<p>My D just got her email from Amherst.</p>
<p>Good luck all!!</p>
<p>I was waitlisted. Darn. Amherst was my first choice.
Well, I’m not too upset about it because I was accepted into Dartmouth. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Rejected. Oh well, I probably would have chosen Pomona over Amherst anyway.</p>
<p>Also waitlisted and accepted to Dartmouth. Twins!</p>
<p>Waitlisted and accepted into Dartmouth. Ha.</p>
<p>The waitlist is my new arch-nemesis. I am now waitlisted at Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Amherst and Swarthmore. How is that even possible?</p>
<p>My D also got wait-listed at Amherst. Any statistics on getting off wait-list chances? This is so frustrating.</p>
<p>They say usually 500 accept their waitlist and their ten-year average is 21 students. 4.2% chance</p>
<p>^^D2 WLed too, do you know what the acceptance data is for Brown’s WL?</p>
<p>I haven’t received an email… That’s unfortunate.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 790, M 800, W 670(LOL, I know…), E 12
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 10)
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] SAT II: M2C - 800, PHY - 800, CHEM - 790, BIO M - 790, WHistory - 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/451
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics B (5), Physics C (5), Chemistry (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: Not sure…
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, Informatics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, AMC 12 - 140 points [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math and Science Council (President), Student Council (Vice President), Economics Club (Secretary), Charity Club (Vice President), Entrepreneurial Society (Treasurer), Tennis Club (Secretary)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a bookstore ~50 hours. Worked for the local newspaper ~100 hours, freelance writer.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for St. John’s Ambulance ~20 hours, Volunteered as a student facilitator to train juniors ~40 hours, volunteered at nearby old folks’ home ~100 hours. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): 8[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 9
[<em>] Engineering Essay (if applicable): 8
[</em>] Other: N/A[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 7.5
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 10
[</em>] Additional Rec: 7
[<em>] Interview: 8
[</em>] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: December 30
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 50000~70000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, ECA
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
[list]
[<em>]Admits: MIT, Brown, Stanford, Yale
[</em>] Rejected: Caltech, Amherst, Swarthmore[/ul]
[*] What would you have done differently?: Not sure… [/list]</p>
<p>^ Yield protection, doubtless. The admissions staff at Brown needs to get its act together–no way it could compete with Y/S/MIT.</p>
<p>“Oh well, I probably would have chosen Pomona over Amherst anyway.”</p>
<p>Oh, grow up.</p>
<p>[The</a> Amherst Student | News | Rigorous Process Sets Record-Low Acceptance Rate](<a href=“http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/current/news/view.php?year=2010-2011&issue=22§ion=news&article=02]The”>http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/current/news/view.php?year=2010-2011&issue=22§ion=news&article=02)</p>
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