****Official 2012 Amherst Regular Decisions****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>Decisions seem to be coming out so lets make this convenient.
I’m sure you guys have all seen these before (:
Select the correct heading and please post your stats!
Good luck everyone!!!</p>

<p>(borrowed from BC thread)</p>

<p>[noparse]Decision: Accepted[/noparse]</p>

<p>[noparse]Decision: Waitlisted[/noparse]</p>

<p>[noparse]Decision: Denied[/noparse]</p>

<p>[noparse][ul][/noparse]
[noparse][<em>]School Applied to[/noparse]:
[noparse][li]Stats:[/noparse][/li][noparse][</em>] SAT:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] SAT IIs:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] ACT:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] GPA:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Rank:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Other stats:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>]Subjective:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Extra Curriculars:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Essays:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Teacher Recs:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Counselor Rec:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Hook (if any):[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Location/Person:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] State or Country:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] School Type:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Ethnicity:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Gender:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es):[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:[/noparse]
[noparse][<em>] Other Factors:[/noparse]
[noparse][</em>] Going to attend?[/noparse]
[noparse][/ul][/noparse]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
YAAAY I got in! They sent me an early e-mail saying this:</p>

<p>
[quote]
We are sending this email in advance of your official written notification of the Amherst College Admission Committee's decision regarding your application to the Class of 2012.</p>

<p>Because we hope that you will take advantage of our offer to fund your travel to the Admitted Student Open House, we are writing to you before our standard notification date to inform you that the Admission Committee was most impressed with your achievements and is delighted to offer you admission to the College. Congratulations on this honor!</p>

<p>This email is to notify you that the Diversity Recruitment Program is offering to fund your airline travel so that you may attend the Admitted Student Open House. The Diversity Recruitment Program offers to fund admitted students who we believe have the potential to contribute to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity at Amherst . If you choose to attend the Open House, our office will purchase an airline ticket for you and arrange for your transportation to and from Bradley International Airport in Hartford , Connecticut . Once on campus, your meals, housing, and entertainment will be provided through the Admitted Student Open House Committee. You should be prepared to travel to campus on Saturday, April 12th (so that you can attend the early morning events on Sunday) and depart from campus sometime in the late morning or early afternoon on Monday, April 14th.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1860 (sad score omg)
[</em>] SAT IIs: LIT: 700, US: 650 (eh)
[<em>] ACT: 32 (not so sad score :D It probably saved me)
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.75 W
[<em>] Rank: Valedictorian
[</em>] Other stats: National Achievement Scholarship Program Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, 2007 Hendrix College Junior Book Award (won by teacher nomination), State Young Artist Competition Award Winner (1st place in On-site Mixed Media, 4th place in Watercolor), 47th Annual State Student Artist Honorable Mention selection, Publication of Poetry in school's literary magazine, 2007 School Junior College Tour to New York Nominee, Black Caucus at the State Capital Nominee
[<em>]Subjective: Er, I submitting artwork? Here's my deviantart account if you want to check it out: grimknight</a> on deviantART
[li] Extra Curriculars: President and founder of 'The View-Masters' (video/animation club), Art Club, National Honor Society, being on staff of school literary magazine, practicing and producing artwork, writing[/li][</em>] Essays: My main essay was about The Nightmare Before Christmas, animation in America, and how it has changed my perspective of art/life. :D
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was from my favorite art teacher who knows me VERY well...The other was from my AP U.S. History teacher who is now a professor at a local college.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I guess it was okay?
[<em>] Hook (if any): Being black, from the south, and talking about animated films in the essay? I'm guessing. XD
[</em>] State or Country: Arkansas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Artwork, writing, grammar, history/not so great math scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I am guessing being black had a big factor in it. But I think I have pretty good stats and interesting hobbies as well, so that probably helped me a lot.
[</em>] Other Factors: Perhaps my geographical location..
[li] Going to attend?: Not sure yet! Must visit. :D[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>WHOOO</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 1890
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish 750, Math I and Bio E/M 640
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: AP Scholar, Questbridge Finalist
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: Breakthrough/Summerbridge teacher, Prez of Asian Awarness and Black Cultural Workshop Clubs, lots of Community Service, Theatre, Foreign Language study, Peer Leadership and Tutoring, Big Brother
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't see them, but i assume good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same
[<em>] Hook (if any): minority, ec's
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Going to attend?: Not sure yet. Have to visit first. Also need to hear about financial aid.
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!
[ul]
[<em>]School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 2050, CR:630 M:750 W:670
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 650, Eng Lit: too embarrassing to post
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: N/A, my school doesn't give grades
[<em>] Rank: N/A, my school doesn't tell us this, they say we are all "equal", but there are 86 kids in my grade and we were rated number one two years ago (by the wall street journal) for sending most kids to the top tier of colleges/universities.
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: Went to China to further my knowledge of Mandarin and Chinese culture, bussed at some restaurant, 100+ hours of volunteering at the local food pantry.
[<em>] Essays: They were good if I got in.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing one from my physics teacher, Great one from my english teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: They write one for every kid in the grade and don't favor anyone, we are all "equally smart in different ways".
[</em>] Hook (if any): hmmmmmm, idk.
[<em>] Location/Person: Brooklyn
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: black, white, hispanic, and native american.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): no ap courses at my school and weak sat IIs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Because I am awesome.
[</em>] Going to attend?: Maybe, either Amherst, Brown, Cornell, or U-Penn.
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Son was rejected.</p>

