Amherst College - Class of 2012

ProShop54 · December 12, 2007, 12:05pm

Classmates, if you’ve been accepted, add your info to this list (copy & paste):

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GA2012MOM’s daughter -

PhoebeCaufield -

ProShop54 - Jeremy Bass - Detroit, MI

proud08er -

sabu -

xiaolina -

Brick2012 · December 12, 2007, 7:25pm

ProShop, I hope you don’t mind- I thought I’d add to the thread our stats as well. BTW, this is GA2012MOM’s daughter (I finally got my own screen name!).

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**Decision: **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT:
[] SAT IIs:
[] GPA (w/uw):
[] Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %:
[] Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score):
[] Course load:
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays:
[] Teacher Recs:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Major EC’s:
[] Work experience:
[] Hook (if any):
[] Notable weaknesses (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country:
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender:
[] Income Bracket:
[] Financial aid?:
[] Intended Major:
[li] Other schools in mind: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:

General Comments:

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT: 33
[] SAT IIs: U.S. History-730; Literature- 730
[] GPA (w/uw): 4.28/3.96
[] Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 16/667
[] Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): AP Latin Lit-4; AP Bio-4; AP Chem-4; AP Latin Vergil-4; APUSH-4; IB Bio-6; IB Math-6
[] Course load: Most rigorous.
[] Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very good.
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Generic-2,800 kids in my school.
[] Interview: n/a
[] Major EC’s: Varsity swimming (4 yrs)-Captain , USA swimming (18 hrs/wk), NLHS-President, HOSA-Secretary, Senior class secretary, GA Governor’s Honors Program-Latin major
[] Work experience: swim coach
[] Hook (if any): URM
[] Notable weaknesses (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: GA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Multi-racial
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Financial aid?:
[] Intended Major: Biology
[li] Other schools in mind: [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Questbridge!
General Comments:
Congrats to Amherst class of 2012 :)

swimmerjoey88 · December 12, 2007, 7:37pm

i applied RD but im swim USS also, coach swim, swam high school, and am a diploma candidate! weird :)

ProShop54 · December 12, 2007, 9:19pm

Brick2012 -

PhoebeCaufield -

ProShop54 - Jeremy Bass - Detroit, MI

proud08er -

sabu -

xiaolina -

sabu · December 12, 2007, 11:53pm

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: CR 790, Math 800, Writing 760 TOTAL 2350

SAT IIs: Math II 760, Chemistry 760, Physics 800
GPA (w/uw): NA
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 14/76 (bad)
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): A-Levels, 5 subjects (Physics, Chem, Math, Economics and GP)
Course load: Fairly Rigorous
Other stats:
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: really varied in tone and style. pretty good

Teacher Recs: Wonderful
Counselor Rec: Very good
Interview: None
Major EC’s: President of Debating Club, participated in asian physics olympiad etc
Work experience: NA
Hook (if any): whats a hook?
Notable weaknesses (if any): got a ‘c’ in a subject in the final year
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: Nepal

School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Nepali
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: no bracket low enough !!
Financial aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics, maths (not sure about anything interested in economics too)etc
Other schools in mind:
</code></pre>

Other Factors:

General Comments:

question: when will they send in the financial aid status to the students? i emailed them twice, still no reply…

dastreeets · December 13, 2007, 12:11am

yay for swimming

xiaolina · December 21, 2007, 9:13am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT:CR:780 Maths:760 Writing 700 total:2240

SAT IIs:Math2:800 Physics:800
GPA (w/uw):NA
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: top 2%
Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score):None
Course load:Most Rigorous
Other stats:Got a 2nd Prize in National Olympiad in Informatics
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays:so-so

Teacher Recs:Excellent
Counselor Rec:Excellent
Interview:None
Major EC’s:Olympiad in Informatics, Community Service, 3 Foreign Languages
Work experience:None
Hook (if any):
Notable weaknesses (if any):
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country:China

School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:
Financial aid?:Yes
Intended Major:Computer Science or Economics
Other schools in mind:
</code></pre>

Other Factors:

General Comments:I’m in!!! I can’t believe it.

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