Chance an guy from New Jersey?

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>White Male
New Jersey</p>

<p>SAT breakdown:
Overall 2310
800 CR
730 M
780 Writing</p>

<p>That's my superscore. My highest individual score is 2260 with the same scores in CR and W but 680 M.</p>

<p>My GPA is 3.4 UW/3.7W. My school doesn't offer AP's to freshman and only 1 to sophomores. I took the single AP offered in soph year and then 2 out of the 3 offered Junior year. I'll be taking 3 more AP's senior year. Nearly all my classes which haven't been AP have been Honors.</p>

<p>-EC's-
- I've been volunteering at the local children's hospital for three years and serve on the Volunteer's Council with 10 of my peers. I've accumulated about 150 hours of service at the hospital.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>I attended the Washington Workshops summer seminar during the summer of my sophomore year.</p></li>
<li><p>I have been a member of the track team for 3 years and will continue to run during my senior year.</p></li>
<li><p>I served on my local congressman's election campaign during the 2008 elections.</p></li>
<li><p>I am a member of the Young Democrats at my school and serve on the executive board. I've been in the club since my freshman year.</p></li>
<li><p>I am a member of the Academic Challenge team at my school.</p></li>
<li><p>I started the Financial Investment and Analysis club with a friend.</p></li>
<li><p>I have worked over the summer at my local pool as a lifeguard since sophomore year. This takes up a HUGE amount of my time, as I work 8 hours a day 5 days a week.</p></li>
<li><p>I attend a highly ranked public school which is nationally recognized.</p></li>
<li><p>I'll be taking two SAT ll's in October and will probably score above 700 in both.</p></li>
<li><p>I have two excellent recommendations from teachers. </p></li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks in advance for the chancing!</p>

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<p>I would say you have a great chance at getting in, although I may be biased/jealous of the perfect CR score =P
Your GPA seems kind of low given your SATs, which may be your only concern. Do all honors classes receive +1 on GPA at your school?</p>

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<p>An honors class gives you a boost of .5, so an A in an honors class counts as 4.5 towards your GPA whereas an A in a regular class counts as a 4.0. That holds true all the way down the grading scale. </p>

<p>And thanks, the SAT score is the only academic thing I’m proud of on my application XD</p>

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<p>your GPA is a little low, but I think you will have a shot</p>

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<p>I’ll second soccerguy, but might be slightly less optimistic. That GPA worries me, unless your rank is pretty high; do you know what your rank is?</p>

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<p>We don’t rank, I’d have to guess top 30% though.</p>

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<p>As a comparative measure, most VA schools give +1 for an honors class. But I guess a 3.4 unweighted isn’t terrific either, thinking about it now.</p>

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<p>Well I’ll apply and see what happens. I’d say it’s a high match.</p>

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<p>Get the grades up and you have a good shot.</p>

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<p>I know it’s not much, but if my first semester Senior year grades are straight A’s, will I have a better shot? Or will adcoms not factor that into their decision.</p>

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<p>they will take into account your senior year grades.</p>

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<p>If you were in the top 10% of your class, you’d be in for sure. You still have a great chance, though. Be sure to get great grades first semester of senior year… If you do manage to pull straight A’s senior year in the toughest courses, you’ll get in for sure.</p>