

<p>Year 1:
Honors English I A / B
Honors French II A / A
Honors Debate I A / A
AP Human Geography A / A
Honors Algebra A / B
Honors Biology B / A
Student Senate A / A
Classical Theatre A / A</p>

<p>Year 2:
Honors English II B / A
Honors French III A / A
Honors Debate II A / A
AP World History A / A
Honors Geometry B / B
Honors Algebra II B / B
Modern Chemistry A / A
Desktop Journalism A / A</p>

<p>Year 3:
AP English Language B / B
AP French Literature IV A / A
Honors Debate III A / A
AP US History A / A
AP European History A / A
Honors Pre-Calculus B / B
Honors Physics B / B </p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English Literature IV
AP French Language V
Honors Debate IV
AP United States Gov’t
AP Comparative Gov’t
AP Psychology
AP Microeconomics
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>ecs</p>

<p>speech/debate

  • qualified to nfl nationals 5 times in 3 years; placed in various main/supplementary events (7th, 6th, 4th ((I would tell you more, but i like my privacy)))
  • placed 4 times at state tournament including a state championship
  • won a major national tournament several events.
  • won 1st place 15+ local tournaments</p>

<p>debate captain 4 years
president of young democrats
president of french honor society
vice-president of njhs
representative to student body
founded a political periodical-y thing and supervise its publication/(limited) distribution
voted best leader by student body
placed in a random writing competition
summer leadership thingie
recommended/attended some elitist economics camp (shut up)
placed in top 5 / 700 competitors in state french competition in three separate events
invited to a french business symposium thingie
various volunteer work for local candidates
hater of capitalization</p>

<p>recs are good. essays should be good (hopefully).</p>

<p>heres the thing: i have a ridiculous amount of b’s. this will undoubtedly hurt me. what can i do?</p>

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<p>Well, I'm going to beat everyone to the punch and say "Amherst is at least a slight reach for everyone" and "elite schools are always an admissions crap shoot".</p>

<p>Moving on....</p>

<p>I think the fact that you have a lot of B's is countered somewhat by your high rank in your school. If its prestige is as high as you claim it to be, top 4% is impressive. If there is any reason in particular you have some of these B's, especially the junior year ones, feel free to add a short (read: short) note explaining yourself. Your speech ECs look good, but could be a downfall in that they're probably going to look for your essays to stand out. Maybe I'm being too nit-picky on that though.</p>

<p>Not that you can help it, but your race and gender are not strong draws for a diversity seeking school such as Amherst, but hey, we need SOME white people, right?</p>

<p>Overall, you look pretty strong. Emphasize your passion for speech-debate, and don't freak about the B's. For an 'elite' HS, Bs are ok sometimes. Especially in subjects you may struggle a bit in or aren't as decidated to. But again, everything is a crap shoot with schools like Amherst. Good luck.</p>