Stats of Accepted Students

SFmomoftwo
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:53:49 +0000

My daughter was accepted ED this December. UW GPA- 3.43; SAT-2150: V720 M700 W730. National Merit semi-finalist. Spent junior fall semester in Beijing. Fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese (she’s a blue-eyed blonde). Good EC’s in gov/political arena. Has a slight geographical advantage (West Coast) and attends a large, urban high school. Overall, an atypical student.

She specifically chose Hamilton after visiting 25 schools because of its no core curriculum, strong Asian studies program and their great study abroad program in Beijing. She met twice (yes, we actually visited the campus a couple of times) with the head of Asian studies at Hamilton and was very impressed with her.

D likes to ski and can join H’s ski team. D does Mock Trial and H has a top team. D wants a small, rural LAC with social life focused on the campus located in the NE. She found the students very warm and friendly at H and as she said, “a good balance of designer jeans and sweats.”

All this being said, the school has to feel right and like many big decisions in life, I think more than one choice will work.