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makeamanoutofyou · March 27, 2010, 2:58am

ACCEPTED AND IN DISBELIEF

Numbers and Numbers:

SAT M: 800
SAT V: 700
SAT W: 800
SAT C: 2300

SAT Math II: 790
SAT Chemistry: 700
SAT Literature: 730
SAT Korean (lol): 800

Class Rank: like… 7% ish
Pretty big public school? (like 500 kids in our class… I don’t know if that’s big or small compared to other schools)
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Korean. so… Asian.
Geography: SoCal
GPA U: 3.8 / 4.00
GPA W: like 4.2

Commonapp essay: about my dad & struggles that i went through in my life. very personal/emotional (or at least i’d like to think so).

Activity essay: choir :D

Recs: read my English teachers–was pretty good. described me as “endearing” so that was cute

AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Chemistry: 5

Senior Coursework:
AP Calc BC
AP Macroecon.
AP Government
AP Lit
Choir
Drama
Debate
Yearbook
(our school has all these extracurriculars as classes. explains my weighted gpa? :p)

Extracurricular Activities:

President of the advanced choir, performed at the lincoln center in nyc, section leader… showed a LOT of interest in music & performing through honor choirs and thespian festivals
5? 6? Musicals and Plays throughout high school
EIC for a nationally award-winning Yearbook (CSPA Silver Crown 2 years in a row)
Volunteering for church, etc
Debate State Competition Qualifier

Awards and Distinctions:
Questbridge finalist!

Non-Scholastic Education:
Global Young Leaders Conference? I doubt this made a difference but…haha.
took lots of voice lessons on scholarships :]

Service Activities:
about 400 hours

Hook: probably none? learned English when I moved to the U.S. like four years ago? haha
oh I was part of the amherst telementoring system, if that makes a difference

Strengths: I don’t know… really
Weaknesses: GPA and generic ECs

I AM SO EXCITEDD AHHHHH SEE YOU ALL AT THE ACCEPTED STUDENTS’ WEEKEND!!

duttdemon · March 27, 2010, 4:04am

Rejected.

2170 SAT
760 Math II
700 Eng Lit

~43 IB predicted
International student (Indian) in Singapore.

Hopefully Middlebury tonight or April 1st is gonna be painful.

neeks.on.ice · March 27, 2010, 8:18am

accepted! i’m so happy, i really feel like amherst is the right place for me!

stats:
SATV:800
SATW:800
SATM:700
overall: 2300
GPA: 5.12/6 my school is weird. that’s like a 3.9 unweighted or something
ranking: school doesn’t release past quintiles, maybe because it’s so small, but top 20%
SAT2 Lit: 790
SAT2 UShistory:760
doen’t remember anything else stat-wise actually, which is AWESOME haha
EC: figure skating, USFSA test, president of Amnesty International, VP of NHS and French Club, head organizer of Rock and Run for Social Justice (rockandrun.■■■■■■■■■■■■■ it’s an independent project that i and a friend started), plus i’ve organized a few benefit concerts
Suprised-YES
Happy-YESSSSSSS!!!

this is a great outcome for my family as i have a twin who got into Smith ED and location and logistic wise, it’s amazing.

nicier · March 27, 2010, 11:06am

Shockingly enough, I was accepted. Honestly, I didn’t expect it at all. (I’m just waiting for an E-mail telling me it was all a mistake and that really I was rejected…LOL)

My record may not be as strong as some other people’s, but when I attended the Amherst Diversity Open House I got to speak with the admissions committee. They said that they weren’t just looking for perfect GPAs and SATs, but for diverse students with the potential of bringing an interesting and unconventional prospective to their school. Among the things they emphasized was that they were looking for people from various backgrounds since they intended to move away from the elitist stereotype that many people seem to have about Amherst.

Here are my stats in case youre interested:
I am Cuban and migrated to South Florida when I was six. Obviously, Spanish is my native tongue. I attend an elite public duel-enrollment public high school in which we take college classes in the morning and high school classes in the afternoon. Before I was part of a Broadcasting Media Arts magnet program in both my old high school and my middle school. I even had one of short films selected for a local film festival. Aside from a passion for film I plan to study Political Science (with a concentration on International Relations) and would love to produce a documentary film.

