All my friends have gotten in... Will I?

Colleges & Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>Two of my best friends applied ED to W&M. I am applying RD, but W&M is my second, and most viable, choice. If I don't get in... I don't know what I'll do.</p>

<p>Male, In-state, White, First Generation.
2050 SAT, 780 CR, 600M
SAT II: 720 US History, 700 Spanish, 690 Literature
GPA w/o freshman year: 3.8UW, 4.55W
Interviewed during the summer.</p>

<p>7 AP Classes total. 5 and 4 on my jr. year APs.
Undertaking huge research project on my own, working on it for three years - explained in a wonderful rec.</p>

<p>Attended VA Governor's Language Academy. </p>

<p>Won several awards in a little bit of everything.</p>

<p>Captain of Academic Team, Precinct Captain for Obama For America, Senior Class acting VP, Marching Band Rank Captain last year.</p>

<p>My essays were excellent.</p>

<p>If I do get in, and if you are familiar with financial assistance at W&M, could you tell me how much I might expect if I was admitted? My family income is about $60-75k, I'm not sure.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>bump for my sanity!</p>

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<p>I would imagine that you have a good chance of getting in, though a 600 math SAT is not very good at all.</p>

<p>If WM is your most viable option, you should probably apply to a few more safety schools.</p>

<p>At 60k-75k, you probably wouldn’t get very much/if any at all aid from WM. We don’t have very much money. You might get federal money through fafsa, I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Thanks inchoative! Anyone else have an idea?</p>

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<p>The Math SAT could be better, but everything else looks good. I agree with Inchoative, you have a decent chance.</p>

<p>As for aid, I don’t think you would get anything from W&M. Your best bet is fafsa and other scholarships. Apply to lots of them!</p>

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<p>looks pretty good to me, and i’m guessing that language academy will help. i went to the french language academy, and i’m convinced it helped me a lot. : )</p>

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<p>At $60-75K, your family’s income is too high to qualify for the Gateway program at W & M, which covers full tuition and room/board through grants (no loans). The Gateway program is for Virginia residents with a family income under $40K/yearly.</p>

<p>However, in most cases, $60-75K will still qualify for some need-based aid at W & M for Virginia students. (OOS, not really.) The aid may be composed of more loans than grants, but it’s certainly worth pursuing by completing and submitting the FAFSA. Good luck!</p>

<p>Here’s what the W&M Financial Aid website has to say:</p>

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<p>just out of curiosity what was your gpa your freshman year?</p>

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<p>I think there is more to it than just the 40K income.</p>

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<p>My thoughts exactly xcxzsky. Everything looks good, but why are you not talking about your freshman year? I mean, the college is going to look at that too. You need to list everything. I know, Can I get into Harvard? My GPA was a 5.37 2nd semester, junior year. If you failed all thsoe classes it might not look good.</p>