<p>SAT: 2210
SAT II: 770, 730
GPA: W 3.9, UW 3.3 (due to health issues sophomore year)
7 AP's</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]School Applied to: Amherst?
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/780/720
[<em>] ACT: did not report
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: top 1 or 2% out of 600+
[</em>] Other stats: 8 APs all 4's or 5's
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: co-wrote and won a 10k engineering project grant and did the project, 3 years of research, science fair awards, went to ISEF, worked with troubled teens in the youth court system, mentored young kids, a varsity sport, dozen or so years of music and some other stuff
[<em>] Essays: Common app one was really good, amherst specific one was kind of embarrassingly bad. I reread it and it didn't make much sense to me. lol
[</em>] Teacher Recs: they both love me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): lived abroad and trilingual maybe?
[<em>] Location/Person: NW US
[</em>] State or Country: isn't that what the above question asked?
[<em>] School Type: large public in a state not exactly known for public education
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): my history teacher's rec was quite possibly the best thing to happen to my app. I'm going to bring in cookies for all my classmates in the class I have with him after all this college stress is over!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: no clue. MIT rejected me and I thought my science-y/tech ECs would garner their attention if no one else's. Just goes to show how confounding and confusing college admissions is, I guess.
[</em>] Other Factors:
[li] Going to attend? We'll see... after Ivy Monday and financial packages.<br>[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]School Applied to: Amherst, Bowdoin, Hamilton, Dartmouth, Swarthmore
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT:2220
[</em>] SAT IIs:760 USHis, 740 Math II, 720 Lit
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.6 UW
[<em>] Rank: No idea
[</em>] Other stats:
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: Mock Trial, Speech and Debate (Captain), Quiz Bowl Competition (State Champs), Boy Scouts (Eagle rank)
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea--never read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea--never read
[</em>] Hook (if any): No idea
[<em>] Location/Person: Hawaii
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type: Elite Private School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Native American/Black/White/Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Weak: Language, two semesters of Cs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Essay was fantastic, grades are good (if you ignore the C's from French), I imagine my recs. were both excellant (though I really hasve no idea). The ethnicity probably helped as did the geographic diversity and the prestige of the school I attend.
[</em>] Other Factors:
[li] Going to attend? Maybe[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>WAITLISTED!!!</p>

