How much does legacy count at amherst

2013mbessey
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:39:39 +0000

bananaman1: I’m not sure if applying ED will increase your chances of admittance, seeing as I applied regular decision to Amherst and therefore don’t have experience with the ED process. However, I applied ED to Princeton and was deferred and, later, rejected. I think that, due to your primary legacy status, your chances are quite good. Also, your ACT is well within the Amherst range. Make the essays count. Don’t send them off until you’re absolutely satisfied with how they read. Bear this is mind, too: I come from West Michigan, an extremely conservative, Calvinist Christian area; my interviewer from Princeton told me that the Ivy League universities almost never accept from my region, because they have found that West Michiganders have trouble assimilating into East Coast culture. Depending on where you live, your geographic location might be an advantage or, in some cases, a disadvantage.