<p>I watched that Merrow Report again.... </p>
<p>So this was in 2004 for last spring's graduating class. I did a little search on Rubin Harris who turned down Amherst for Yale. He was on the roster at Yale for his freshman year and at no time after that. One wonders if he got in on his athletic prowess and stayed due to academic success or if he ever graduated.</p>
<p>Also, back in 2004 there were 5400 (actually 5489 according to common data set) applications and all but a little more than a 1000 of them had already found themselves in the rejection pile before the admissions committee even sat down all together in March!</p>
<p>Let's extrapolate that, shall we? For 2007 there were 6680 applications. They allowed 1462 on the waiting list and 574 accepted. Zero were ultimately admitted. With similar numbers for the year prior in terms of wait list, only 2 were ultimately admitted.</p>
<p>All I can ask is.. if they know that over 3000 kids are not even under consideration, doesn't it seem fair that some rejection letter could come a long time before it ultimately does? Then again, if your best friend was rejected at the beginning of March and you were still in the pile - but later rejected - you'd be going on a lot of false hope and too, the admissions office would again be full of mail extolling the virtues of every candidate remaining!</p>
<p>SEE GUYS, I JUST RECIEVED ANOTHER UNFAIR REPORT. MY HISTORY TEACHER IS GIVING ME EITHER AN 85 OR 88 AFTER ALL THE IMPROVEMENT IVE MADE. I EXPECTED TO GET AN A ON THE FINAL AND IM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO GETTING AN 88 AVG FOR THE 3RD MP PROBABLY. This is such a disrespect to my own reputation. Kill myself now, why did i get that 85 in history? Big improvement, but not enough! I should've done my work in high school and not have been that immature.</p>
<p>EVERY 85s I GOT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO HAUNT ME EVERY NIGHT I GO TO SLEEP!</p>
<p>I think admissions is already enough of a psychodrama for students. If there were staggered announcements, like first-round cuts or something of that nature, it would heighten it all the more. It would perhaps falsely raise hopes for those that make the first cut, and for those that don't it could send them into unwarranted despair over the other college applications they have in and are still waiting to hear about.</p>
<p>It's probably better to keep it simple with all letters going out at the same time.</p>
<p>It is a difficult period of waiting for many students though. My best wishes go out to all of them, and all the parents too. (My daughter is in it too right now, waiting to hear back on a transfer application she has in -- not to Amherst, but waiting is waiting.)</p>
<p>BB012 and Mudadunn, what do you mean by "financial crisis" ?</p>
<p>P.S: It'S NOT LIKE I WASN'T TRYING AT ALL. I WAS AIMING FOR THE HIGHEST GRADE AS POSSIBLE AND IM SHOCKED TO HEAR MY HISTORY AVG IS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-HIGH 80s.</p>
<p>THIS IS SO UNFAIR. I FOUND A SCHOOL THAT WOULD FIT ME WELL BUT I HATE MYSELF AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT MY OVERALL AVG IS GOING TO BE!</p>
<p>It's affecting my life now. I would've had a 94 by now!! IM TRYING TO CHANGE MY ATTITUDE HERE AND SHOW IMPROVEMENTS. IM NOT GONNA GET A 90 in U.S HIS. THIS SEMESTER BUT I WILL WORK FOR A 94 NEXT SEMESTER!!!!</p>
<p>Whenever I begin feeling a little "cocky" about myself and what I think I can bring to Amherst as a future student, I simply replay the Merrow video. That video seems to do a good job of bringing me back to reality. I feel fortunate to have been selected to be a member of the class of 2013 and I count my blessings each day!</p>
<p>But I agree, there should be a better way of letting students know what their "realistic" chances are once they have been waitlisted. It would give them more motivation to throw their efforts into alternative schools.</p>
<p>I saw the video and the admission counselor said something about the "grades", which is what I do not have for now.</p>
<p>Seachai, just go away. You are annoying and you make no sense. People try to reason with you and are patiently trying to answer your questions, but you are just so nonsensical. Maybe you should stop spending so much time on college confidential and go study instead. I hate complainers, especially when they can do something about their situation. THAT is the best advice anyone can give you at this point.</p>
<p>Why don't you shut up and leave other people alone? At least I don't go around the Cornell and Amherst forums and say these things to other people. I don't why you're even involved, but others who are trying to help me here, you are making it WORST.</p>
<p>Can't you see I'm doing everything that I can to improve myself. I got that 85 not because I was lazy. It's not like I wasn't doing bullshyts. I have been working and from an 80 to 85 this marking period has seriously raised my temper. So I'm in an unfair situation at this time and you can make me feel much better BY NOT COMING OVER HERE, Melanie. Thanks for the <em>study</em> advice, which I already know.</p>
<p>Stop talking. You're embarrassing yourself.</p>
<p>Got ya where I wanted, so I can report your post.:)</p>
<p>You wish you could be fly on 85 wall to 90 HISTORY EXAM GRADE UNFAIR RAISING TEMPER boy i cant speak grammar good hate myself fright now. I improve dont you CARE?E?E??E?E?
STOP TALKING TO ME!!!!!! Can't anyone answer question now!? immaturity!! MEOW. legal punishment unffair history teacher
feeeeeeeeeeeeeed me</p>
<p>I advice you to stop making immature comments because if i can remember, there were several people who made complaints about you when u left da last time.</p>
<p>if u need to act as rude as you are, u should head off to the us naval academy forums because ur making the amherst reputation look really badd with ur grammars.</p>
<p>Sea! Stop being so mean to me! I thought we were friends...</p>
<p>:( you broke my heart, you heartbreaker!</p>