Amherst RD chances

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

<p>Ethnicity: Korean</p>

<p>SAT I: 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 USH, ~750 Math 2, ~730 Lit</p>

<p>Grades: All A’s since grade 9, except for grade 9 French (B+); accumulative GPA is ~93%</p>

<p>Rank: ~3-5 out of 135</p>

<p>**Grade 12 courses:<a href=“hardest%20load,%20no%20spare%20blocks”>/b</a> AP Calculus AB, Physics 12, Lit 12, Chemistry 12, AP European History, Spanish 12, Religious Studies 12 (mandatory), Accelerated English 12</p>

<p>EC’s</p>

<ul>
<li>Football (4 yrs., major time taker-upper, ~20 hrs/week)</li>
<li>Senior Concert Band; hornist, soloist (4 yrs.)</li>
<li>Senior Jazz Band; pianist (3 yrs.)</li>
<li>Inklings, school literary club (3 yrs.)</li>
<li>School newspaper (senior editor in gr. 12)</li>
<li>Piano: classical, pop, jazz (10 yrs.)</li>
<li>Volunteer for disabled seniors, at UBC Hospital (2 yrs.)</li>
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<p>Leadership</p>

<ul>
<li>Founder and chief organizer of my school’s first film festival (I’m still in the process of organizing it to take place at school year’s end… I came up with the idea while I was in grade 11)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards/Honours</p>

<ul>
<li>President’s Honour Society (gr. 9 – 11)</li>
<li>3rd highest GPA (gr. 11)</li>
<li>Top Academic Award (Varsity Football, gr. 11)</li>
<li>Man for Our Times Award (kind of like an NHS award) (gr. 11)</li>
<li>Highly Commended Award from Commonwealth Essay Society (gr. 11)</li>
<li>First place in Literary Arts Competition for Vancouver Teens (gr. 11)</li>
<li>Silver Award in Hypatia Math Contest (gr. 11)</li>
<li>Top 25% finish in Pascal (gr. 9) and Cayley (gr. 10) math contests (Univ of - Waterloo math contests)</li>
</ul>

<p>Misc.</p>

<ul>
<li>Football program is the best in the province (JV champs in 2003, Varsity runner-ups in 2004)</li>
<li>Jazz band won a Gold rating at MusicFest Canada (2004), which is Canada’s biggest band festival</li>
<li>Prospective major: English/Literature</li>
</ul>

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<p>Rejected.</p>

<p>Now go somewhere else! You are hurting my chances.</p>

<p>How do you get 93% GPA with one B+?</p>

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How do you get 93% GPA with one B+?

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<p>I don't quite understand. Is 93 too high, or too low? </p>

<p>In Canadian schools, 86%+ is an A. I'm telling you, some American schools either have the biggest bookworms in the world, or suffer from the biggest grade inflation. I've seen some CCers who have 98% averages who aren't even top 5 in their grade.</p>

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<p>I think I should rethink my application to Amherst now.</p>

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<p>On the serious side, Canada, your chances are very good. Your stats are wonderful! But there is never an absolute to any elite school. Work hard on your essays. Go ahead, apply and I hope you are a member of the class of 2010.</p>