Chances for ED at Amherst next year?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Very interested in applying to Amherst for ED next year.
Also, chances for Bowdoin, Boston College, Berkeley, Middlebury, Georgetown, Brown, Pomona?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.88 (UW), 4.7 (W)
Class rank: 97th Percentile
Junior Year:
IB English III HL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Biology HL I
IB Math SL
AP Gov/Econ
IB French IV SL</p>

<p>Senior Year:
IB English IV HL
IB European History HL
IB Biology HL II
AP Calculus BC
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Psychology SL</p>

<p>SAT I: (2270)
SAT II: 710 US History, 770 English Literature
APs: 5's on APUSH, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics
Essays: Very strong
Teacher recs: Very Strong
Counselor rec: Very strong
+ extra recommendation from the associate superintendent of school district
Hook: First-generation college student
Ethnicity: White
School: Large public school, IB magnet school</p>

<p>ECs:
-National Honor Society Member (11, 12)
-Science National Honor Society Member (11, 12)
-Senator of Student Government (10)
-Philosophy Club - Member (9) and President (10, 11, 12)
-Model United Nations-- Founder (10) and President (11, 12) + Best Delegate
-Secular Students Alliance - Secretary (10, 11, 12)
-Young Democrats - Member (9), Member (10), Publicist (11), Vice President (12)
-School District Student Board Member, assisting students as a liaison to the administration of district, and suggesting ideas as well (11, 12)
-Member of school district Budget and Technology committees, voicing perspective at governing board meetings
-Hundreds of hours community service through unique project of teaching underprivileged kids guitar, mainly at the Native American reservations
-Founder of an intellectual society-- lecturing in a way similar to TED talks, but uniting the most accomplished of my city's youth to provide haven for free thought
-Have played guitar professionally for 10 years, with many famous musicians and in front of tens of thousands of people
-Popular band of my own, with videos reaching 3 million YouTube views</p>

<p>Awards:
-Top Ten Local Guitarist
-18 and Under Artist of the Year
-Rock Guitarist of the Year
-Finalist in Constitution Day Essay Contest
-Great participation in Future Leaders Town Hall from City </p>

<p>Work Experience:
-Intern at local Democratic party
-Guitar Instructor at an esteemed music academy
-Lots of studio music work</p>

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<p>Bump? 10char</p>

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<p>You’re a high match in every school listed other than Brown.
Brown is probably a low reach.</p>

<p>As for Amherst, I’d say you have an extremely high chance to get in. </p>

<p>Your EC’s are fantastic by the way.</p>

<p>Chance me: </p>

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<p>Thank you! Since you said Brown would be a low reach, do you think Dartmouth would be as well?</p>

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<p>Most of them matches</p>

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<p>Any other schools people would recommend applying to? I want a private college with a small to medium sized student population. I also hope to attend an ivy league law school following my undergraduate track if that makes any difference.</p>

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<p>Bump? 10char</p>

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<p>Very solid chances for all of these schools. Berkley, Brown, and Georgetown probably are low to mid reaches. Don’t take freak when I say that. Your SAT’s and GPA(UW) match up quite well with those schools. But these are very competitive schools, so they could deny you for some odd reason. Boston College is probably a high match. The rest are probably safe to low match.</p>

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<p>Oh and please chance back, find my post under my user name. If you could chance for Lehigh University and Virginia Tech that would be awesome to. Find it under the what are my chances? threads.</p>

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<p>Anyone have other thoughts?</p>

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<p>Other schools you might like are Wesleyan, Hamilton, Michigan, wash u or u penn. </p>

<p>Of those five schools you will have the best chance at Wesleyan or Hamilton!</p>