SAT: CR-720, M-680, W-760(11), Spanish-800, US History-750
AP: US History-5, English Language-5, European History-4
GPA: 5.8(I am too embarrassed to post my unweighted.)
CLEP: Spanish-78 (out of 80)

Clubs: VP Model UN, VP Art and Animation (Previously served as Treasurer), Historian FBLA, Recognized as KEY Club Distinguished Member, Moot Court, Amnesty International, HIV/AIDS Awareness, STAND, NHS, NEHS, SGA, Women of Tomorrow, Earth Club
Community Service: Over 300 hours completed as an after-school elementary school tutor and through KEY Club, NHS and NEHS.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: QB Finalists, AP Scholar, Posse Nominee, FIMUN 2009 Delegation Honorable Mention, FIMUN 2010 Best Delegate, FIMUN 2010 Best Position Paper, FIMUN 2010 Best Small Delegation, 2006 Presidential Silver Recognition, 2005 Duke TIP Silver Recognition

Senior Classes: Year Long- AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, Executive Internship (fancy name, easy class-required in my school) Semester 1- AP US Government, Social Environment DE, Issues in Literature and Culture DE, Calculus 2 DE, Physics (and Lab) DE, Semester 2- AP Macroeconomics, Human Sexuality DE, International Relations DE, Arthurian Literature DE

Essays: (3 QB and the Amherst essay) Allegory connecting my first visit to an American supermarket to what its like being Cuban-American, Discussion of my disappointment about how teens arent sufficiently politically active, Biography concerning my early life, How my chemistry professor made me see the beauty of science

Anonymous93 · March 27, 2010, 1:03pm

Accepted. Yay! For those of you waitlisted, I’m not attending, so have faith!

Xhizor92 · March 27, 2010, 1:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (Math: 750, Reading: 680, Writing: 770, single sitting)
[] ACT: Didn’t send
[] SAT II: Math IIC 770, US History: 780, World History 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/115
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History 5, AP World History 5, AP Macroeconomics 5, AP Microeconomics 5, English Lang 4 Senior Year: AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Stats, AP English Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP cal AB, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP Stats, Physics, Religion, Weight Training
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: MUN- tons of chairing/executive position, Debate regional champion, won regionab Badminton competitions, President of Amnesty International, and a few other things
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked as TA at my school
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Were extremely good, I personally loved them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was really good the other was ok
[] Counselor Rec: Was ok
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t send.
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] Country (if international applicant): Middle East, don’t want to say the country.
[] School Type: American high school.
[] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses: Recommendations
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted because I have good intentions. It’s all about believing in yourself and aiming high.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Simply ecstatic. Congratulations to all those who were accepted. For those who got rejected, you guys will still get into top notch institutions. Believe in yourself.

2014collegebound · March 27, 2010, 4:37pm

ACCEPTED and VERY HAPPY:

** Numbers and Numbers:**

SAT M: 800
SAT V: 800
SAT W: 800
Essay: 11
SAT Total: 2400

SAT Math II: 800
SAT Chemistry: 800
SAT Biology: 790
SAT US History: 750
SAT Korean (lol): 800

Academics
Class Rank: Top, very possibly valedictorian, but class size is very small, about 140.
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Geography: SoCal
GPA U: 4.0
GPA W: 5.0

AP European History: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Calculus AB: 5
AP Biology: 5
AP Spanish: 5
AP Environmental Science: 5
AP US History: 5

Senior Coursework:
AP Calcululs BC
AP Macroecon.
AP English Lit
AP Psychology
AP Govment

Essays
Commonapp essay: a quirky essay about a summer internship experience
Supplement essay: chose the “science/universe” topic, sort of quirky, but strong essay.
Recs: 1 from English teacher who’s in love with Emily Dickinson (who was born/lived in Amherst, btw, for those of you who didn’t know), and 1 from a math teacher who absolutely loves me. And 1 additional letter from a family friend/past teacher who went to Amherst.

