Chances at Amherst?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>I’m trying to find out if I’d be accepted to Amherst. Thanks in advance to anyone who spends their time reading my transcript!</p>

<p>Female Middle Class Native American/Mexican (2nd gen college applicant)
SAT I: 760 CR, 660 M, 670 W
SAT II: Haven’t taken them yet, but I’ll be taking Math and Chem.
AP: Spanish Lang 4, will be taking Calc, Chem, English, and Psych next year.</p>

<p>Classes:
Notes on my school: A public, lower tier school in Oregon. We also don’t rank. I know I’m in at least the top 7% though.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Advanced English 9: A,A
Advanced History 9: A,A
Honors Geometry: A,A
Biology: A,A
Orchestra: A,A
Spanish III: A,A
Advanced 9 Tech: A,A
Lancer Lab (Study Hall): A,A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Advanced English 10: A,A
Advanced History 10: A,A
Honors Algebra II: A,A
Chemistry: A,B
Orchestra: A,A
Spanish IV: A,B
Core Conditioning (PE): A,B</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Honors English 11: A,B
Honors Pre-Calc: A,A
Physics: B,C
Orchestra: A,A
AP Spanish V: A,A
Office Assistant: A,A
Teacher’s Aide (Remedial Algebra): A,A</p>

<p>Upcoming Senior Year:
AP English 12
AP Psych
AP Calc
AP Chem
Orchestra
Spanish Lit and Conv
Retaking Physics
Anatomy and Physiology</p>

<p>Community Service: Over 450 hours total. Four years of Leadership, Secretary of Key Club. Service offered to organizations including Toys for Tots (3 years in a row), School Functions, Local Children’s Camp (2 years in a row).</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars: School String Quartet, VP of Book Club, NHS.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendations: I’m guaranteed at least 3 teachers who would give great recommendations. One of them gave a recommendation to my sister who will be attending Vanderbilt in this upcoming year.</p>

<p>Thanks again. Oh, and if anyone has some info on the Neuroscience program at Amherst I’d definitely appreciate it!</p>

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<p>You hooks are you are Native American and Mexican - are you Hispanic Scholar for SAT? Again, the admissions for elite schools is a crapshoot and NO ONE can tell you in advance whether or not you will be accepted. Suffice it to say that you will have stats that other applying will have, and some will have better. There are no interviews at Amherst, so your essays are critical. Work hard on them. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Meant to tell you to read the thread entitled neuroscience on thi site. There is some very good info there for you.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.amherst.edu/%7Eneuro/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amherst.edu/~neuro/&lt;/a> is a link for the neuroscience department. It's a 16 course major (half of your amherst courseload) and it is an interdiscplinary major comprising fields such as psychology, biology, and chemistry.</p>

<p>I agree with what ejr1 said about your chances. Good luck</p>

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<p>Thank you both for your responses; I'll be sure to look up those sites.</p>

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<p>Bump... >_></p>

<p>I'd also like to add that I now have upwards of 560 hours of community service, I'm co-president of the school's Spanish-Speaking club, I'm on the executive cabinet of our Reading Club, and that C in physics is actually supposed to be a B.</p>

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<p>Same response.</p>

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<p>Luni,
NA/Mexican will be a hook, and your grades and scores look within range for Amherst. My main concern looking at your most recent post on the Oberlin forum (where you show that you are only taking the AP classes and orchestra right now) is that your schedule looks pretty light for junior and senior year, with 4 core subjects each year. </p>

<p>Have/are you going to one of the Diversity weekends? If so, that is a substantial boost as they accept 75% of those that attend and then apply. </p>

<p>It's impossible to predict, so work hard on the essays and good luck!</p>

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<p>where in the application would you mention that you attended the diversity wwknd?</p>

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<p>I don't think there's a specific place to write it down, but they'll have your name if you attended. Also, I can't recall if there's a "Why Amherst" question on their application, but that's always a good place to put a personal observation about the school that shows you've visited.</p>