Amherst ED 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>Accepted:</p>

<p>High School: Rural, not competitive
Rank: 4/52
GPA (W): 103.72
State: Texas
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian/Native American
Personal Life: Low income (20,000 yearly), married parents, no siblings, no work experience, also live with my grandparents. </p>

<p>ACT: Composite:31, Reading: 35, English: 33, Science: 27, Math: 25
SAT: Composite: 1790 (so scores weren’t that impressive)
EC’s: Spanish Club, National Honor Society, FCCLA, helping my grandparents on a daily basis</p>

<p>Recommendations: Asked two teachers who loved me and had great writing skills
Essays: Awesome. The best work I’ve ever done.
Intended Major: English and undecided</p>

<p>As you can see, my EC’s are pretty lacking, but I tried to demonstrate to the committee that I plan to be more involved once I have more opportunities.</p>

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<p>Highschool: Urban, very competitive.
Rank: 2/104
GPA: Weighed 4.0
Country: Uruguay (South America)
Ethnicity: White/Latino
SAT: 760M 720 CR 700W
SAT II: American History: 710 MathI:680
6 IB courses.
4 Higher Level: Economics, English, Literature, History
Reccomendations: Mind blowing :stuck_out_tongue:
Essays: Very good.
EC’s:Editor of monthly publication, Youth leader in juvenile organization, international volunteer for the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, Class president. </p>

<p>Extremely happy :smiley: !!!</p>

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<p>hey I was wondering I applied rd but did i hav to send my 1st quarter grades as well?</p>