Extracurricular Activities:
not much. Yearbook for four years: Currently the EIC. Many internships (one was a paid research internship). Started community-wide tutoring program at school. Write for school newspaper.

Awards and Distinctions:
AP awards, a few local writing competitions, runner-up for statewide writing competition, regional recognition in an international writing competition. USABO semifinalist. National Merit finalist. Presdiential Scholars semifinalist.

Service Activities: about 200 hours

Hook: none.

Strengths: SAT score. GPA. Showed a lot of interest in Amherst: visited it, talked with admissions people, etc.
Weaknesses: not much EC

@ makeamanoutofyou: Hey! I’m a korean girl at SoCal, too! woohoo!!

bluepurple · March 27, 2010, 6:44pm

screw amherst…haha rejected but got full rides from haverford and carleton…yale and williams are to come!

yos · March 27, 2010, 8:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1940 (Math: 570, Reading: 660, Writing: 710, single sitting)
ACT: 28
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/431
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History 5, AP English Lang 4, AP Psych 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP World History, AP Bio, AP English Lit, Honors Precal, Honors global sci issues, honors orchestra IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar…national achievement finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: French Club for four years (photographer) Japanese Culture Club for four years (photographer) Photography, French NHS, Indoor/Outdoor Track and Cross COuntry
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: None
Summer Activities: None
Essays: I thought they were awesome
Teacher Recommendation: Both awesome, one from my history teacher another from chemistry
Counselor Rec: probably sucked…didn’t know me well
Additional Rec: Didn’t send.
Interview: Didn’t get one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: history
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public school
Ethnicity: african american…well, kenyan, malian, french, and spanish…yeah.
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, Recommendations
Weaknesses: grades maybe…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea!
General Comments: WHOA!
congrats everyone

djung25 · March 27, 2010, 8:08pm

Early write, but decided to wait to post stats

Numbers and Numbers:

SAT M: 800
SAT V: 800
SAT W: 730
Essay: 10
SAT Total: 2330

SAT Math II: 800
SAT Physics: 770
SAT US History: 770
SAT Korean : 780 - raised in the states though 16/17 years

Academics
Class Rank: prob. around 7th of about 280 public magnet school. kicks ppl out if they fail 1 class.
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
Geography: Georgia
GPA U: 3.96 - 1st B since 3rd grade last semester!
GPA W: idc/idk

AP Stat: 4
AP Physics B: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP US History: 4
AP Lang: 4

Senior Coursework:
Local College Math- Lin. Algebra
AP Art History
AP Micro
AP English Lit
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Psychology
Yearbook

Essays
Commonapp essay: Winning other things when losing an election for State Beta Officer
Supplement essay: Stereotype. Thought it was pretty good.
Recs: 1 from Yearbook teacher who i’ve known for 3 years. loves Korean food. haha. loves me, so pretty good, i assume.
1 from last year’s english teacher, this year’s ap art history teacher. prob not as strong.

Extracurricular Activities:
Yearbook for three years: Coeditor now.
Math Team all 4 years. Co-Captain past 2
Mu Alpha Theta. Prez (12) Historian (11)
NHS Prez
Senior Council VP
Youth Orchestra of my city: 1st violin for 5 years associate concertmaster now (but only cuz conductor loves me)
Tennis team all four years

Awards and Distinctions:
nothing awesome. AP awards, National Merit finalist, governor’s honors program. some local community awards, although freshman-sophomore summer, i was invited by korean gov’t to go to korea to experience korean culture for 8 days. Korean DoE paid for everything including airfare, hotel, meals.

Service Activities: about 150 plus being pianist for youth group praise team for past 3 years.

Hook: not really much. maybe location?

