Chances at all?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Williams College
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<p>Hey I was wondering if this looks like what WC tends to like for music/creative writing majors:</p>

<p>*GPA: 4.19 weighted (going to rise)
3.82 unweighted (same)
*Rank: 31/317
*SAT: (they're not fair)..writing 610, crit reading 520, math 550.
*ACT: Taking it June 10th.
*9th grade i took almost all honors (I have 2 B's on my transcript and 1 b+), *10th grade i took 2 honors but got A's across the board,
*this year (11) i took 1 ap and 4 honors and 1 regular and have all A's.
* Next year, I am taking 4 AP's (2 AP and 2 ap weighted honors) and 1 actual honors class.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/interesting facts:
*People to people student ambassador program (summer of 2002)
*GLSEN board member (helps teach others about diversity)
*junior mendelssohn choir (2 years i a row, and soon to be next year!)
*voice lessons (past 2 years and when i was 8 and 9)
*piano lessons (11 1/2 years)
*cantoring for my rabbi for high holidays
*jazz choir (including a performance at PNC park, Pittsburgh's baseball stadium--soon to be 2 years)
*chamber choir (most elite choir in high school-soon to be 4 years)
*County chorus
*Showchoir in middle school (7th/8th grade)
*District chorus
*Played piano for high school orchestra in 9th grade
*3 piano competitions in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade
*Classical Singer competition
*Music Theory class over the summer (coming)
*National Honors Society
*Played piano/sung in numerous nursing homes for the past several years.
* (I might be writing for the local "free" newspaper to get experienced w/writing).<br>
*6 months of Saxophone (5th grade!)
* 1.5 years of guitar in 8th/9th grade.
There are about 3 or 4 I forgot about by the way ^_^</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I think Williams is a major reach for you because of your SAT scores, although your music EC's are good. Take the SAT over and get higher scores or submit your ACT scores in lieu of your SATs (if they are better), and you should have a much better chance.</p>

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<p>please take my advice with a grain of salt, because although I'm an admitted student, no one really understands the mental processes of adcoms. music definitely helps you, since there are a lot of sports-oriented people who apply and not many musicians. The music major is very small, so saying you want to major in music will also help you stand out. I received an early admit letter this year, and I'm convinced it was because of my interest in music. Definitely send in a tape or cd with your application, and see if you can make a contact with someone in the department. and see what you can do to get your scores a little higher. They're really the only thing that's going to make it difficult to get in.</p>