<p>PUBLIC HS (Fairly competitive)
STATS: 2250 SAT 4.2 GPA/ 3.8 UW
EC
President of ecology club
President of volunteer organization for pacific islanders
Debate Club Advanced member
Rare instrument player (2yrs)</p>
<p>National Merit Commend.
Magna Cum laude</p>
<p>Great supp. essay
MAJOR: Social Studies </p>
<p>applying RD
only thing is...getting 2 Bs in midyear report</p>
<p>how are you a failed asian?! good stats</p>
<p>what instrument do you play?</p>
<p>^ you'llsee
-rofl</p>
<p>is it violin or piano? or both?</p>
<p>no, violin and piano are not rare</p>
<p>I play an ancient Chinese string instrument...it's kind of cool and even though it's only been 2 years I love it</p>
<p>lol that is really cool</p>
<p>Bump. What About My Chances????
Is It A Reach? Or What?</p>
<p>A pure guess, a fair but not great chance. The Bs can't help, the ECs are good but not exceptional. What I don't know is how Amherst (or any top schools) feels about the incredibly high number of qualified Asians who apply (e.g. are you competing in that demographic?).</p>
<p>your gpa and weighted gpa i think bring youre chances to: a shot but not a great one.</p>
<p>it's good to hear the reality from someone else.
I love my ethnicity, but sometimes I hate the disadvantages that come with it. I think I am definitely in that demographic, and I'm not that "insanely good kid", but just a normal one. AHHHHHH</p>
<p>What about: Smith, Wellesley, BC, Tufts, Brown</p>
<p>everyone here seems insanely good...that's why (in explaining the person below me)</p>
<p>Low Stats? No
Low Self Esteem? Yes</p>
<p>smith:yes
wellesley: slight reach
BC: yes
tufts: likely
Brown: no</p>
<p>what about amherst goalkick?</p>
<p>ah. i almost did ED to amherst but i didn't think i could give them a good essay, you know, the one on their supplement with the 6 quotes. </p>
<p>I think everything is good but your gpa my hurt your chances cause amherst is shockingly competitive in general, but especially RD. Your scores and other things seem to be there, but I'm not sure how they're going to look at your gpa when they have some crazy qualified applicants in the RD pool.</p>
<p>AH. I see. So it's like HIGH HIGH reach. It's really too bad. I mean theres nothing I can do except wait but I just wanted to see...objectively</p>
<p>i wouldn't say its high high reach. you have as good a shot as lots of people i just mean your gpa may be something amherst sees as a weakness compared with SOME other applicants at least</p>
<p>good chances..</p>
<p>No one on this board can tell you what your chances are. You have a very good profile, as I'm sure many other competitors do as well. I just read in the NYTImes that the high school graduating class of 2008 is the largest in two decades. So, even the highest achieving students should prepare themselves for rejection. College don't accept only 2400 SAT students. They accept a range of students. So, hang in there and hope for the best. Even if you don't get in, it certainly doesn't mean you aren't or weren't competitive. It's sad for me to read stats like yours that are so outstanding and have you feel that you've "failed". You're nothing close to a failure.</p>