Update:
Several decisions have been released in the past week. Here’s where she stands:
Likely:
Truman State - accepted with full tuition
State Flagship - 1/2 tuition plus Honors
Match
Whitman - accepted
Rhodes - accepted
Macalester - waitlisted
Reach
Bowdoin - rejected
Carleton - rejected
Grinnell - waitlisted
Bates - waitlisted
Williams - waitlisted
Amherst - accepted!
She was getting pretty disheartened with all the waitlists, and then tonight…Acceptance from Amherst! This whole process is definitely a crapshoot. Thanks to @compmom for encouraging an Amherst application in the first place, as D didn’t think she had much of a shot at any top schools with a C on her transcript (TBH, I didn’t either). Holistic admissions for the win! Still waiting on a few more schools, but 99% sure she’ll be a Mammoth in the fall. 
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Congratulations to your D! She has some great acceptances, and you just had me search to confirm that I have learned a new college’s mascot…the Mammoth! I am so very happy for you and your family.
How is your D doing in Taiwan, by the way?
She is having an amazing experience in Taiwan - I highly, highly, recommend NSLI-Y! One of her professors encouraged her to self-study and take the exam to skip a level, so she worked her tail off for several weeks and just found out she passed! So she will have completed the equivalent of 2 years of Chinese in about 6 months. She is on a planned program excursion in the mountains this weekend, so she found out about Amherst when she checked her portal from a train station - she said there were about 100 Taiwanese tourists staring at the crazy American girl jumping up and down with her friends in the parking lot!
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mY dd applied for NSLI-Y but was not selected.
Acceptance to NSLI-Y is really tough - did your D apply for summer or academic year? I’ve heard academic year is an easier admit since more students apply for summer. I would encourage her to keep trying if she hasn’t aged out - lots of kids get accepted on the second or even third try!
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Summer program and she already had 3 years of Chinese.
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Definitely keep trying, especially if she’s willing to go for the academic year. Lots of kids with language experience in my D’s cohort, and immersion has benefitted them tremendously. My D went in with minimal background and now holds conversations with people at the bus stop!
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A huge congrats! Amherst was a life changing place for me in every amazing way! Beautiful campus in an area rich with student life. No doubt your D will have an amazing 4 years. Encourage her to attend the admitted students weekend if possible!
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Thank you! She will be in Taiwan until the last day of May, so unfortunately no opportunity to visit.
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Final Results:
Accepted:
Amherst
Case Western (with merit)
Rhodes (with merit)
Whitman (with merit)
State flagship (merit + Honors)
Truman State (full tuition)
Waitlisted:
Williams
Bates
Grinnell
Macalester
Rejected:
Brown
Rice
Emory
Carleton
Bowdoin
We are fortunate that Amherst has amazing financial aid, making it very affordable for our family. D has committed and removed herself from the WL at other schools, so she will definitely be a Mammoth next year! Thanks so much to everyone for suggestions and encouragement throughout this process - it’s been a tough but thankfully rewarding cycle!
Best of luck to those of you with children still making decisions.
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Congratulations!!! Great list of acceptances. Amherst + access to Northampton is a special place. Should be a wonderful 4 years. 
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Congrats and thanks for the update!
May ask how much merit your student got at Whitman?