Class Rank: n/a but probs about top 10 of about 300 students
ACT/SAT Scores: 1500 (720 E/780 M)
Coursework
Sophomore APs: Seminar and APUSH
Junior APs: Lang, Research, US Gov, Comp Gov, Phys 1, Chinese
Senior APs: Micro econ, Macro econ, Calc BC, Enviro Sci (+ 3 adv courses in other subjects where I’ve maxed out)
Awards
11th grader of the year (based on personal characteristics + grades)
2 academic subject awards from 11th grade (humanities subjects)
AP capstone (+perfect score on research)
national merit semi finalist
ap scholar with distinct.
Extracurriculars
President of student council
Political campaign intern
President of 2 service clubs
Leader of student input on school rennovation
1 season Varsity athlete (not recruited)
Girl Scout (history-related gold award recipient)
x4 Honor Societies @ school
Essays/LORs/Other
essays are pretty average, not anything spectacular, but get across who i am.
one LOR is going to be fantastic (the teacher has alr told me they were excited to write it), other one will likely emphasize I’m a hard worker
haha yeah, I might be over-exaggerating when I say they’re average – I did work with a college essay coach whose students always attend top tier institutions so when I say average I mean that they will get the job done.
I suspect you will have options in March if you don’t get into Williams. You are strong academically and there are a number of things that could make you interesting to any school. It’s impossible for anyone to guess, though, where exactly that will happen.
I think you should have some options, you may want to consider if there is anywhere you would want to switch to ED2 in case Williams doesn’t accept you. Of course most schools don’t outright deny ED candidates and put you in the RD round. In which case you still get another look.
That you are a US- citizen is helpful. That you aren’t a resident of any state isn’t relevant since you are applying to privates. Well except UMASS - why UMASS vs. say a William & Mary which is more in line with the rest of your list other than the geography (but you have American).
With American, make sure you demonstrate interest - and it’ll be a given. You’ll certainly have UMASS and AU - the rest are tough - but next a Colby, etc. I do agree your ED is possible.
That’s a very reachy list. American seems like an outlier. U Mass is probably a safety if you are instate.
If you love LACs, consider some more LAC match/safeties. Maybe Muhlenberg, Dickinson or Union? Not true safeties, but low matches.
I see you have Wellesley. Consider Bryn Mawr and Smith, also not safeties, but a bit less selective than Wellesley. Consider some of the other NESCAC schools. Mostly reaches, but worth looking at.
Your GPA, class rank, SAT score, national merit semi-finalist status all make you very competitive at any of your choices.
Of course, with rejection rates >80%, there might only be 1 spot for every 5 high-achieving students who apply - so nothing is guaranteed.
Hopefully you meant the exact opposite:
You were “selling yourself short” or are “being overly modest”, by calling them only “average”.
If you’re just being modest, then there’s no need to avoid being factual on this platform.
But, yes, if they truly are just “average” then instead striving for one you feel “great” about, could be important.
