ED Chances at Amhoist

Deanchhsw
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:54:01 +0000

It’s important to know your ethnicity and where you live, and also your socioeconomic standing before I could give an overall comment on this. Are you a URM? then your credentials are solid.

But anyway, let’s see what you got.

SAT/ACT: A tad bit low for Amherst. Barely cracks the low 25% mark for English and Writing, Math is OK. There are many applicants who get in with their SATs in the 2000 range, but other credentials have to back this up, which you don’t have in particular. I think the strength your application at this stage comes down to whether you get that 33 on the ACT.

GPA/Rank: Solid. Obviously the strength of curriculum is laudable. No faults here. a couple Bs usually don’t hurt you, don’t worry about them.

EC: nothing too special. It does show you that you’re invovled, but there really isn’t a strong concentration in a single area. Obviously at this stage there is little you can do to boost this up, so test scores mean a lot right now. This won’t be a red light or anything, but it won’t score you additional points.

Recs: whatever you say I have to believe. Everyone’s recs tend to be “stellar”-- this really doesn’t mean much in comparison to other applicants.

You are overall a pretty average applicant. Boost that ACT up to 33 and then you can comfortably say that there is “no way of knowing whether I get in or not.” Right now, discounting your essay(which is a huge factor, mind you), I will say that your chance at ED is lower than 25 percent. There’s nothing too eye-catching, yet the SAT score is a bit low. Again, I think the life of your application depends on how much you raise the test scores before you submit your application.

If you’re a black female from, say, Alabama, then things would be different ;)