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accepted! yay!!!

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Accepted!!!

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Accepted!!

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accepted

3.7 ww, 4.3 w
1570 sat

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Accepted (1440 SAT, 3.67 GPA – ECs Likely Compensated)

Quick question for those accepted, did everyone get a personalized first-paragraph on their acceptance letter? And if not, could someone show me what theirs looks like? I’m trying to reason whether they actually put genuine time into making a personalized paragraph for me or if they scraped things from my application somehow


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accepted!!! I cannot believe my life right now


  • SAT: 1430
  • 4.0 UW 4.18 W
  • 7 APs (out of 9 that my school offers), 4s & 5s, I think what stood out was Calc BC 5 w/ AB subscore 5, also I mentioned that I'm taking the AP Chinese & AP Spanish Lang tests this May even though I am not enrolled in either class & my school doesn't offer Chinese
  • lots of ECs; officer in NHS & SGA, started my own POC discussion group, captain of academic team, marching band, peer tutor, 250+ service hours
  • hooks: art school student!! first-gen, QuestBridge Finalist, work 20+ hours/week
  • great interview; he is a senior at Hamilton, math major, and we connected over our love for numbers, I think I stood out by stressing interdisciplinary education, made connections between art and calculus, overall a good time for the short 30-minute window
  • I submitted the optional supplement: 8.5/10

hope this helps future applicants! congrats to those who were accepted!. if not, this is only the beginning, there are countless opportunities out there so stay positive and face forward :slight_smile:

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@nullbeing I got a personalized first paragraph as well
 it was an obscure detail from my EC list but it’s effort!

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Yea, I assumed they’re automated, but wasn’t sure because they mentioned a big project I started that wove naturally into the preceding lines–too coherent lol.

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Waitlisted as an international needing full aid. SAT 1550 with a 4.0+ GPA. Excellent ECs.

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@nullbeing personalized as well, i was pretty impressed
i hope it wasn’t automated!

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My daughter was accepted! Very impressed with the personalized first paragraph ?

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Yes, personalized paragraph. D really likes Hamilton, but the FA is not as much as Swat and Kenyon, still waiting on the others. Too bad we can’t visit, what a blow to her college experience overall
and harder to make deicisions.

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Rejected (1440 SAT, 4.0 UW GPA)
I didn’t write the optional(but not really optional) Why Hamilton supplement
I’m also an international student so the process was need aware for me, and I was requesting QUITE A LOT of aid lol
But yeah I pretty much expected this so yeah it’s cool

For anyone else who was rejected, YOU’LL BE FINE!!
For those who were accepted, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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My Stats

SAT 1310 (Superscored)
UW GPA: 3.9
Good personal statement
Did the optional supplement
1 AP, My school offers like 5 maybe
A lot of extra-curriculars
Participated in the Hamilton Fly-IN
Interviewed On-Campus

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Accepted! (Yes to personalized paragraph)

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DS was accepted and is thrilled! 1420 SAT, 4.0 GPA, very strong in music performance. We needed this good news today. Still waiting on some other notifications, but Hamilton is one of his top choices! Congrats to all accepted students!

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waitlisted! more than I anticipated!! I got a 1240 SAT and a 97 W GPA with a few ECs

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Congrats to all who were accepted and to those who weren’t, I’m sure it will work out. I have a freshman at Hamilton and a senior at Emory. Regarding the personalized acceptance letters, get ready for a much more personalized experience at Hamilton as opposed to a larger school. The amount of communication and content from Hamilton to families is 10x better than what we get from Emory. So impressed with how they’ve handled the COVID-19 crisis with our kids. Any questions, ask away!

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My son was admitted for January. What does that mean?

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@Perspephone12: It means your son 1) has been admitted to Hamilton, 2) can begin classes in January (instead of the more common August), and 3) will be welcomed into the late summer adventure and general orientation programs. If he accepts Hamilton’s offer, he can choose to spend the fall semester in a credit-granting program such as Arcadia in London or SEA Semester.

https://www.hamilton.edu/admission/apply/january-admission/jan-explained