Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 750, Math 780, Writing 800 (total 2330)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Bio 760, Literature 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 100.0): 96.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), English Language (5), US History (5), Computer Science (5) (I also took AP Spanish but I didn’t take the exam)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, Philosophy, Ballroom Dancing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track and Field, National Honor Society, Big Sibs (peer mentoring program), founder of a chapter of a national organization at my school, producer of my school’s musical theater competition thing, an editor of my school’s yearbook, a couple other small things
Job/Work Experience: babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Big Sibs (other than that, minimal)
Summer Activities: environmental science/leadership summer camp in the Rocky Mountains, visiting family also in the Rockies
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 or 9–my commonapp was about the dichotomy between where I live and where I spend my summers/where I feel most at home, I had my English teacher and 2 of the college counselors at my school read it and they said it was great. My Amherst supp was the option A, and I chose the first quote and it was about the day my view of science changed idk it was good like also 8 or 9?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: from my English teacher I had both soph and senior year, she loves me and told me part of what it said and it was really good. 9 or 10
Teacher Rec #2: from my math teacher from junior year, I think it was also pretty good because I worked really hard in that class
Counselor Rec: my counselor and I are really close so I think it’s good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Psychology or Environmental Studies
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public magnet
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: comfortable, not rich
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A although I have been in touch with the Track and Field coach (wasn’t officially recruited though so I doubt it helped)
Reflections:
Strengths: I am a pretty good writer and I think my essays were very honest, and I have the courseload and the grades. Also, my school is very competitive, so because they compared me to my peers I’m sure it helped. Additionally, one thing I know schools look for is intellectual curiosity, and I did my best to show mine.
Weaknesses: My essays were kind of similar to each other, but went in different directions so it wasn’t that big of a deal. I also don’t have anything that is unusual or especially cool about me.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred? I don’t think I necessarily stand out, but I ED’d and I have strong stats and stuff so I guess that’s why.
General Comments: I also EA’d to UChicago and was planning on applying to Princeton, Yale, Swarthmore, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Bowdoin, etc. I chose Amherst because it’s the only school I’ve visited where I could really see myself–over and over on the tour I said to my mom “Mom, I want to go here.”