Chances at William and Mary

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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Hey everyone. This college has been catching my eye for a while but I’ve heard it’s difficult to get into so I was just wanting some outside opinions.

Scores:
SAT: 1320/1600 (710 English / 610 Math) Just retook about a week ago so awaiting the new score
Unweighted GPA: 3.9

ECs:
President of Model UN (senior year), Treasurer of Model UN (junior year)
Tutor club - I tutor high school kids in english/writing
Improv Troupe - I help write and perform comedy
National Junior Classical League
Latin Club

Volunteer Work:
Tutor for middle school kids in all subjects
Animal Ambassador - at animal shelters I help potential adopters find the perfect animal
“Words with Wildcats” - a program where I went to elementary schools and helped under-performing (mainly foreign) students with their reading abilities
Rosary club - made rosaries for poor Catholic elementary/middle schools
Archives Editor - at a convent I created and edited an electronic copy of all of their physical diaries and documents
Youth Leadership Camp - spent about 30 hours doing community service (building houses, landscaping for the elderly, etc)
Camp leader for a church near my house.

Awards/Acheivements:
Magna Cum Laude (3rd place in my school) on the National Latin exam
Outstanding position paper as Sweden in Model UN
Published twice in my schools academic journal
Chosen for the FBI Youth Leadership Program (1 kid from each state is flown out, for free, to Virginia for a week to train and learn with FBI members)

Sports:
Cross country for 2 years, 1 JV and 1 Varsity

Extra:
Started a service project (required for the FBI Youth Leadership Program) in which I was meant to honor my hero. I chose Milo Yiannopoulos as my hero and had a free speech mural where everyone in the community was allowed to go up and write whatever they wanted so long as they signed their name underneath.
Published a novel at 12 years old.

I want to major in Political Science/Government. Quick question, what is the political scene like at W&M? Is it predominantly liberal, conservative, apolitical?

Thanks for reading!

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Your GPA and ECs are fine. Just try to get your SAT score up and you should have nothing to worry about.

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William & Mary students are generally very civically engaged when compared to most colleges. (you know being the alma mater of Thomas Jefferson and several other Founding Fathers and all) This takes many different forms, some students are involved in volunteering, others actvism, other people hosting club and educacational awareness events, while others are just well kept well informed about the world around them. Government and international relations are also some of the most popular majors.

I would say William & Mary is more politically balanced when compared to most colleges, drawing students with a wide variety of views, however it leans liberal like most colleges. There is a fair amount of discourse and it is not uncommon for students from the different organnizations to come together for a debate (look up the great debtbate on youtube). In the great debtbate you had young dems, conservatives, socialists, and libertarians in a room debating several issues of importance to the country. Many students have also been recently following the testimonies of James Comey, the FBI director, who was also a William & Mary alum.

I would say if you are leaning to the conservative side you are probably fine and will find like minded people, however you will be hard-pressed to find fans of this particular administration at least people that are openly so. I have known only one person to have openly expressed support for the sitting president and that was through social media. A couple of years ago we invited Condoleza Rice to campus as a commencement speaker and our current Chancellor is Robert Gates, so William & Mary is surrounded by history and those involved in civic service.