Chance Me, RD?

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>I am applying ED for Wellesley college, but if I am not accepted, the College of William and Mary is next on my list!
I hope to go into the Biological Sciences.
I am a white female.</p>

<p>Class Rank: 37/644</p>

<p>GPA: 4.5 weighted, I think 3.7 UW.</p>

<p>SAT:
CR- 690
M- 640
W- 640
1980</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Biology M-
Literature-</p>

<p>(I took these this october, so I won't know the scores until October 29th. I feel good about Bio, and a bit wary about Literature.)</p>

<p>APS:
Biology- 5
US History- 5
English Langauge- 3
Government- 2
Currently taking: Psychology, Microeconomics, Literature, Statistics</p>

<p>Most other classes have been gifted/honors, except for electives.</p>

<p>EC:
Senior Beta Club (3 years)- Have been Recording Secretary, and am currently the 1st Vice President
National Hispanic Honor Society (2 years)
National Honor Society (1 year)
Danced en pointe for 7th grade to 11th grade.
I have done countless hours of volunteer work for my clubs.</p>

<p>Awards:
Georgia Governor's Honors Semifinalist
University of Georgia Merit Scholar
AP Scholar</p>

<p>8th grade-
Algebra I</p>

<p>9th Grade-
Biology I
Drama
Geometry (Gifted)
Culinary I
Health
PE
Visual Arts
World History (Gifted)
(Freshmen Year is mainly filled with electives, because that is what is offered)</p>

<p>10th-
Algebra II (Gifted)
AP Gov & Politics
AP Language
Chemistry I (Gifted)
Jazz Dance I
Spanish I (Gifted)
Spanish II (Gifted)
10th Grade Lit (Gifted)</p>

<p>11th-
Adv. Algebra & Trig (Gifted)
American Lit/Comp (Gifted)
AP Biology
AP US History
Biology II (Gifted)
Physics I
Psychology
Spanish III (Gifted)</p>

<p>This Year-
AP Microeconomics/AP Psychology Year long block
Human Anatomy
Animal Science
Peer Leadership
AP Lit
AP Stats
Japanese I</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t be surprised to see a rejection. But no one knows except the admissions committee.</p>

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<p>Out of state admission at WM is considerably more selective than in-state. I think you have some good positives, but you have some things that will hold you back. The SATs are OK but you should take them again. The AP scores in your soph year are going to stand out - that was probably too early to be taking those classes. The total number of APs is good to see but only if the AP test scores are high.</p>

<p>To advance your chances you should be taking on leadership roles within the extracurricular groups and you should be excelling at the most rigorous courseload your school offers. Write a killer essay and retake the tests you can to improve your scores. Aim for being significantly above the advertised average scores for out of state admissions. I think this will hold true for your other reach schools as well.</p>

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<p>Culinary I, Jazz Dance and Animal Science? Cool classes…</p>

<p>I’d suggest you raise those SAT scores.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about the sophomore AP test scores, they aren’t used for admissions, but in credit granted.</p>

<p>Similarly, the Writing component of the SAT isn’t highly regarded.</p>

<p>As far as SAT scores, did you take the SAT this semester? Depending on when you took the SAT, and how many times taken, I’d agree with the others, you should think about re-taking. One thing I notice, you didn’t take math beyond Alg. I, whereas W&M would like to see Calculus, at least. Getting that Math subsection score up couldn’t hurt you in that regard. </p>

<p>You can still get into the December 5th test day, which should get scores out quickly enough for RD deadline. </p>

<p>Also, I know this doesn’t help you, but my personal belief is that 4 years of Spanish would’ve been a better choice over 3, plus one of Japanese. </p>

<p>As has been mentioned, as an OOS non-URM female, you’re in absolutely the most difficult and competitive admissions group at W&M. The only things you can control now are SAT’s and your essay, and you’ll need both of these to be above-average to be competitive. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>