Chance me for Amherst College

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>I’m applying to Amherst College regular decision. I’m a legacy. I know that it’s a reach school but I want to see whether I have any shot whatsoever.</p>

<p>SATs
Total: 2210
Math: 680
Reading: 740
Writing: 790</p>

<p>ACTs
33, with my highest score in math and my lowest in writing</p>

<p>SAT 2s
Biology: 740
Lit: 730</p>

<p>APs
Bio: 5
Lit: 5</p>

<p>GPA (not including senior year):
Weighted: 3.81
Unweighted: 3.75</p>

<p>Senior Year:
Very rigorous course schedule. Getting all As and A-s except for a B in AP French.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, publicity editor of literary magazine, writes for school newspaper, does school shows, works at my Hebrew school, was a camp counselor this summer, national merit scholar commended</p>

<p>I think my essays (the common app one and the supplemental one) were pretty solid. </p>

<p>Opinions? Please?</p>

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<p>Grades: could be better
Test scores: SATI lopsided towards writing. 33 ACT is good. SATIIs are decent.
ECs: Nothing all that interesting imho, but I could be wrong. Perhaps I’m used to seeing kids overstate their ECs.</p>

<p>Overall you’ve got a good shot. Idk how much legacy status helps at Amherst but I suppose it certainly can’t hurt. </p>

<p>Percentage wise, I’d give you a 55% chance. But that literally means nothing.</p>

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<p>Thank you :]. I know my grades could be better but I think my senior year grades will bring it up. I have some other extracurriculars too but they were kind of hard to explain so I just left them off. And I know my SATs are lopsided towards writing but hopefully since my ACTs are the exact opposite it will balance out. Thanks again for chancing me!</p>