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Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<p>many other ED threads have done this already, now its amherst turn.
we wanna know stuff in this format: </p>

<p>Decision: defer/accept/reject</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>SAT: 2140 first time (740 M, 730 W, 670 R), 2040 second time (they all went down) [not submitted]
SAT IIs: 690 Bio, 650 World History (took these in 10th grade) [not submitted]
GPA: 3.8 UW (we don't weight, so I'm not sure what it is weighted)
Rank: School doesn't rank
Other stats: ACT: 35 (36 E, 36 M, 35 S, 34 R, 32 E/W) [submitted]</p>

<p>Essays: Were fairly strong. Wrote one about religion, and the other about journalism
Teacher Recs: Very good. Sent in three from my three AP teachers, who have all had me for at least three years, as well as some EC activity.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Hook (if any): Legacy</p>

<p>State or Country: NY, USA
School Type: Public, miniscule (around 600 K-12, 55 in my class, which is considered big)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Leadership positions + EC's. Captain varsity basketball (12), captain varsity football (12), Captain JV basketball (10), class VP (9), class president (11), student council president (12), NHS two years, Journalism reporter and editor, Mathletics, held same job throughout 9th grade (summer + school year)</p>

<p>General Comments: I met with the dean twice, and she had some advice for me that I'll share. They have no preference at all between ACT w/ writing and the SAT I and SAT IIs, so submit whichever one you do better on. If you're deferred, don't worry about it. They have a cap on how many students can be accepted ED, so they could just have an access of qualified candidates. Doesn't mean by any means that your application was worse or weaker than anyone else's.</p>

<p>and no, I wasn't expecting to get in. I thought I'd be deferred.</p>

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<p>For D2:</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Did Not Submit
[</em>] SAT IIs: Did Not Submit
[<em>] GPA: 4.26 w, 3.76 uw
[</em>] Rank: Does Not Rank
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 32 superscore, 2 sittings (33 E, 35 M, 30 S, 31 R, 30 E/W)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: one about volunteering at the Wild Animal Park, one about volleyball and biology
[<em>] Teacher Recs: sent 3, one teacher (from sophomore year) asked if he could send the extra one
[</em>] Counselor Rec: was excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): recruited athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: San Diego, CA
[<em>] School Type: private, prep, 400 students grades 9-12
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Volunteer at the Wild Animal Park for 4 years, selective summer programs: COSMOS, UConn Mentor Connection, internship at the San Diego Zoo, travel/club volleyball 7 years, varsity volleyball 3 years
General Comments: visited twice.<br>
Yes, recruited athlete. But, showed committment and passion for Animal Biology through concentrated ECs.
Congratulations to all who were accepted. Go Lord and Lady Jeffs!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2050 - 710 Writing 650 Math 690 CR
[ *] SAT IIs: 740 Bio E 640 Lit
[ *] GPA: 4.9/5.0 weighted
[ *] Rank: unranked
[ *] Other stats: - 32 ACT superscore</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Really good - the Amherst supplement was one of the best things I've ever written.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (if any): Legacy, athlete
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: Westchester, NY
[ *] School Type: Small public - roughly 800 kids. Routinely ranked among top in county/nation.
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Part of selective liberal arts program within school - 12 accepted per year. Studied at Harvard this summer.
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] I'm still in the game.. hopefully.</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240 (760 CR, 680 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 French, 720 Math II, 740 Literature
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: French Language 5, AP Govt. 5, Chemistry 4 (w/ Euro, Calc AB, Eng. Lit, and Physics this year)
[<em>] GPA: 3.86 UW, school doesn't weigh
[</em>] Rank: Top 15% or so, school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: One on my sister who has autism, another on the place of science in society
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One very good one, another pretty good one
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Intense concentration on writing
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Vermont
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Captain of quiz bowl team, debate co-captain, on rowing team, volunteer at my synagogue, NHS, NMSF, etc.
General Comments:</p>

<p>Deferred :D</p>

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<p>Is it only accepted and deffered?
I heard amherst raely rejects ED apps</p>

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<p>i'll post mine too:</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:DEFERED
[ *] SAT: 1440/2090
[ *] SAT IIs: Math2:770, Chemistry 740
[ *] GPA: IB diploma predicted 6.6/7.0, or 41/45
[ *] Rank: 10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: awesome, but seriously flawed in mechanic and a bit vague
[ *] Teacher Recs: Concise but given me the words i needed, one is broad, other more focused
[ *] Counselor Rec:havent read
[ *] Hook (if any): self taught Guitarist - in a band, able to play Van Halen stuff
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Vietnam
[ *] School Type: United Nations International school
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:Leadership positions and everything
[ b]General Comments:I expected to be deferred because the essays and applications were very rushed. Nevertheless, the essays were one of the best I have ever written, (the common one at least, the supplement was a bit trite)</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>STATS
white male
act: 35
did not submit sat score
gpa:3.90
rank:top 10%
highly ranked public high school in Michigan (1500 students)
essays: very good (spent weeks fine tuning them)
ap classes: 2 junior year (5 ab calc - 4 apush)
4 senior year (gov, lit, bio and bc calc)
currently have A's in all classes this year
counselor/teacher recs: 3 total, all were very good and very personalized
1 letter from an MSU faculty member who is overseeing
my work on my research project</p>

<p>hooks: Developed 2 research projects. One was a single subject sleep study that looks
at how the brain processes information when there is a lack of sleep. The other is
a project that some of my classmates and myself developed to help our school<br>
become carbon free.</p>

<pre><code> varsity basketball, also play aau basketball around the country during spring/summer
play piano, plan to row at Amherst
</code></pre>

<p>I was cautiously optomistic about getting into Amherst. I was planning on applying EDII to Bowdoin if I didn't get into Amherst. I love Amherst and Bowdoin so much I would have been extremely happy at either school.</p>

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<p>Accepted :)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2280
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 790 Biology E
GPA: 4.64 W
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>Essays: Good (supplemental one was better)
Teacher Recs: I assume they were good
Counselor Rec: Very good</p>

<p>State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public (1700 students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Submitted an art portfolio, lots of community service, a few leadership positions in some clubs</p>

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<p>accepted</p>

<p>African-American and White female
SAT: Best: 720 CR 740 W 760 M
SAT IIs: 720 Spanish 730 Math I 800 Physics
GPA: 3.5 Un 4.0 weighted great 1st quarter senior grades (with 5 AP's)
Rank: not ranked
Other stats: 4 AP language 5 AP Physics
total 7 AP's</p>

<p>Subjective
[ *] Essays: amazing
[ *] Teacher Recs: amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: top public</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] President of 2 clubs. Questbride match finalist(but did not get matched). National merit semifinalist. community service. Student/preformer at a dance company since age 5.</p>