Chance me PLEASE :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>I am a current white female H.S. Senior from a public high school in WA state. I am hoping to apply regular decision to W&M because, even though I really want to go here, I'd rather visit before locking in a school and taking a trip to Virginia is just not possible for me that soon. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2080 (Math: 670, CR: 700, Writing: 710).
I am ranked 47 out of a class of 522 (unweighted).
GPA: 3.857 (unweighted), 101.19 (weighted).</p>

<p>FRESHMAN YEAR
Honors English: A-
Honors Alg. II/Trig: A
French I: A
Health (required by school): A
Dance Team: A
Honors Chemistry: A</p>

<p>SOPHMORE YEAR
Honors English: A-
Honors Precalculus: A
French II: A
Dance Team: A
AP Physics B: A
AP World History: A-</p>

<p>JUNIOR YEAR
AP English Language: A-
AP Calculus AB: A-
AP U.S. History: A
French III: A
Dance Team: A
Forensic science (required for occupational credit by school to graduate): A</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR (grades are so far)
AP English Lit: A
AP Calculus BC: A-
AP Government: A
French IV: A
Dance Team: A
AP Physics C: A-</p>

<p>AP Scores
World History, Physics B: 4
English Language, U.S. History, Calc AB: 5</p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS
National Honors Society (3 years)
Part-time job at Taco Time (fast food restaurant) (1 year)
Tutor two students in French after school (1 year)
Youth representative on church board (2 years)
Planning committee on dance team (in addition, dance team won state my junior year) (3 years)
Knowledge Bowl (3 years)
Skills USA/Forensics Team (2 years) - Secretary/Treasurer (we won state my junior year and went to nationals)</p>

<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>

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<p>You know, I think we all got rather spoiled by W&M Admissions’ presence and contributions before; I think we all deferred these “Chances” posts to them, since obviously they have the best insight by far. I encourage you to look at their responses to similar posts, as well as read their blog posts.</p>

<p>Your class rank and SAT are on-target, and your curriculum seems mostly fine - (the Physics C and Calc BC seem good - but aren’t these overlap courses? I mean, don’t people usually take one or the other?)</p>

<p>You have the foreign language and balanced extracurriculars - one thing they seem to look for, especially as a Senior, is a leadership role in these.</p>

<p>Coming from Washington, I think you have a geographic advantage, in the sense that I believe they like to have some geographic diversity, and there’s probably not that many applications from the Pacific Northwest, as compared, to say, mid-Atlantic states, like Maryland and New Jersey.</p>

<p>I’d say you have a reasonably good chance - just know that admissions for OOS girls is very selective, so there’s no “automatic” admits. Take advantage of every opportunity you have to make an impression - probably too late for another SAT round, but leadership, as mentioned, a top-shelf essay, and perhaps taking advantage of the Optional Submission, all can provide that little extra edge you need. </p>

<p>Remember that most applicants will have high SAT scores, lots of AP courses, and so on - so it’s in the essay and Optional Submission, you can separate yourself. The admissions committee will want to know “you”, what makes you unique, not what makes you the same as every other applicant.</p>

<p>Anyway, seems you have a good foundation, and so a reasonable chance - good luck!</p>

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<p>Squiddy, I think you’re right about everyone relying on W&M Admissions to answer these, but you make a great substitute. What a thorough response!</p>

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<p>The SAT is <em>not</em> everything, but I’d still suggest taking it again, if you don’t already have plans to. W&M uses Math + Verbal, so you’re sitting at about a 1370 right now, which is definitely in the mid-50% range that they use, but as an out-of-stater, you probably want to be as close to <em>above</em> the mid-50% range. It’s just far, far more competitive as an out-of-stater.</p>

<p>With that said, you’ve got a really solid course schedule (which is important), and have done really will in your classes, with the AP scores to prove that you were actually learning something in those AP classes.</p>

<p>To be a little blunt, those extracurricular activities are solid in that you’re involved, but if you’ve still got any opportunity to get some leadership roles in your senior year, it wouldn’t hurt.</p>

<p>I also disagree with Squiddy that coming from WA gives you an advantage, per se. OOS is competitive all around.</p>

<p>Still, it’s definitely worth applying, even if OOS is a bit of a crapshoot.</p>