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Old 10-25-2009, 04:58 PM   #1
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Chance me please! Urgent!
Background:
Chinese Canadian (born in vancouver, canada)
Male

SChool: High achieving prep school in Vancouver Canada (ranked 1 in province)
Overall Grades:
92%
(top 10%)
school has no ranking nor APs

SChools im applying to: Amherst

SAT I:
~2170
CR:650
WR: 780
M:790

SAT II Math II: 790
SAT II Physics: 770

English 10,11,12
Biology11&12
Chemistry 11&12
Physics11&12
Math 10,11,12
French 10,11,12
TAKING all accelerated(honor) courses for math, bio chem, phys, eng,
school offers no APs but offers university courses, taking Math 200- 1st semester math, and expecting 1st semester physics, chem, and bio

EC's
VC Swimming Team – Assistant Captain in Gr. 11, Captain this year, Gr. 8-12
-VC Wrestling Team, Gr. 10-11
-Kigoos Swimming Team, 5 years
National Lifeguard license achieved
-Wayland Sports – Swim Instructor, 3 years
-Rosewood manor- 1:1 and group volunteering, 2 years
- Heart 2 Heart Canadian Youth Society
- Royal Canadian Air Cadets – Flt. Cpl, 2 years
RCM Practical Piano Grades 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
-Cello RCM Grade 8
Voice Newspaper,
Social Justice- Executive,
Math Club- Executive,
Collegian Yearbook,
Strings Society,
Debate Society
MUN, (vice pres this year)
Edmundians, (school service group)
Gr. 11-Robotics Club- Executive,
Reach for the Top, (high school quiz bowl club)
SHAD Valley - Summer program for Top students across Canada


My essays and recommendations should be solid. My Biology teacher/counsellor and my physics teacher will be writing my recommendations.

LEGACY: Brother, grad 2004
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Old 10-25-2009, 05:53 PM   #2
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Why is this urgent?
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Old 10-25-2009, 06:04 PM   #3
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becasue i havent reallyactuallytaken SATs
but i need to know what my chances are...
b4 i can acutlaly do it -_-''
but on my practices i always get htese scores so yeah
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Old 10-25-2009, 06:55 PM   #4
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You need to know your chances before you take the SAT? Why? If your chances aren't good you won't take it? Or if your chances are good, you'll feel like you can do less well on the test?

None of this makes any sense. Plus you're asking people to "chance" you based on scores you don't actually have?

In theory I suppose your chances are about as good as any other high achieving student applying... which is to say, not that great. I mean, just because of the great number of talented applicants, not because you're not also talented. Most of the time it would be easier to figure out who might have little to no chance than to figure out who has a good one.
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Old 10-26-2009, 02:48 PM   #5
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Having a sibling that went to Amherst does not qualify you as a legacy. Sorry..
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Old 10-26-2009, 06:51 PM   #6
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really???? can you show me? ***...
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Old 10-26-2009, 06:53 PM   #7
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why haven't you takenthe SATs yet?
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Old 10-26-2009, 10:33 PM   #8
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because the first time i took them they did not meet my expectations..
1980-_-``
so i gave up.. for a year... and now i want to again..
i know i screwed up my life okay
geez
T_T
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Old 10-26-2009, 10:34 PM   #9
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are you applying to Notre Dame?? O.o
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Old 10-26-2009, 10:46 PM   #10
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fightingirish, you certainly haven't "screwed up you life" -- good grief. You're obviously a very smart and talented student. Wherever you end up you'll do great.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:50 AM   #11
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haha thanks alot rentof2, that means a lot...

xAAAx: my school's mascot is also the fighting irish...
and.... no im not applying
right now, amherst is pretty much the only US university that i plan to apply
i only decided to do it because i didnt want to waste the legacy
and if i got in, then i can give legacy to my children too.. so yeah.. thats pretty much why
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