Amherst College 2021 RD Discussion Thread

Haha yeah applying to a handful of colleges makes you dread all the financial documents you have to seek out. I tried to finish all of mine in December, and I did, by telling myself that the deadline is Jan 1st.

I’m from Pakistan. @sodiumpunny

Oh yeah I’m also international @sodiumpunny. From Nigeria

@LisaMK @munit123 I’m from India! Hope to see you guys this September. What do you think about your chances?

@sodiumpunny You can never be too sure haha. I’m just basing it on hope, that has worked for me so far.

@sodiumpunny Hey! we are neighbors. I don’t know, I think I have a chance. Have you guys seen the video on youtube, the one that takes you inside the admissions decision room at Amherst?

@munit123 If anyone is getting in it’s you!

@Lisa MK Haha thanks. Yeah I’ve seen that video.

yeah i saw that video. not gonna lie i was a bit scared by it

@LisaMK @allima @munit123 That Bloomberg one? Every time I convince myself I have a chance I see that video and realize that I’m not a first chair orchestra or someone with a family at Harvard or that I haven’t overcome any major circumstances and that scares me.

@sodiumpunny yeah the bloomberg one and same honestly haha
one applicant had a 6.5 on a 4.0 scale and that’s when I knew I stood no chance lol

@sodiumpunny yup! the Bloomberg one. It’s pretty scary! Has anyone here applied to Williams too?

That one is actually terrifying haha. I almost applied to Williams!

@sodiumpunny I sent in scans of payslips other documents and they seem to have accepted them!

@greenstudent That’s great! Did your portal get updated? Mine didn’t and I sent these documents several days ago

Mine got updated about 2 days after I submitted those

@sodiumpunny it now says ‘received’ so I guess so, I sent mine on Thursday morning (UK time) and I checked yesterday

Does anyone know when RD decisions tend to come out? The website says around April 1st but I imagine it’s a little earlier than that.

I think the last Friday in March.

Does anyone know when decisions came out last year?

I think they’ll come on the 31st of March. At least for the international students it will.