<p>Academics: 3.91 UW GPA, 4.1 w
Ranked 6th out of 73, may move up to 5
29 composite act score
4 AP's through highschool, my school only offers 6 total (also dual enrolled in art history)
Fairly rigorous course load, but I'm only in Spanish 2 and precalc (didn't want to take hard classes as an underclassmen, I went to a new highschool freshman year and was nervous about it)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
2 years football, 2 years cross country, 3 years of track, 2 years scholastic/ quiz bowl (varsity in cross country and track), math team (Vice President), FBLA, FCCLA, and red Krush (student fan group for school sports)</p>
<p>Other:
Letters of rec should be pretty good, nothing unworldy but I think they should be more than the generic 'hard worker blabla) </p>
<p>Essay should be great. Talks of how I persevered through adversity when my mom passed away from cancer at age 10. Those who've read it said that it made them tear up. </p>
<p>Thanks so much and good luck to other applicants! </p>
<p>Using your ACT composite and weighted GPA to try to capture the relative rigor of your courseload, I compared to scatterplots for OOS applicants. It looks like you are not likely to be offered admission. </p>
<p>If you could raise your weighted GPA above 4.3 or your ACT above 32 (or take the SAT and get M+CR > 1400), that would help your chances immensely.</p>
<p>collegedata dot com.
Set it for multi-year (I used the full available range), display weighted GPA and ACT scores, and then select other criteria such as IS/OOS, male/female, regular/ED, etc.</p>
<p>Note that the data points are self-reported, therefore neither random sample nor confirmed accurate. However, they are anonymous and I believe it is fairly reliable for most entries.</p>
<p>To the best of my knowledge cappex does not provide any option to select IS/OOS, which is hugely important at top public schools like W&M.</p>
<p>Your grades and class rank are very good - you have taken 4 of 6 APs that are offered at your school. You won’t be penalized because your school doesn’t offer more - that wouldn’t be fair! Weighted grade point average calculations vary from school to school and given what you’ve said about your school a 4.3 grade point average is impossible. In fact I can’t imagine a 4.3 is possible at very many schools. The only thing that looks a little low is your ACT score, but W&M looks at all of your information, not just the numbers. I think you absolutely have a chance. Good luck!</p>
<p>I would be more concerned about the substandard progression in Math and Spanish. I think that will hurt your chances. Everyone goes to a new school as a HS freshman, that won’t excuse it.</p>
<p>You’re a real debbie downer FCCDAD. The only class I could be taking better in Math would be one class more, Calculus. I do realize that not taking 4 years of Spanish will hurt. But thanks for the responses anyways!</p>
<p>I’m not trying to depress you, I’m simply trying to be as objective as I can, and try to see things from the admissions officers’ point of view.</p>
<p>4 years of progressively harder math is expected at that level. It’s not necessarily required, but it will draw their attention if you don’t have it.</p>
<p>4 years of foreign language is also expected. 3 years they might not worry about, but you say you’re only taking Spanish 2. They’re certainly going to notice that.</p>
<p>The first question any admissions officer will ask is, “Is this applicant academically prepared and able to handle the work here?” Everything else - ECs, LoR, essays - is secondary. If they think you will not be able to handle the work, it doesn’t matter how much they like you otherwise.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope you get in to your first choice school. My own opinion is that W&M would be unlikely to offer you admission on your current record. Nothing is impossible in college admissions, but your application has some weaknesses right now (for the “top” schools) that you should be aware of and, if possible, address.</p>
<p>Your OOS status is going to hurt your chances. The only two students I know well who were admitted over the last two years had IB diplomas and unique EC’s. We’re in state. You’re a great student. It doesn’t hurt to try but also find a match school you’ll be happy with. W&M is small for a state school and they are very selective. Good luck to you!</p>