<p>Congratulations omarp120! Hopefully all of us Common App people will hear back soon and join you! :)</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS Omarp! :D<br>
Did Amherst notify you through email or express mail?</p>
<p>Hi everyone! Another ED-er here (also another international student!) I attend a ridiculously competitive international school in Shanghai, and I would love to study philosophy, classics, and political science (all of which will get me amazing jobs in the future, ofc). If all things go well, I hope to never pick up a math/science textbook ever again (ap calculus was a traumatizing process, to say the least).</p>
<p>Fullmetal01 mentioned backups, so I’m curious - what are everyone’s top 5 schools? And why did you decide on Amherst in the end?</p>
<p>(on a side note, fullmetal alchemist is the most amazing anime of all animes, and I am glad that if we all get in, I will not be alone in indulging in my fobby tendencies xD)</p>
<p>and Omarp, congratulations! Hopefully we’ll all be able to follow your footsteps, haha.</p>
<p>Congratulations omarp!! That’s awesome! 
and lol guys, I love fullmetal alchemist. And Thundercats O.o</p>
<p>@ilatte, I’m applying to Vassar, Brown, Kenyon, Swarthmore, suny new paltz, and franklin&marshall. I really did like Vassar but for me none of these compare to amherst. From all the research i did on amherst I hoped it was the one, and when I stepped on campus I knew it was the one. Amherst is just perfect and I love it, now I’ve just got to wait and see what Dec. 15 brings, haha! Super nervous x.x</p>
<p>LittleMissPink, omarp was admitted through Questbridge, so was notified through them.</p>
<p>Oh I see… Thanks GA2012MOM! Wow, I am getting crazy nervous now… we find out next week :x</p>
<p>Hi ilatte! 
If Amherst doesn’t work out, I will apply to Middlebury, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Rice, Williams, Wellesley, and others… </p>
<p>@3pidgeons, it was almost the reverse for me! I visited first without having done any research and I didn’t have much interest at the time. As soon as I took the tour, I fell in love and have been obsessed since I really love everything about Amherst but I just hope I don’t feel completely left out because I’m terrible at sports… hahahha. But I’m sure I’ll make do. </p>
<p>Fingers crossed for everybody!</p>
<p>3pigeons, I loved Vassar too! It’s my second choice. I’m also applying to Bard, Hamilton, Skidmore, and Muhlenberg</p>
<p>@ilatte , my top 5 are Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Vassar and Carleton …I chose Amherst because of what I learned from the website and my friends. I did a lot of research on it as well and it turned out to be the ideal college for me. It’s setting, academics, programs and everything is just super awesome to me. And hell yeah, FMA’s awesome xD …by the way, I’m an international student from Bangladesh, any idea how many internationals applied ED from China ?</p>
<p>@3pigeons : I love thundercats too ! And actually I like quite a lot of other anime besides FMA as well lol</p>
<p>@LittleMissPink : I’m terrible at sports as well, so you won’t get left out. I have a feeling everyone here, if admitted are gonna get along great with each other :)</p>
<p>If US applicants get notified by express mail, and international students (living outside the US) get notified by both e-mail and express mail, I’m guessing the ED decision might come out on the 12th. Not sure, but I think I read in some other thread that decisions coming out on the 12th happened before</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!
Questbridge contacted me and I should get my formal admission packet by the 15th. I’ll join the anime club when i’m sure I have everything else balanced out XD.
If I hadn’t matched with Amherst, Swarthmore would’ve been my next choice.
