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Colleges & Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>Community College GPA: 4.0 (Taken two college courses, transferrable credit to UC system)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.76, 4.13
SAT: 2160
SAT II’s: 780 Math IIC, 760 US History, 720 Chemistry, 630 Literature</p>

<p>White/Female/California
Rank: top 4% (ELC status)
AP’s: 5’s in Calculus AB, Chemistry, 4’s in English Language, US History</p>

<p>Major: English</p>

<p>MAJOR Upward trend in GPA (straight A’s junior year)
Activities:
AP Scholar with Honor
Poetry awards
Orchestra awards
President of French Honor Society (4 years)
Youth Orchestra (4 years)
Volunteer at Hospital (4 years)
Tutor in English, chemistry, French (4 years)
Violin, Piano, Cello 10+ years
Published poetry</p>

<p>Summer Writing Workshop at Choate</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP English
AP French
AP Computer Science
AP Biology
AP Economics
AP Government</p>

<p>Colleges:
Penn (CAS) Applying ED
UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD
Cornell (legacy)
Columbia
Dartmouth
Brown
Williams
Georgetown</p>

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<p>You may very well get into all these schools, but you very well may also not get into most of them (UCSD and UCD may be easier). All the rest are crap shoots. You need to find some matches and safeties that you also love. There have been many horror stories of 1600 SAT's 4.0, etc., rejected at all their schools. BTW, you haven't listed Amherst as one of your schools. Are you planning on applying?</p>

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<p>I didn't put it down, since I put it in the Amherst forum.</p>

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<p>You do know that Amherst doesn't give credit for AP and CC classes, in most cases, but sometimes use them for placement purposes only.</p>

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<p>You are applying to Penn ED but also interested in Amherst. Have you visited both places? Personally, I think they are very different in locale (particularly urban vs. college town), size, and undergraduate focus. Both places have a different " feel" and culture. Where would you best fit in and where would you fluorish academically? Although you are applying to a number of excellent schools, you may want to ask yourself what features of your college undergraduate education do you consider most important, and then try to match those characteristics with some additional match and safety schools that meet those criteria.
Congratulations on your achievements thus far, and best wishes on your college application.</p>