Amanda Bahringer

Amanda is the daughter of Tess and Joey and is greatly influenced by her mother's dreams for her future. It's because her mother hopes Amanda will be accepted to Dartmouth that she is sent to St. Matthew's. The goal is to improve her grades and increase her SAT scores so that she will be accepted to Dartmouth. Amanda isn't a brilliant student but maintains higher-than-average grades in most subjects. She struggles to achieve the grades and some of her professors realize that her work ethic is so strong that she is destined for a successful life. The problem is that Amanda's mother has taken such control of Amanda's life, including her academics and extracurricular activities, that anything Amanda wants for herself is pushed aside in favor of her mother's dreams. Amanda is self-conscious and worries constantly about failures. She seems to completely lose sight of her own...