Amherst College Transfer Thread 2017-2018

Hello, I have recently submitted my application to Amherst via the CommonApp. I am a bit nervous because I REALLY want to go there… So yeah, if you transferred to AC from a community college, please feel to comment below. If you submitted your transfer application as well, please comment below :slight_smile:

I applied to transfer as well!

Awesome! Now the wait begins!

I applied also. Applying for computer science.

Oh forgot to mention: applying from a top 40 four-year college–not cc. Hoping to transfer so I can major in English while staying on the premed track (current school’s English department is rather lackluster)

Hello friends! I applied as a transfer. Lets get this thread going as acceptance/declinations begin to arrive within the next few weeks. Here is my information:

White Male, 21 years old.
Currently at UC Berkeley

College GPA: Around 3.7
Major: English/Comparative Literature/Creative Writing/German (something in there…)
E.C’s:
-Arts Journalism for the Daily Californian
-Tutoring
-Writing
Letters of Rec are fantastic
Essays are also quite good

H.S:
Small private, selective CA H.S
3.8 ish GPA (no class ranking)
SAT: I think 2300 SuperScore
5-6 AP’s
E.C’s:
-Ed-Tech startup company
-Model UN
-Peninsula Bridge Program (Teaching underprivileged middle schoolers during the summer, 3 summers. Taught Art, Math, Science in that order)
-private tutor
-Theology Department Award
-Science Department Award, x2
-RPI $60,000 STEM scholarship in junior year

I was just accepted to NYU for the Fall, and also applied to Williams and Swarthmore.

@SimpleSimulation – As a fellow Californian, let me congratulate you in advance for escaping the UC system.

not an active thread but —> got the amherst email today. decisions on or before May 15th. What’s up w/ this lack of precision w/ release dates lmao. i remember reg. decision was like “you guys get emails THIS week!!!”

I glanced at previous threads and it looks like they usually release within the following week of that email

I visited them last month, it’s a really nice school.

Decisions released.

Rejected. :frowning:

Rejected here as well. 18/450+ is pretty insane.

Hey guys. Haven’t been on here in a while but I just got my decision too – waitlisted. Anyone else get the same result? Anything we can do to up the chances of getting in off the waitlist?

I’m in. They called me “distinguished” haha never been called that before

@Funk_Vet Congrats!

Thanks!

@gluttonousoyster Waitlisted too :confused:

@gluttonousoyster @weirdfishes95 waitlisted three. Congrats to those accepted! :slight_smile:

@Funk_Vet Congratulations! I’m sure you’re quite a distinguished individual haha! @gluttonousoyster @weirdfishes95 @milkshakezzz I have also been waitlisted. Did you guys send a letter of continued interest? I sent one and am eagerly anticipating a change in my application status.