Can someone please help me

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<p>conn college, which is a peer school of bates and hamilton, does a remarkable job (just glancing thru facebook) of grad school placements:</p>

<p>Over the past several years, conn college graduates have been accepted to law schools such as Yale, Harvard, NYU, Georgetown, UVA, Michigan, UConn, Cornell, BC, WUSTL, BU, uc-davis</p>

<p>Recent conn alumni are currently at med schools such as emory, umass, jefferson medical college (several), philly school of osteopathic medicine, uconn, colorado, drexel</p>

<p>also at physicians assistant programs, chiropractic programs</p>

<p>plus all of the arts/science majors currently in PHD programs at yale, harvard, columbia, michigan, uconn, unc, chicago, northwestern, brandeis, emory, wustl, brown, tufts, gw, upenn, cornell, duke, berkeley, uc-san diego, usc.</p>

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<p>Don't rule out Amherst and Williams - (they are very different in environment). Nothing is a sure bet in the admissions game, especially at the elite schools, so don't think that I am saying that you will be accepted, but there is a chance. You have been invited to Diversity Weekend. You know they will pay for you to attend. Amherst is actively seeking high achieving URM's. On the Amherst site they are talking about the weekend, and the fact that of the kids that come, 75% apply, and of those, 75% are accepted. Amherst meets 100% of demonstrated need, as I believe does Williams. When you apply, make sure you really put in a lot of effort into the essays - there are no interviews, so they are critical. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Ln:</p>

<p>Wonderful scores! Yippee! I suggest you retake the SAT in October (and if need be in November for EA/ED. Since you did so well on the SAT-II and on AP-Euro, you should do well on the SAT now that you are more familiar with the format.</p>

<p>Definitely consider Amherst and Williams. Look into Questbridge. It's a scholarship program aimed at URMs and low income students that match students with specific colleges. I think both Amherst and Williams are part of it. I believe Grinnell, too is part of the Questbridge program.</p>

<p>Bates and Bowdoin are trying hard to recruit minorities and they are excellent LACs, two hours away from Boston, so in fact closer than Wlliams. Consider also some Midwestern LACs such as Carleton or Macalester. </p>

<p>Does your school participate in the Posse program? It is a program where students from the same school are sent to the same college so as to provide mutual support. Again, a number of colleges participate in Posse. Google and ask your GC about it. </p>

<p>Good show!</p>

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<p>Fortunately, there are good public alternatives to UM-Amherst for a Massachusetts resident.</p>

<p>Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Worcester State College</p>

<p>Also...
Assumption College (MA)
U of New Hampshire
Mount Holyoke College (Women)(MA)
Richard Stockton College (NJ)
Hood College (MD)
North Carolina Central University
Elon University (NC)
Saint Mary's College of Maryland</p>