<p>SAT:1910
SAT IIs: M2=680,Lit=610,Chem=680
ACT:29
GPA:4.67
Rank:#1 Valedictorian
Extra Curriculars: Varsity baseball Pitcher for 4 years(captain), Student Body President, FCA, Ultimate Frisbee Captain
Teacher Recs: Excellent!!
Counselor Rec: Excellent ("one of the best")
Hook: Questbridge, First generation???
Location: Central Valley
State or Country:Ca.
School Type: Low Income
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Gender:M
Major strengths: Leadership!! Weakness: Not a good "timed" test taker.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Sat Scores???
Other Factors: Not enough money???</p>

<p>Will not put name on the Waitlist!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Math IIC / 720 US History
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.85 UW / 4.6 W
[<em>]Rank: top 5%
[</em>]Other Tests: APs - four 5s, 2 4s (taking 3 this year); full IB Diploma candidate </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: The main CA one was good/great, but it was hit or miss (potential for controversy). Supplement essay was okay..written last-minute.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: great, strong
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[li]Hook: no </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: EIC of school paper, service club president, yearbook section editor, decathlon, internship at local paper, NHS officer
[</em>]Awards: some school and county ones, NM commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I was expecting a rejection, so this is okay, I guess. Hoping Monday is a good day..[/ul]</p>

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<p>Wait-Listed</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 750 Math, 750 Verbal, 770 Writing (2270)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math 2, 740 US History, 740 Chemistry, 660 Physics
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 4.9 unweighted, 5.1 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 2/~450
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APUSH - 5, AP French - 3 (I'm taking 5 more this year)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: The common app was about how it isn't what I do, but why I do it that separates me. The Amherst essay was kind of an attempt to reuse another essay, but I still thought it was good...
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't read
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I sent them a speech that I wrote
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Pittsburgh, PA
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: WHITE
[<em>]Gender: female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity Crew, Varsity Fencing, Orchestra, Forensics, Model UN, assorted other small clubs
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Scholarship, National Honor Society, Cum Laude Society...
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I hate diversity!!!!! (just kidding... I didn't really mean that, but it was not a good day for me and getting into college).[/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (800M, 750W, 680C)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Korean 790, Math I&II 770, Physics 710, Lit 690
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.92 U
[<em>] Rank: n/a... top 5
[</em>] Other stats: AP Lang 5, AP Calc AB 5, AP Phys M 5, AP Art D 4
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: Literary Magazine 4 yrs (Senior Editor), Newspaper 4 yrs (art editor), NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Amnesty International (co-president), Key Club, Student Gov't, Science Olympiad, Art Club 4 yrs, International Club, Cello 7 yrs
[<em>] Essays: awesome
[</em>] Teacher Recs: read 1, really great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>] Hook (if any): art?
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[<em>] School Type: Public, but very good nonetheless
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Academics, art (painting- school, town, & state awards)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: *shrug</em>
[<em>] Other Factors: Painting, NMF, Writing awards...
[</em>] Going to attend?: its outta my hands now. oh well
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: n/a
SAT II: n/a
ACT: 32
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: my school doesn't rank. Probably top 10% </p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: really good. probably the reason I was accepted
Teacher Recs: strong
Counselor Rec: good
Supplementary Material: n/a
Hook: no </p>

<p>Personal
Location: Outside Philly
High School Type: competetive pubic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: yes</p>

<p>Other
Extracurriculars: VP service club, class cabinet, work (babysitting basically a part time job during the week) sewing, Summer volunteer at hospital UPenn
Awards: Rotary Youth Leadership Award, NHS
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: The rest of my decisions were disasters. I got into my two safety schools, waitlisted or rejected at both of my match schools, and waitlisted at Bowdoin, rejected at Swat. Crazy things have been happening with this years admissions, don't take it personally. It's a crapshoot</p>

