Amherst DIVOH 2017

Anyone apply? When do decisions come out? Good luck to everyone!

I was wondering this too. Just got into Discover Swat so hoping for Amherst.

Based on last year’s thread, I think late August is when decisions get released-- around August 29th last year I think. Hopefully it’ll be sooner because Discover Swat requires a response by August 27th and they overlap this year for the October dates!

Did anyone call/email Amherst and find out when we are getting our decisions?

Decisions are out–rejected. Really thought I’d get this one. For those who were accepted, can you please list stats? Thanks!

Yes!! i got in!!
Stats for future applicants

3.98 UW GPA 1550 SAT(750 English), 4s and 5s on 9 APs, taking 6 APs senior year.
ORM, and 30k income.

Got rejected from Windows on Williams,
got into DiscoSwat, Amherst, and Rice! Yes!!

I got in, too!

Stats
99.4 W GPA, 31 ACT Composite, 3s,4s, on 5 APs (basically all school offers),
Income: 180k(its high for a fly in, but I’m a URM, plus my mom lost her job last year for a period of time)
Female

Rejected: WOW, and Discover Swarthmore

Accepted: Wash U, Rice SOAR, and Amherst

Also, my senior schedule is 3 APs and 2 Dual Enrollment courses, so I think that helped. Best Wishes to those who didn’t get in. I think all of us are dedicated and will do great in the college admissions process.

Hi, I was rejected, but they gave me a fee waiver for the regular application. I was wondering if they did this for everyone they rejected?

I got accepted too!

100.5 W gpa, 35 ACT, Mostly 4/5’s on 8 AP exams (one 3)
Income: 23k for family of 5
URM
Female

Accepted: MIT WISE, Windows on Williams, Discover Swarthmore
Rejected: None so far
Still Waiting on: Pomona
Might apply to: Harvey Mudd FAST(couple hours to decide lol)/Wesleyan TAP

Accepted!! Sept dates.
4.0 UW GPA, 34 ACT, 800 SAT II MATH II , didn’t report ap scores since I sent my application early
URM, Low income, rural community, female

Accepted: WOW, WashU, DiscoSwat
Rejected: none (waiting on Wellesley and Discover UChicago)

Congrats to everyone who made it!

Accepted!!!
3.9 UW, 31 ACT (relatively low for Amherst applicants so take that hint), 710 US History, 560 Literature Subject Test, URM (African American), QB CPS
Accepted: Rice SOAR,
Rejected: WOW
Waiting on: Pomona, John Hopkins, Emory

Accepted: WOW, Amherst, SOAR
Rejected: MIT WISE (I did E2@MIT)
Waiting on: UChicago, JHU, Columbia, Harvey Mudd, UPenn, WPI, RPI, Tufts, Pomona, Emory, Brandeis, and others

1550 SAT(800M, 750ERW), 750 SAT Physics, 790 SAT Math 1, 95.22 GPA, Leadership roles in 5 ECs
5 AP Exams (most I could take in my school) with all 4’s but one 3
Senior Year: AP Government and Poltics, AP Calculus, AP Physics C, AP English Literature, AP Spanish

Black Male, Low-income, not 1st gen

Also accepted.

My “specs” cause I guess we’re listing them:

4.0 UW GPA, 4.37 W GPA
5 on all 9 AP Exams
1580 SAT (780 R&W, 800 M; superscored)
800 SAT II Bio M

Income: $160k (umc, relatively high for this program)
URM (Vietnamese), refugee family, 1st gen American

IMO this is a bit lacking to provide a holistic picture, but hopefully future applicants may find it helpful.

Also, can others chime in more about the other programs being listed? I only know about DIVOH, and learned about it rather late as well.

@ssn365

http://getmetocollege.org/what-colleges-look-for/2017-fall-diversity-visit-programs

http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/college-fly-in-diversity-programs/

I got in! I turned it in 2 minutes before the deadline lol. Anyways, here are the specs.

ACT: 31
SAT: 1430 (740 M, 690 R)
AP: Bio(4), APUSH(3), Lang/Comp(3)
UW GPA: 3.72, W GPA: 4.12
Female, URM, 90k income, immigrant, first generation college
Taking 3 AP’s next year

I was kinda surprised I got in cause of my low gpa actually.

Waiting on: JHU, Pomona, Pitzer, Vassar, Emory

@OHMomof2 Thanks!

Accepted for October, most likely won’t attend.
118.83 W GPA, 30 ACT, 4s/5s on 9 APs ( one 3)
URM, 60k income for 8 people, first gen American
Accepted: Windows on Williams, DiscoSwat, Washington & Lee, WashU
Rejected: Rice SOAR ( I applied even though I live 30 min away lol)
Waiting on: UChicago, UPenn, Middlebury, JHU, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Emory

Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! I have the numbers for last year:

930 applied, 175 attended (~19%). Of those who attended, 127 applied to Amherst and 90 were admitted, of whom 32 (35.6%) matriculated. That puts the acceptance rate for DIVOH students at 70.9%.

They also admitted 42 who were not accepted to the fly-in but were later admitted to the Class of 2021.

Wondering why the 37 students got rejected?