*** Amherst Class of 2019 RD Decisions ***

autumn2019
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 04:18:59 +0000

**Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 800 M, 780 W, composite 2340
[] ACT (breakdown): 31 M, 30 S, 35 W, 35 CR, composite 33
[] SAT II: did not submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.09 (my class’s GPA is on a 4.3 scale, with an A+ counting as a 4.3 and an A- as a 3.7. So this equates to about 2/3 of my grades being A’s and 1/3 being A+'s)

[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): not available at my school
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Math Seminar (A+), Advanced Chemistry (A), English 12 (A), 20th Century Social Movements (A), Spanish 7 (A), Art (A, doesn’t count towards GPA)
I’m taking the hardest classes I can take at my school. They do not offer APs or Honor Classes, but the advanced courses are awesome and stimulating.

[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
No major awards… But I won the highest academic award for my grade in 9th grade, and the highest award for the humanities department for my grade in 11th grade. I was also selected in 10th grade to represent my school at a senior leadership conference. Finally, I’m a national hispanic scholar.
[/list]Subjective:
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Honor Council (member), Peer Tutoring Center (leader), Middle School Mentor Program (leader), Varsity Soccer (4 years, captain last 2 years), Varsity Track (3 years, captain this year)[/li][] Job/Work Experience: internship at the Carnegie institute during 11th grade, internship with MathAction (writing a math curriculum incorporating social studies) summer before 12th grade.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 3 weeks of work mixing cement and digging holes in a rural Salvadorian village
[] Summer Activities: really not much other than mentioned above…
[] Essays: I know this is said a lot, but I really do think that my common app essay was good. My college counselor told me, after reading it, “you are a beautiful person.” Definitely a strange yet adorable thing to say… She is really great. I wrote about how the rules of mathematics have helped me to shape my life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m lucky enough to go to a small, cushy school, where I am an attentive student. Teachers know and like me.
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Interview: so actually, even though Amherst doesn’t offer interviews, I was able to speak with the Dean of admissions for a few minutes and ask some questions when I visited. She seemed to like me. I don’t know if this affected my admissions decision… She probably doesn’t remember me. But you never know.
[li] Supplementary Material: nah[/li]
[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yup!
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: hispanic
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100,000-150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: good test scores, essay, and probably recs
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t really do anything “amazing”-- and my school doesn’t offer AP courses, which I was afraid would make my application look bad.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I managed to demonstrate my passion for math (along with other subjects) through my essay and my ECs, I guess.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: amherst, middlebury, bowdoin, colorado college (ea), haverford, kenyon (science scholarship)
Waitlisted: williams, swarthmore
Rejected: MIT

I am attending the Diversity Day open house. Really hope to see some of you guys there!