doctoribach

X student has 2250 sat score, 750+ scores in subject tests,essay below normal( not interesting),ECs below mediocre,teacher recommendations very good.Applies RD in Amherst.

Y student has 2100-2160 , 700-720 sat scores in subject tests,essays interesting and tells a lot about student(his individuality), ECs competitive among ivy students, teacher recommendations very good.Applies ED in Amherst

Both are international students.What do you think,who will be accepted?

alwaysleah

Could be both, could be neither, could be one of them. No way to predict it.

doctoribach

I understand that its ambiguous,but probability exists!

rspence

In my opinion, the second student's more likely (but neither of them can be guaranteed). The top colleges nowadays seem to be rejecting bookworms with ~2400 SAT's but nothing interesting on their applications.

PAGRok

I'd say the second person has a much better chance IMHO, but it all depends.

MizzBee

I will say number one, because this is a pointless exercise. We are not admission officers and most of us have no idea how many international students Amherst will want this admission cycle and from what countries. And just because you think the ECs are boring and the essay is mediocre it doesn't mean the adcom will.

rspence

I agree with MizzBee, the "not interesting," "below mediocre" is too subjective. However if that's what the admissions officers are thinking, then the second student wins.

And what is the purpose of this thread? Do you know students X and Y?

doctoribach

Its not my opinions, i asked qualified people about my ECs and they said its competitive.

However, dont concur that "not interesting" is very subjective.Highly rated books about college essays by admission officers write what means interesting and what not.And i think its not difficult to understand...

MizzBee

Okay, you have an 11.9% chance of getting in. Feel better now?

doctoribach

MizzBee


definitely!

Zonlicht

College admission doesn't work like that. You either have 1 or 0 chance of getting in, ie a sum of bernoulli or binomial.

However, a more realistic and convenient way of thinking is that most students have 0 chance of getting in, while a small proportion have very high chances.

I would take student 1, but I'm not an Amherst admission officer. Student 2 is not cut out for this tier of school academically.

doctoribach

thx.

Other opinions ?

T26E4

How about this?

Any Amherst aspirant who meanders around, waiting for strangers' uninformed guesses about relative merit in applications is weak starting out the gate.

This entire "comparison" is banal and reflects poorly.

doctoribach

^Laozi


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melody10511

@T26E4:

LOL, that is basically what I want to say to all the "chance me" threads, but CC won't operate properly with such remarks right? :P