Chance a Spring 2013 Transfer Hopeful

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>I applied to Amherst during freshman admissions, and I was unfortunately rejected, but I think it was for the best. I’ve learned more about myself by pushing past the initial rejections and excelling at my current school than I would have being accepted outright. That being said, Amherst is still the dream. Would anyone care to chance me? I plan to apply for Spring 2013 admission. I apologize for the length.</p>

<p>Stats:
Current School: Four year University of California Campus
College GPA: 3.95
Status: First Year and beginning my second year this fall.
Courses:</p>

<p>1’st Quarter
Calculus I-A
Pre-History and Modern Foundations-A+
History of Popular Music-A+
First Year Chinese-A-</p>

<p>2’nd Quarter
Calculus Honors-A
Classical and Medieval Traditions-A
Microeconomics-A
Intro to East Asian Art-A</p>

<p>3’rd Quarter
Macroeconomics-A+
Financial Accounting-A+
Calculus II Honors-A-
New Ideas and Cultural Encounters 1300-1750-A+
Economics Seminar-No grade
Freshman Honors Seminar-No grade</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:

  1. Vice President of Financial Professional’s Network (Goal of connecting alumni in consulting and finance with talented undergraduates through mentorship process)
  2. Vice President of International Journal (Organized campus wide discussion panels on current issues)
  3. Business Council Officer (Worked with Career Services Center, Business School, and Business clubs to provide better unity on campus)
  4. Student foundation Investment Committee Officer (Managed a portfolio of investments for school endowment)
  5. Undergraduate Investment Society Officer (Worked on the research team to educate the UCSD community on financial and economic issues)
  6. Summer Internship at a Private Equity Advisory Firm (Worked on client deliverables and advisement in the energy sector)
  7. Financial Accounting TA- (Starting in the Fall)</p>

<p>Significant awards:

  1. Deans List
  2. Rising Leaders Economics Scholarship (Sponsored by UCSD Economics Department)-First and only Freshman accepted.</p>

<p>High School:
IB Diploma Recipient and 6 AP tests taken.
GPA: 4.5 weighted;3.5 unweighted.
Rank: 24/750 or top 3%
ACT: 34/36
Significant Extracurriculars:
Undersecretary General of MUN on Campus
Board of Directors Member for Local Little League
Played football for two years and then came on as assistant coach and film technician for last two years (40 hr per week job)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White and Native American (No blood card though :/)
Both of my parents attended college but did not graduate.</p>

<p>Thanks for your time.</p>

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<p>Well you certainly have proven that you can achieve a high GPA when you put your mind to it. What do you have to do to register with the tribe?</p>

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<p>I am Lakota Sioux on my Dad’s side, but I don’t have enough blood quanta to register. I believe the requirement is 1/4, and I am 1/16. I’ve marked it on my application, but I don’t think it will matter much without tribal enrollment. We shall see I suppose.</p>

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<p>Any chances? Do I even have one? If it helps, I am also low income >50k AGI.</p>

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<p>From the College Board from 2011:
Total students who applied for transfer: 502
Transfers admitted percentage: 4.0%
Transfers admitted: 22
You have an excellent profile - go for it. You are at a great school now, so you have nothing to lose.</p>

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<p>2012 Fall transfers (Source: Amherst College)
Applied: 512
Accepted: Less than four percent (number of admits was not stated)</p>

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<p>So, I am assuming that the message to take away is that at this level it’s ultimately a game of roulette with only slightly better odds. The statistics are disheartening, but I’ll try anyway.</p>

8

<p>Good luck, Tungtied!</p>

9

<p>Did you ever get in?</p>

10

<p>I would bet it’s too soon. Normally they would start in September so the news will come out only around May, June time.</p>