<p>Hi! I am a female from NJ and I was wondering if I could get into the College of William and Mary?
I am only a sophomore (my guidance counselor told me to start looking), so I do not have SAT/ACT scores, but based on what I do have, it would be great if you could guess what my chances would be like?</p>
<p>I have about a 96 average (will definitely go up a lot next year because my classes will be more advanced) for all of my classes so far and I have been in all honors throughout high school. I will be inducted into the National Honor Society next year as well.
My schedule for next year is AP US History II, AP English, AP Psychology, Honors Spanish, Honors PreCalc. Physics, Financial Literacy, and Political Science.
I have been on my class committee for 2 years so far, I am running to class Historian, and I will be a Freshman Adviser next year.
I am involved in many clubs (ex. Science Club, Current Events Club, etc) and I have a good amt of community service hours (I tutor kids for about 3 hours a week at my Public Library)</p>
<p>My dream is to become an American History teacher and my favorite is Colonial History and I know William and Mary is great for that. My second dream is also to work in Colonial Williamsburg, so it would be great if I got in. I know it is a really hard school and I have many other options, but I was just wondering if I could possibly get in if I work even harder next year? (Tell me the truth and do it nicely please</p>
<p>Sorry, I am new w/this… how do you do that?? (I thought that is what I was doing b/c a friend told me that is how I do it, but I guess not) Sorry!</p>
<p>you can bump something by just responding to your own thread…you need 10 characters so you just have to write something like “bumpbump” or “any other comments?” and it will move up. </p>
<p>The truth is that until you have your SATs it is impossible to say if you will be a candidate but you certainly look to be in good shape as of now. W&M is a great school, but I would not limit yourself to one “dream school” this early in the game – there are tons of great colleges out there and if you keep working hard, you will have many excellent choices in the end.</p>
<p>There’s a CC forum specifically for William and Mary (see under “Alphabetic List of Colleges”) - an admissions rep from the College posts there.</p>
<p>As a sophomore, I think the best thing you could do would be to give yourself the opportunity to fall in love with several colleges. Try the college search engines, read the individual school boards here, visit schools when you can, talk to reps at college fairs, etc. Your GPA is excellent and certainly would not keep you out of W & M. Keep up the good work, and prep well for the SAT/ACT - that will be an important determining factor. OOS admits are tough at top public schools.</p>
<p>You should know that W & M meets the full financial need of Virginia residents before non-residents, and that it doesn’t promise to meet the need of OOS students. The only public schools that do, to my knowledge, are UVA and UNC-CH. Can your parents afford to send you to W & M? It’s expensive for OOS students (about 43K cost of attendance this year, including tuition, fees, room and board, and insurance), and there is very little merit aid.</p>
<p>If it’s affordable, if you do well on your SATs/ACT,and if you’re still in love with the school next fall, you could apply ED. That’s a smaller pool, and it’s easier to stand out in it. A similar school that’s somewhat easier to get into is the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. I suggest visiting - it’s a beautiful campus and an impressive school.</p>
<p>Two of my kids have attended W & M as OOS students, and have been very happy there. Best of luck to you.</p>