HA! It shows $76,000 owed. Which makes zero sense since other colleges gave her full tuition plus more towards room/board
Thank you!
I guess I’ll try calling tomorrow .
I got in!!! 
Rejected as an international needing full aid. SAT 1550 with a 4.0+ GPA. Excellent ECs. Oh well
If you go and login your portal, there should be a “menu” on the top left.
Clip on that, and press “what will I owe”
That is how i saw mine
I used my phone instead of a laptop if that changes anything.
Then thats a lock! follow the money!
I forgot to add that it is not your applicant portal.
Login your Financial Aid Portal.
She prefers Amherst though. I think it must be a glitch of some sort. Emailed them, will see what happens
I got in! An international student with decent credentials (1560 SAT, 117 TOEFL, etc.) and I needed full ride to attend. I can’t see my award though
Congrats to all who got in. Amherst is an amazing life changing place – in all ways good. One truly doesn’t realize how special it is until you get there. Choosing to attend was without a doubt one of my best life decisions!
My son was waitlisted. So disappointing as he also got the same news from UVA and John Hopkins this week. It’s absolutely insane to get into these schools now with the heavy influx of international students and the common app, which I would argue has added to the frenzy. In my day most people applied to 3-5 schools. Not 15-20!
OOS
SAT 1510
GPA 100.12 weighted
APs: 8 APs
Heavy ECs: Track and Cross Country all-county, Lead in School Musical, volunteer work, NHS President, multiple clubs, jazz band, a capella, songwriting
Accepted!
White Male, Financial Aid, Minnesota
ACT Score: 33 Composite (29 Math, 34 Science, 35 English, 36 Reading)
G.P.A: 3.91 Unweighted
Other applications:
Accepted: Saint John’s (MN), St. Thomas, Macalester
Waitlisted: Grinnell
Rejected: WUSTL, Bowdoin
Waiting to hear from Carleton, Haverford, and Yale.
Class Rank: 2nd out of 18 students (really tiny public school)
AP Classes: My school doesn’t offer AP/IB classes, but I’ve taken CIS classes in Precalc, Calc 1, Chemistry, Psychology, and Comp I and II
Academic Awards: National Honor Society, Academic All State for basketball
Extra Curricular: I did a lot of stuff, nothing fancy, it was all local extracurriculars based around my school and community.
*Basketball: Did pretty well here, not a recruited athlete.
*Track and Field: Meh.
*Riverwatch Club: Fun science stuff.
*Student Council Vice President
*Class Officer
*Independent Piano Student
*Volunteer Elementary Basketball Coach
*Drama (don’t get to perform my play this year, thanks Covid-19)
*Elementary Mentoring Program (teaching little kids leadership and stuff)
*Community Service Volunteer Group (100+ hours over 4 years)
*Internship at my local hospital
*My other job as a carpentry assistant
Essays(1-10): I felt like my Common App essay was ok, against the rest of the people that applied it might have been a solid 6.5. I wrote about how sports and academics were connected in my life and tried to be funny and honest.
I liked my supplemental essay, I wrote about crashing my car into a power pole and thinking about my own mortality. An 8? Maybe? I have no idea. Neither of them were fantastic. I just did my best.
Recommendations (1-10): My recommendations were 10’s, I got one from my math teacher, english teacher, and principal. I’ve been going to the same school since Pre-K and I know all of them personally, and they all had good things to say.
Additional Comments: I honestly can’t believe I got in. Grinnell accepts twice as many people and put me on the waitlist, I figured Carleton was the last school I had a real shot at. Anyone that’s using this thread to “chance themselves” next year or whenever, don’t. Make your best application, send it in, and forget about it. Control what you can control and hope for the best.
I was waitlisted.
ACT: 36
GPA: Unweighted = 4.96, Weighted = 5.7
APs: Euro (5), Lang (5), Calc AB (5), US History (5), Chem (4), Lit, Spanish Lang, Stats, Psych, Bio
ECs: President of an anti-bullying/inclusion club, youth group student leader, Special Olympics peer coach, Peer Leadership, team leader for NHS, 4 years of HS swimming, club swim team, summer job as a swim coach and lifeguard
Essays: I loved my common app essay, but my Amherst supplement was not my best work.
Accepted!!! I literally screamed for an hour straight when I opened the decision.
SAT/ACT Score: 34
G.P.A(weighted and unweighted): 94, we dont do weighted
Other unis you’ve applied to(post decision if any): BC (accepted), Fordham (accepted) UCSD (accepted) got deferred ED from Brown
SAT II (score and subject): US History 720, math 2 750
Class Rank: N/A
AP Classes: Currently taking: AP AB Calc, AP American and Comparative gov, AP Bio, AP Lit. Already taken: AP Lang (4) AP Stat (4) AP physics 1 (4) APUSH (5)
Academic Awards: National language awards, national merit, other things I cant remember right now
Extra Curricular: MUN President (~10 awards), Cello 10+ competition awards, orchestra for 4 years, lessons for 4 years etc., Art magazine editor, Student government president, varsity sport 4 years, summer internship/activism work, mental health club president, writing tutor for freshmen.
Essays(1-10): Common app was a 10, I think it was super super unique because it was about a personal experience I had (not to be cocky). My supplement was ok, id say like 7 or 8 /10, definitely good, but not revolutionary, I talked about my activism work.
Recommendations (1-10): Both were 10’s though I obviously havent read them. I had very close relationships with both teachers.
Additional Comments: I’m shocked and so so happy. Still waiting on a few other schools, but honestly I would still be so happy even if the rest of the schools I applied to rejected me.
Hi! I am an International student from India and was accepted.
I can’t see my finaid grant tho
@AK2002 @Rubic_on57 Hi guys! I’m international and can’t see my grant too. Have you emailed them?
@HYPSM2024 Hi! Congratulations on your acceptance!
I sent out an e-mail roughly 2 hours ago, prolly gonna receive an answer on Monday.
@Rubic_on57 Cool, we’ll be counting on you then!
Waitlisted
SAT/ACT Score: 34
G.P.A(weighted and unweighted): 4.67/4
Other unis you’ve applied to(post decision if any): Villanova (accepted), UVA (waitlisted)
SAT II (score and subject): math 1 730 and math 2 750
Class Rank: n/a
AP Classes: BC Calc, AP lit, AP Lang, AP US history, Calc AB, Econ, IB classes in addition
Academic Awards: several
Extra Curricular: strong
Essays(1-10): common app 9 but Amherst app probably a 7 (not unique)
Recommendations (1-10): 9
Additional Comments: