<p>I'm a senior at a very good public high school in New Jersey and am curious of my chances at Williams.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>4.0 GPA (my school doesn't rank but I am probably in the top 5-10 people out of a class of 350)</li>
<li>2380 SAT (800V, 800W, 780M)</li>
<li>800 and 760 on 2 SAT IIs</li>
</ul>
<p>I have taken the hardest course load at my school (4 APs up until this year - all 5s) and am taking another 3 this year.</p>
<p>I am an all-state trumpet player, editor of the school paper, president of the community service club, captain of the nationally-recognized quiz bowl team, and have helped found a service non-profit that has raised over $20,000 (and has been recognized by CNN).</p>
<p>Main Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, Cum Laude, Harvard Book Award, Cornell Book Award, AP Scholar with Honor, President's Volunteer Service Award, Scholastic Writing Award (National Gold Medal)</p>
<p>I wish I applied there. But they didn’t have my former major choice so I didn’t apply…and they have my certain major choice. Love the school. I think you’re in</p>
<p>Drought is absolutely wrong. Williams is not at all a numbers based college. Williams looks for very good students but having good numbers alone will not get you in. I know of a number of people with near perfect stats who were rejected to Williams. I also know several people with decent-good numbers who had very good extra-curriculars who were accepted. This aside, if you are a minority I would see you have a 95-100% chance. If you are not, I would say about 85-90%. Your stats are extremely impressive.</p>
<p>lakersfan: I have indisputable evidence which supports my position that I will not reveal on this forum for fear of outing myself or the admissions representative who I spoke to. PM me if you’re really interested.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that self selection plays a big part in shaping Williams applicant pool. For the most part, the applicants have high GPAs and test scores. As others on CC have noted Williams uses a number of criteria for admission (athletes, URMs, international students). If admissions was driving solely by numbers the look and feel of the campus would be very different.</p>
<p>I also have indisputable data-wait-listed genius son, and athletic recruited son, that tells me to tell you that no matter how good your scores are, it is a crap-shoot, especially if you are not poor not URM and from the NE. Genuis son with 800/760 SAT, 760,780 SAT2, newspaper editor, varsity athlete, best editorial new york state hs paper, 4.0 in IB,president student gov, won national competition for computer model, and had excellent essays and recs. Recruit son with 690/720 SAT ACT 31, 4.0 IB. team captain 2 years, NYS ranked athlete in his sport, newspaper editor, peer counselor, fab recs told “not a shoo-in” so decided to ED at another NESCAC.Be careful, be hopeful, but have a back=up plan.</p>
<p>initial response: williams (as stated in an article on their website) denies roughly 50% of applicants with perfect test scores. this just shows you what you’re up against. </p>
<p>that being said: your ECs are good, and well balanced. your academic awards are above average (I got in ED with only NMS semifinalist in that category, i was never even on honor roll and not inducted into cum laude at that point). I would say that you have an excellent shot. Hope that your essays are well received and I am sure they would be hard pressed to find a flaw in your application. Good luck!</p>