Chance me for Amherst

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Amherst is probably my top choice. I’m a Junior now but i’m done with testing and all. You should know my high school is VERY good so i’m in a pool (for class rank) of a bunch of other academically driven kids.

Race- white
Dual citizenship with Italy, US citizen/resident
GPA- currently 4.3 Weighted, not weighted 3.8
ACT- 35 (got same scores in everything basically)
Class rank- unknown, probably top 10%
Italian Subject SAT- 770
APs- probably 9

Course load (just honors/AP)
Freshman:
AP World History
Adv. Geometry
Adv. Bio

Sophomore:
AP Psych (taken as an extra course subbed for an elective)
Honors Chem
Honors French 3
Honors US History
Avd. Algebra 2
Avd. English

Junior:
AP Lang. & Comp
AP Bio
APUSH
Honors French 3
Avd. Pre Calc

Senior (what im probs gonna take):
AP Euro
AP Environmental
AP Lit
AP French
Honors Calc

Honors/Awards:
National French Exam- Silver Award: won Sophomore year 2015, one of 2 people to win it
High Honor role- all of HS
AP Scholar
Maybe more but im just a Junior!

Sports: JV Tennis 2 years, Varsity Tennis 2 years (Captain next year), JV Golf 1 year

Leadership: started the Animal Rights club (president of it too for 2 years), got a grant from Sustainable Jersey for Schools this year and am leading a project on Healthy Eating for it

Volunteer: Pony Power Therapies (Soph year 25 hrs), I help kids with disabilities (Soph-Senior, 20 hrs), my grant project also gives me hours (at least 30, Junior year)

Recommendation Letters: one 10/10, the others im guessing 7-9/10

Additional Info:
I’m bilingual (Italian and English) and plan on doing a gap year to do a year abroad with the Rotary Club in Italy as a 5th year of HS.
I am interested in Majoring in Psych, Italian Studies, or History
I am also interested in Bryn Mawr, William and Mary, Brown, and Vassar if you could chance me for those schools as well.

THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!!

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Your academic interests are pretty stellar but you maybe can improve on extracurricular activities. For example, more leadership and you really need to do something meaningful this summer. Volunteering would just be normal but maybe try finding a research internship at a veterinary school or a biology lab. Even with that, it would be hard to say for Amherst because of its really low acceptance rate. Good luck!

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Oh I forgot to list my clubs
MOBIUS literary club, Pathways for children, French Club (I’m going to be on the committee next year), National Honor Society, Animal Rights Club
These are all for most of HS

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Thanks so much @mentorhelp !! I am trying to do an internship either with psychology research or journalism