Chance me for Amherst College ED

  • Asian Male
  • 4.28 Weighted, 3.78 UW at very competitive school, class ranking of 25/304
  • Applying as a Philosophy major
  • Varsity Speech and Debate Captain
  • #3 in my state for debate, top 30 in the country
  • taken 5 APs, with 5s on AP Lang, AP World, and AP Studio Art (3's on Chem and APUSH)
  • 1480 SAT Score, 8/6/8 essay score (750 RW, 730 Math)
  • Founded Speech and Debate team at inner-city middle school my sophomore year, over 500 service hours there. Teach classes there bi-weekly, the program was featured in their newsletter/my school newspaper.
  • Founded writing program at that same inner-city school, where seniors from my school mentor the younger kids from there
  • Selected for an Ignatian Scholars Capstone program, an independent research group at my school where we write critical papers (I'm writing mine on psychedelics and Deleuzian philosophy)
  • Internships at multiple debate companies, doing website work/upkeep
  • Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key award for my writing, Honorable Mention for my photography
  • Photography on display at USC