Chance me for Amherst please!?

ricka8
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:34:13 +0000

Amherst is probably my top choice. I’m a Junior now but i’m done with testing and all. You should know my high school is VERY good so i’m in a pool (for class rank) of a bunch of other academically driven kids.

Race- white
Dual citizenship with Italy, US citizen/resident
GPA- currently 4.3 Weighted, not weighted 3.8
ACT- 35 (got same scores in everything basically)
Class rank- unknown, probably top 10%
Italian Subject SAT- 770
APs- probably 9

Course load (just honors/AP)
Freshman:
AP World History
Adv. Geometry
Adv. Bio

Sophomore:
AP Psych (taken as an extra course subbed for an elective)
Honors Chem
Honors French 3
Honors US History
Avd. Algebra 2
Avd. English

Junior:
AP Lang. & Comp
AP Bio
APUSH
Honors French 3
Avd. Pre Calc

Senior (what im probs gonna take):
AP Euro
AP Environmental
AP Lit
AP French
Honors Calc

Honors/Awards:
National French Exam- Silver Award: won Sophomore year 2015, one of 2 people to win it
High Honor role- all of HS
AP Scholar
Maybe more but im just a Junior!

Sports: JV Tennis 2 years, Varsity Tennis 2 years (Captain next year), JV Golf 1 year

Leadership: started the Animal Rights club (president of it too for 2 years), got a grant from Sustainable Jersey for Schools this year and am leading a project on Healthy Eating for it

Volunteer: Pony Power Therapies (Soph year 25 hrs), I help kids with disabilities (Soph-Senior, 20 hrs), my grant project also gives me hours (at least 30, Junior year)

Recommendation Letters: one 10/10, the others im guessing 7-9/10

Additional Info:
I’m bilingual (Italian and English) and plan on doing a gap year to do a year abroad with the Rotary Club in Italy as a 5th year of HS.
I am interested in Majoring in Psych, Italian Studies, or History
I am also interested in Bryn Mawr, William and Mary, Brown, and Vassar if you could chance me for those schools as well.

THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!!

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