@Ellie512 Skidmore is awesome, they have the best food by far.</p>
<p>woahhh i thought I was the only Anime and Manga loving person around :o
Full Metal Alchemist is awesome ! other then that the Mangas of One Piece and Naruto are pretty cool (please tell me you like em.Iknowalotofpeoplewhodont)</p>
<p>Well backups have to be pretty strategic because most of the students get deffered into regular decision if they don’t make it through ED. However the people who don’t make the minimum mark get rejected. So my choices on backup generally revolve around whether Im deffered or rejected. Im really confident about my stats… but you never know.</p>
<p>@omarp: CONGRATS!!! </p>
<p>btw does ping-pong count as a sport at amherst ? :p</p>
<p>@fullmetal01: yayyy I’m not alone I really hope we all get in!! I also heard last year’s applicants heard back around the 12th but I hope we get it through email first so I can check during school haha</p>
<p>@omarp120: Did you freak out when you got accepted? I’m so nervous akjdaklskldal</p>
<p>I have to be honest here. I’ve never heard of any type of anime before reading this thread. It’s like a whole new world when I googled those titles…I still might be afraid of the anime section at B&N, but I think I can appreciate it now.</p>
<p>When I did my East Coast tour, I knew I would love Swarthmore and Middlebury. Amherst was the “why not? we’re in the area” college, and as it poured down rain on the tour, I realized I really loved it too. My other two favorites are Reed and Conn College. But Amherst just felt like #1 with Midd and Swat at #1.001 :)</p>
<p>Good luck to us all! Hopefully, the mighty Lord Jeff will grant us entry!</p>
<p>@omarp120 : I really wish I can join you in the anime club lol</p>
<p>@blindsided : yup, I love One Piece and Naruto , as you can see, you’re not the only 
Yup, I sure hope ping pong, and martial arts count as sports…I’m really into those ! I think my stats are above average but not stellar, but I have participated at international Olympiads. Do those count much ?</p>
<p>@LittleMissPink : yup, email’s super convenient…and I don’t know about you, but I’m freaking out already xD</p>
<p>@bosanskijezik : looks like being exposed to new things in college have already started for you …and I sure hope there will be a lot of people and things that I can learn about as well …and fingers crossed for the application outcome !</p>
<p>@bosanskijezik: You and I are on the same boat! Some of my friends are into anime but I am more of a Korean drama person 
But I’m open to new things so why not? :)</p>
<p>@Fullmetal01: Oh man I’ve been freaking out since the day I visited Amherst and it has only been getting worse as decision day approaches 
i CANNOT concentrate on anything unrelated to Amherst… sigh. I wish the decision would come out on Thursday or Friday like Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn :/</p>
<p>@LittleMissPink : …and here I thought I was one of those few anime fans that like Korean and Japanese drama as well as anime and manga (korean manga included) … yeah, I’m pretty messed up lol …and I know what you mean, I’ve been logging onto my “My Amherst” account and browsing through stuff just to ease my anxiety… for like, 5 times or more a day :/</p>
<p>@Fullmetal01 I can totally relate to constantly checking my “My Amherst” account. It’s really addictive! </p>
<p>@LittleMissPink I can’t concentrate on anything else either =/. I have heard that more schools might release the ED decisions on Friday though because the admission office will be closed and people that get rejected won’t be able to call haha… BUT! If not, only 10 days =O</p>
<p>@Fullmetal01: Psshh you’re not messed up I think we would get along pretty well The only thing on “My Amherst” is the status of our application material right? Nothing ever changes but I still log on ACData all the time haha</p>
<p>@Ellie512: SERIOUSLY?! Whoaa I don’t know if this is good or bad hahahaha… But why would the admission office be closed? This is news to me! Thanks for sharing :)</p>
<p>@Fullmetal: You cant really go wrong with extracurricular activities , I think its more about where your passion lies and what sets you apart.</p>
<p>quick question does everyone watch the animes and read the mangas In Japanese like I do or does everyone read them in the translated version ? (This Amherst ED 2016 thread is now a anime and manga fan club thread ) </p>
<p>Can all of you still access your amherst accounts ?? :o I cant at all !! Its been that way for a while now…I thought it was because my application was complete. Was my application thrown out the window :/</p>
<p>@basically everyone lol: I haven’t really watched much anime/read much manga…even though I’m a huge fan of Pokemon Oh and in 6th grade I read Fruits Basket! hehe that’s pretty much the extent of my familiarity with the genre…
Oh and my friend introduced me to kpop this summer, but I only know Girls’ Generation lol</p>
<p>@blindsided: Hmm I can still access both my Amherst and my ACDATA account…that’s weird :?</p>
<p>@bluecannary… I used to collect Pokemon cards when I was 13ish…but somehow down the road it just lost its appeal lol On a more serious issue…I tried again just now and its not working for me…even though I changed my password and all :/</p>