Strengths: whole bunch of EC’s and leadership. GPA. Got invited to DIVOH, so i knew I had a good chance after that.
Weaknesses: typical asian male good at math that plays violin

@ 2014collegebound & makeamanoutofyou: more similarities among korean yearbook editors! although i am not from socal nor a female.

takemeseriously · March 27, 2010, 8:17pm

Still can’t really believe it but…

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SATI (breakdown): 800 CR/ 800 W/ 780 M = 2380
[]SATII (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 750 Bio
[]Unweighted GPA(outof4.0): 3.87
[]Rank: Top 15%
[]AP: 3 5s
[]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and one random class
[]Major Awards(USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars : Debate (captain), Mock Trial (Secretary), FBLA (project chair), religious group youth leader, dance teacher
[]Job/Work Experience: tutor, dance teacher, and hotel internship
[]Volunteer/Community service: began a tutoring program for underprivledged students
[]Essays: common app about dance; amherst essay abt the tutoring program. These were two of my favorite essays; I wish I recycled them more to other schools
[]Teacher Recommendation: great
[]Counselor Rec: general
[]Additional Rec:none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[]State: CA
[]School Type: Competitive public
[]Ethnicity: Indian
[]Gender: F
[]Income Bracket: >100,000
[]Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: SAT, ecs, essays
[]Weaknesses: rank, uw gpa
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: haha see above? I honestly have no idea.
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone. Im sure youll all end up in amazing places

smartalec2718 · March 28, 2010, 12:09am

Waitlisted…but it doesn’t really matter, I applied there almost as an afterthought, and I got into Midd today anyways. Congrats to everyone who got in!

harhar415 · March 28, 2010, 12:42am

wooo accepted lol

How many more Korean girls from socal are going to get in? :P

momo123 · March 28, 2010, 12:45am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (by section): M:700 CR:730 W:720
SAT IIs: 35
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: UW:3.9
Rank: 17/493
ACT: 35
APs (including this year’s): 9
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stats, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Government
Number of Apps from Your School: not sure
Other stats (Awards, etc.):

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: fbla, amnesty international, volunteer work, basketball
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): About my basketball coach
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): average
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none

State or Country: VA
School Type: Competitive
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Scores, GPA
Weaknesses: EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays stood out

thebigman · March 28, 2010, 1:08am

this is so stupid!!!1

calilax · March 28, 2010, 1:31am

Accepted. But also got accepted to Pomona. Sooo I’m stuck. =/

jennykim605 · March 28, 2010, 12:21pm

Rejected.
My first rejection, and I can feel more coming!

Pathikrit · March 28, 2010, 12:50pm

waitlisted! damn!

Do they have ranks in the waiting list, btw?

redsoxfan1291 · March 28, 2010, 1:08pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 800 W, 690 CR
ACT: 31
SAT II (if submitted): 670 M II, 680 His, 690 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; weighted: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 out of 185
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Language + Comp (5), Govt, Lit, Vergil, Psychology, Calc BC
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 2 Honors courses- 4 years each of Spanish + Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national, but have won multiple local awards for leadership / volunteering
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity cross-country (captain), Student Rep. to city’s School Committee, Debate team (president + founder), serve on Steering Committee for local nonprofit, Key Club (vice president), school newspaper (editor-in-chief), multiple independent fundraising drives/projects, campaign coordinator for political campaign in Maine during summer, Model UN, various others
Job/Work Experience: worked at local store for 6 years; started + ran business online for 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: See extracurriculars; also involved with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, tutoring, and mentoring.
Essays: They were unique- wrote about my autograph collection
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: She said it was really good
Additional Rec: Superintendent of my school district- it was good
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science / Pre-Law
State (if domestic applicant): Maine
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, base SATs, academic schedule rigor, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT IIs, lack of national awards, lack of amazing athletic ability, lack of musical or artistic talent
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not a minority, not amazingly spectacular. Whatever, I’ve been accepted to plenty of others.

General Comments:

Keilinger · March 28, 2010, 1:09pm

Schools generally don’t have ranked waiting lists. Though I don’t know if Amherst does this, I’ve also heard that waiting lists are a way to get more full-pay students (i.e. students not needing financial aid are selected first from the waiting list).

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