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CC Resources for Amherst College
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07-18-2009, 01:13 AM
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#16 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
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i'm also leaning Amherst for ED! I am having trouble finding my chances because I only plan on submitting the ACT.
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07-18-2009, 01:53 AM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego
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D2 only submitted her ACTs. Remember that Amherst superscores the ACT.
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07-18-2009, 08:59 AM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia
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falafel2010, the 25%-75% for ACT scores are 29-34.
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07-18-2009, 01:03 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NYC, MA
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"(I'm not expecting to find too many people who'd pick Amherst over, say, the Ivies on CC, but just in case any of you are out there... )"
The typical CC'er does not reflect the typical bright, motivated, and introspective student who has the option of choosing among several top tier schools. Amherst typically loses out against only Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (as does every other school besides Stanford, MIT, and CIT), and competes evenly with Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Penn, handily beats Cornell--and Williams.  http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1287.pdf (1999) SSRN-A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities by Christopher Avery, Mark Glickman, Caroline Hoxby, Andrew Metrick (2005)
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07-21-2009, 07:45 AM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
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I'm having serious thoughts of applying ed. But, I'm not sure.....
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07-24-2009, 08:27 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Puget Sound
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Another regular decision applicant here  Good luck to all.
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07-26-2009, 09:53 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A world where Archie marries Betty
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Yooooo Lord Jeffs!
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08-14-2009, 07:05 AM
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#23 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
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from the info session, ED is mostly destined for legacy kids and athletic kids... regular good students will not increase their chances by applying ED.
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08-14-2009, 07:21 AM
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#24 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: it was the best of places, it was the worst of places
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Another EDer here. Not FULLY sure though
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08-14-2009, 07:25 AM
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#25 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
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I'm going to apply to Amherst, but I don't know whether ED or RD. I'm only a junior in high school this year, but I pretty much know what colleges I want to go to and such. I'd be the class of 2015. I'm visiting Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, and Conn College this fall. Whichever college I like most I'll apply ED to. Amherst seems really great - some of the profs are fabulous.
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08-15-2009, 10:11 AM
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#26 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bellevue
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Definately applying, don't know if I can do the ED crapshoot financially...
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08-15-2009, 01:12 PM
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#27 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: it was the best of places, it was the worst of places
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financially?...........i didn't get you fliang.
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08-15-2009, 01:20 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: In class, doodling Amherst in my notebook like preteens doodle Edward Cullen
Posts: 1,330
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You can get out of the ED contract if you can prove their financial offer isn't enough.
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08-15-2009, 01:39 PM
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#29 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: it was the best of places, it was the worst of places
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and i think u'll get enough in amherst.
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08-15-2009, 05:55 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY, NY
Posts: 2,074
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RD, 85% sure I'm applying.
Anyone started the supplemental essay yet? I've brainstormed but haven't put pen to paper yet.
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