Chances at WM (appreciate any help)

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>A friend told me about this site and I figure why not ask around. Thanks for any ideas on what I should send in, my chances, etc</p>

<p>SAT: 1580 (800 M / 780 V)</p>

<p>SAT2: 740 MIC, 710 MIIC, 740 Writing, 690 US Hist, 690 English</p>

<p>AP: 5 Statistics, 5 US Hist, 4 English</p>

<p>Current Classes: Honors Humanities, AP Modern Euro, Spanish 4, AP BC Calc, AP Bio, International Relations; taking hardest classes available. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.558 for soph/jr year combined, 3.783 for first quarter of senior year. </p>

<p>School: Our school leaves them weighted, and it is on a 4=A, .5 extra for
AP/Honors. So highest possible is 4.5 if you had all As in all APs. I am about 8-15 range out of 70 students in my grade, in a very competitive school. People have gotten into Dartmouth, JHU, Williams, Yale, Stanford, Duke, UVA, William and Mary, etc. </p>

<p>Extra Curricular: Dorm council (student council for boarders, elected by 40 other boarders), Varsity Squash 3 years, Basketball (AAU + School), Academic "A" Team for 3 years (One of the top teams in the nation, have won numerous scholarships and $), Science A Team 3 years, Model Organizations general committees, School Play.</p>

<p>Other activities: Stand up comedy (performed at club), Worked at Ben and Jerrys for 2 and 1/2 years, worked for rivals100.com for two years. Both paid well </p>

<p>Dad went to Harvard/Duke Med. Mom went to Brown/Harvard SOPH. I spent summer between soph/jr years at Amherst taking classes. Summer between jr/sr years at Harvard taking classes, which I got 8 credits for (received B+ in both classes). The SSP thing, got a reference from teacher.</p>

<p>Submitted extra materials from Academic team tournament (Scholarship info (have won close to $2000 or so for my school with team) and program from the night I did the standup comedy set. Essays were good, as were recs, although I didnt see them. Just assuming, I mean not like the teacher is gonna bash me. </p>

<p>Oh right, received a couple honors:
-Honor roll after sophomore year, high honors after junior year
-National Merit Commendation
-AP Scholar
-Ben Carson Nominee (8th grade so not that big deal)
-Academic team has won a crapload of stuff. </p>

<p>Located in Virginia</p>

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<p>You should be all set.</p>

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<p>Anyone else have ideas?</p>

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<p>Why would you even post this, of course you're going to get in.</p>

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<p>That sounds good, thanks</p>

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<p>i'd have to sort of disagree with the posts above, even though, you're numbers are very good (especially your SAT scores) your GPA is on the low end, William & Mary's GPA for the most recent class (my class) was a 4.07, nearly everyone I have met here was either the valedictorian or salutatorian of his/her class, and many people from my high school with 4.0s did not get in, so don't think you're a shoo in bc of your GPA, bu rest assured that your SAT scores will def. be looked as a plus on your application</p>

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<p>well my first semester gpa was 3.85, so that should help. also,i go to a more difficult school than most. kids got in early already this year to oharvard williams dartmouth stanford colombia yale duke UVA WM JHU etc. also, the gpas are underinflated.</p>

<p>that being said you are probably right. thanks for the input</p>

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<p>you have crazyyyy stats...if you live in VA then you are def in</p>

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<p>I think things look good for you, since your stats are terrific, your ECs are solid (and the stand-up comedy makes you somewhat unique), and you're instate. If you're a guy, so much the better.</p>

<p>My d's a senior at W & M, and even though there are lots of vals/sals there (both her roommate and boyfriend were #1 in their high schools, which is kind of funny), most kids weren't ranked at the very top. You aren't quite in your school's top ten percent, but I don't think that's a major problem since you attend a competitive private school and the adcoms will know to consider that when they look at your app. If you put some effort into your essays (did you do the supplemental?), I think you should feel pretty confident.</p>

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<p>yah did a pretty good supplemental.....and ya, its a realy competitive school. we had a kid who was probably a fair bit lower than me gpa wise get in, so that hopefully bodes well</p>

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<p>While the GPA is on the low side, W&M looks passed GPA and looks more at the overall package. For example, UVA is a lot more stat based than W&M. The student body as a whole at both schools, while very very good at each, I would say there are some noticeable differences.</p>

<p>I got in with a 3.55 (probably under 3.5 at the time of admission), not inflated at all HS gpa.</p>

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<p>well i like w&m because it's more "student personality" oriented rather than GPA oriented, like UVA. Basically i had a 3.6 unweighted and i got accepted because I had high SAT scores just like you. I am also very active for alot of community things and I have lots of experiences with my intended majors.</p>