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unregistered - I know that there are always exceptions, however, the only student accepted from my son's high school by Amherst was a baseball player. And yep - subpar credentials. I checked Naviance - there is only one acceptance in the scattergram. This student athlete has a 3.75 GPA and an SAT score of about 1980. My son is in a cluster of students with GPAs above 3.93 and SATs above 2200. So in this case it is true. Amherst and most other schools have different admission criteria based on athletics, race, geographic location, community college applicants, gender, etc, etc. Its NOT fair but it is the way it is. I accept it because I have to but I don't kid myself about the admissions process.
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While I understand your frustration, if you take the emotion out of your argument, how is it not fair? In the latter part of the paragraph you state that you "don't kid yourself about the admission process", yet you obviously are disappointed in the result of your child not being chosen off the waitlist. A 3.75, 1980 isn't chopped liver for anyone, much less a student athlete.
If you would allow yourself to be a little more objective, I think that you would see that most student athletes with those types of numbers do quite well while they are in their respective schools and afterwards. How many student athletes would have the academic credentials of your child and still be able to field a decent athletic team? You should know the drill. An incoming class is made up of all types of students. Amherst's exceedingly high grad rate illustrates that the overwhelming majority of these kids matriculate regardless of what the "numbers" say.
It's unfortunate that you weren't able to speak to someone, to get clarification and closure, but with a regular decision admission rate of about 12.5%, the competition was fierce. Best of luck to your child at UC and hopefully in due time, you"ll both be able to put this disappointment behind you with no resentment.