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<p>Waitisted!
SAT: 2200+, MSAT II: 770, CHEM SAT II: 790
GPA: 3.54 UW
Location: MA, small competitive public school
URM
EC's: lots, math awards, music awards, NMF Scholar
essays: so-so
Recs: ??</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1520/2180 (760M 760CR)
SAT IIs: 670 Math I (I think?), 700 Lit, 640 Physics
GPA (uw/w): dunno unweighted, my cumulative is a 5.9 out of a 7 point scale
Rank: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Probably stellar
Counselor Rec: Probably stellar
Hook: Basketball recruit, multifacted musician (MySpace.com</a> - Danny Wrigley - GREAT FALLS, Virginia - Acoustic / Folk Rock / Pop - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dannywrigley%5B/url%5D">www.myspace.com/dannywrigley</a>)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: I live in Northern Virginia, school is in Hudson, OH.
School Type: Top private boarding (Western Reserve Academy)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Don't think so</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School Applied to: CAS
Stats:
SAT: 2200
SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 720 US Hist, 720 Math Level 1
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.3 W
Rank: Top 10%
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, 5's on AP US Hist and AP Eng Lang
Subjective:
Essays: Very good
Teacher Recs: Not sure
Counselor Rec: Very good</p>

<p>State or Country: CA
School Type: Very competitive religious
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Very good essays and grades in humanities... not so good in math and science
Going to attend?: Maybe... I'm going to visit... waiting for Ivy decisions</p>

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<p>welllcome to amherst kids</p>

<p>you should all come, it's pretty sweet</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 2250 (750 CR, 780 M, 720 W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 790 Bio M, 770 Math II
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] GPA: 4.43 W, 3.93? UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/42
[li] Other stats: 13 APs after Junior Year (ten 5s, three 4s)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: Nothing spectacular. Varsity CC and Tennis, Chinese school (for literacy), Project PhET intern, bits of misc. community service, piano, translating anime/manga, assistant director and stage manager for theater productions...not much at all.
[<em>] Essays: pretty darn decent, I suppose--I mean, I liked them...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but heard that one was spectacular. The other one had to be at least halfway decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, but she likes me
[</em>] Hook (if any): As it turns out, Asian (For real, diversity recruitment's offering to pay for my trip to the Open House!!) Other than that, maybe the pretty portfolio?</p>

<p>[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: Colorado
[<em>] School Type: Private, unsure of competitiveness
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Exhausted school resources and self studied too many APs/pathetic extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: pure luck
[</em>] Other Factors: some artwork, summer classes at local college '05 and '06, Stanford Summer College '07 (so two transcripts, notably O-chem and the lab component senior fall semester)
[li] Going to attend? Maybe, TBD after Ivy Monday[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Denied</p>

<p>School Applied to: CAS
Stats:
SAT: 1980
SAT IIs: Math iic - 680, Literature - 650
ACT: None
GPA: 95/100
Rank: Valedictorian
Other stats:
Subjective:
Extra Curriculars: NHS treasurer, film club founder/presdient, art club president, art achievement award, community service projects, wrote/published a book, designed clothes, individual scientific research, teaching violin, nine years piano and violin, model united nations, habitat for humanity
Essays: i thought they were decent... guess not.
Teacher Recs: decent enough
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): eh, i got rejected
School Type: private, fairly moderate in size
Ethnicity: korean
Gender: female
Major strength(s)/weakness(es): SAT's??? probably
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: my SAT scores? other than that, dunno... this is my second rejection after johns hopkins. maybe i'm not the material they're looking for. i've still got to hear from cornell and columbia, but oh well...</p>

<p>Congrats to all those who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Good luck Jonelle_831</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 1520/ 2320
[<em>] SAT IIs: Lit: 720, USHist: 690, Spanish Lang: 650
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] GPA: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: 32/ 800
[<em>] Other stats:
[</em>]Subjective:
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: Lots. President of four clubs, yearbook editor.
[</em>] Essays: I really liked them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Fantastic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic.
[<em>] Hook (if any): DivOH
[</em>] State or Country: Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: WHITE
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Honestly? It seems like diversity made up for lackluster scores. I'm not bitter, and I'm very happy for all of you, but it's merely a note.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Eh? Please. Enlighten me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>