ED Chances at Amhoist

Lrich01
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:54:44 +0000

Hey, what do you think my chances for ED are? I am in love with Amherst and I am definitely applying ED.
SAT: Math-700, English- 660, Writing- 650
I am taking the ACT tommorow and I am enrolled in a princton review course to help get my score to a 33.

GPA- 3.91 unweighted
Freshman Year
Adv English- A
AP Human Geo- A
Adv Latin- A
Journalism- A
Adv Geometry- B for one semester, A for another
Health/P.E.- A
Integrated Science- B for one semester, A for another

10th Grade
AP World History- B for both semesters
Adv English- A
Adv Latin 2- A
Adv Algebra 2- A
Computer Apps- A
Oral Comm/Debate- A
Adv Biology- A
Apparel Management 2- A

11th Grade
AP Us History- A
AP Psych- A
Greatbooks- A
AP English Lang- A
Adv Latin 3- A
Adv Precal- A
Adv Chem- A
Accounting- A

12th Grade
AP Calc AB
AP Englsih Lit
Adv Art History
AP Us Gov’t
Ap Stats
AP Latin Vergil
AP Environ. Science

AP Scores: Human Geo-4, World Civ-4, US History-4, Psych-5, English lang-4

EC
treasurer of Executive council(11, 12)
Varsity letter in Golf (12)
Walden Theatre(6-11)
Mock Trial Team(10-12, wasn’t offered when I was a 9th grader)(team won regionals, I won best witness at state)
NHS(11, 12)
Beta Club (10-12)
Principle’s Forum (10, only allowed to be on it for a year)
Debate Team (9th only, should I even put that on my app?)
Volunteer for many organizations regurally
Summer job and an internship at a local counseling center

Recs
At Amherst a counselor’s rec is required and mine loves me. I aid for her and she said that if she ever had a daughter she would want her to be just like me. My two teacher recs are from teachers who have taught me for 2 and 4 years.

My school is a very big public school(1900 students) and it is ranked number one in the state. We don’t have class rank or weighted GPA but I am in the top 10% of my class.

I have visited Amherst and written a letter and emailed my admissions officer.
I know it is a crapshoot but can anyone try and tell me what my chances are. For instance, do you think I have less than a 25% chance of getting in ED? Please help me.