Chance Me For College of William and Mary

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Hello College Confidential users. I would like to ask all of you any advice/insights on my chances at College Of William and Mary. It is my dream school, and planning to apply EARLY DECISION 1. Thank you!

School Type: Private
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Race/Gender: Asian Male (Dual citizenship (Korean & American))
Prospective Major: Education, mathematics

GPA: 3.55 (School only submits one gpa, which is weighted)
Freshman: Semester 1: 2.75 Semester 2: 3.33
Sophomore: Semester 1: 3.33 Semester 2: 3.87
Junior: Semester 1: 4.05 Semester 2: 4.14
Senior: Quarter 1: 4.28 (just finished)
[ I know the GPA is low for CWM, but our school curriculum, as it is a private school, has harsh grading system with rigorous coursework. I hope the school explains this well, and the admission will consider the upward trend highly]
84-93 = B
94-95= A-
96-100 = A
Class rank: School doesn’t rank

ACT: 30

Extracurricular Info

  • Praise Band/Team Leader (Done it since freshman year)
  • Jazzed Club Co-President (was officer during junior, and now the president)
  • Service Trip Two Years (One during freshman and the other in sophomore)
  • ConnectArt club (teaching english through visual arts, volunteer work) (Got an award from the center)
  • HTA club (visiting animal care center and helping them)
  • Performed in Charity Concert for two years
  • Performed in school concerts

Awards/ Recognition:

  • Honorable Mention for 3 Years (Students with all A’s and B’s)

AP Exams:

  • AP Statistics: 5
  • AP World History: 4

Currently Enrolled in:

  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • AP Computer Science Principles

Other:

  • Took guitar lessons (proficient at it)
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Looking at the common data set for 2017-2018, is not encouraging, BUT the profile of your secondary school can make a big difference. See https://www.wm.edu/offices/ir/cds/index.php

As you may already know, The average weighted GPA of the entering freshmen is 4.24. As different secondary schools weight differently, it is not straight forward to evaluate your school relative to the others applicants’schools. This largely throws the analysis back your school’s college placement record and their collective testing profile. Find out the universities your classmates typically attend and what the average test scores are of the graduating classes? Compare these to the William and Mary profile.

Do you have a very good recording of your guitar skills? If so, send it in. Be sure to interview.

In addition, find some quality backups as no one can assure you of admission. By way of example, consider George Mason University as a reliable backup. See profile at https://irr2.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/sec_action.cfm?year=2017-18&sec_id=C

Just had a family reunion with two nieces, a grand niece and the grand nieces’ father who all graduated from William & Mary. They were very pleased with the quality of their LA education. George Mason has made a lot of positive news regrading the development of their own faculty over the past ten years. Be fussy, but look.