Any chance?

<p>I’m a junior at the moment with a 4.0 unweighted GPA.</p>

<p>Classes
Freshman year
-Algebra 2
-Honors Civics
-Honors English
-Honors Chemistry
-Spanish II
-Freshman Band</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
-Honors English 10
-AP European History
-IB Chemistry SL
-PreCalc
-Journalism
-Spanish III
-Wind Ensemble (the top band)</p>

<p>Junior Year
-IB Biology HL
-IB English HL
-IB History of the Americas HL
-Wind Ensemble
-AP Calculus
-Spanish IV
-The school newspaper which is nationally ranked
-Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Senior Year I plan on taking
-IB Bio HL
-IB English HL
-IB History of the Americas HL
-Wind ensemble
-IB Math SL
-IB Spanish HL
-Theory of Knowledge
-school newspaper</p>

<p>-I am completing the IB Diploma which is the most rigorous course in my high school</p>

<p>Sports
-Soccer
-Cross country skiing
-lacrosse</p>

<p>Clubs
-I started the Quidditch Club at the High School
-member of National Honors Society
-Quiz Bowl Team
-Member of Roots and Shoots
-Member of H.E.R.O. volunteer club</p>

<p>Volunteering
-I volunteered at a camp/school for children from troubled homes or homes where their families couldn’t take care of them. I gained 40+ hours of volunteer work from this experience.
-I volunteer at a food shelf and at my nature center
-I am going to volunteer a lot more this year with NHS
-This summer I plan on volunteering at a hospital and am going on a program for 2 weeks to help build orphanages/play with the kids in a Latin American Country</p>

<p>**I know I am lacking a little in volunteering, but I plan to work on that</p>

<p>The two things I am most passionate about are writing and medicine.</p>

<p>I have won national awards for writing and my stories/poems are displayed in several magazines. I will continue to pursue writing and send in my stories to new competitions.</p>

<p>I took the ACT for the first time and scored a 30, but I plan on retaking it and my tutor says I can get a 33. </p>

<p>I took the PSAT, but haven’t received my score yet. </p>

<p>Do I have a chance?</p>

<p>I’m definitely no expert, but I’d say that you have a chance…Amherst is a really tough school to get into, so there are definitely no guarantees, but your stats are very good. Definitely work on your extracurriculars and I think you’ll be a strong applicant.</p>

<p>Does someone who knows a little bit more about Amherst want to weigh in here?</p>