<p>I am hoping to contact the admissions office shortly regarding an interview, and I was wondering how much interest plays into admissions for out of state?</p>
<p>Female from Rural Kentucky
GPA: 4.25w, 3.95uw
7 APs by graduation: 3 this year with all 5's. School has block scheduling which has made it hard to take copious amounts of APs, plus we are not allowed to take any APs independent study.
Rank: 2/350
ACT: 30 (will retake in October, hoping for a 33)
SAT IIs: Lit: 730, Math IIC: (will take in October,*700), Biology: (will take in October, *760)</p>
<p>ECs:
Mock Trial (9,10,11,12): Capt., Best Witness in State, Best Witness in Tournament, State Runner-Up (2 years), Regional Champs (2 years)
School Newspaper Editor-in-Chief
Teen Columnist for local paper
County Young Democrats (10,11,12): Founding Member, Secretary, Vice-President
School Young Democrats (12): Founder, President
NHS (10,11,12): President
National Latin Honor Society
Y-Club (11, 12): Founding Member, Vice-President, School Service Chair, Organized many service projects
250+ service hours with various organizations
Various summer enrichment programs
other various award and ECs.</p>
<p>buuuuump please please</p>
<p>i think you have a really good shot, and if by interest you mean early decision, then i'd say youre in.</p>
<p>Money in the bank if you are somewhat literate.</p>
<p>but your chances look very good to me, unless you completely blow the essays which is quite doubtful.</p>
<p>... and i'm 95% sure that SAT IIs are "optional"</p>
<p>don't know how they view "showing interest", unless it's applying early, in which case they know they'll have you locked up if they want you, which can only be a positive.</p>
<p>You would have to really mess up your application not to get accepted. </p>
<p>With a few more points on the ACT, I think you would be a Monroe Scholar candidate. </p>
<p>In the past, you probably would not have been able to get an interview. Admissions interviews were reserved only for homeschooled and extenuating circumstanced students.</p>
<pre><code>Another poster said he had an interview, so admissions interview policy may have changed with the new leadership.
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<p>I am pleased to see that you are interested in a W&M experience.</p>
<p>Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about W&M.</p>
<p>Good luck!
The Tribesman</p>
<p>My son had one of the experimental interviews last summer. I believe the program was successful and that WM will continue to offer interviews. I think his interview was a positive contribution to his admission. We drove down from Boston while I pointed out the distance and the heat but the experience only reinforced his enthusiasm for WM and he felt that the interview was very positive.</p>
<p>I applied OOS last year (from Texas). I did an interview in the summer also. In case you don't know already, the interviews are with rising seniors at W&M so they are very friendly and easy to talk to. At the same time, I think it's probably hard to have a bad interview. Be friendly and ask a lot of questions- keep in mind, they are students and were in your shoes just a few years ago. I wouldn't stress about the interview- it's not a big deal AT ALL. Use it as an opportunity to tell something unique about yourself that you can't really put on your application, or just to seem interested in w&m. Showcase a friendly, outgoing personality, but don't seem unnatural. Be someone the interviewer could be friends with. Show that you're more than just a driven college admissions slut (for lack of a better way to put it :-)</p>
<p>In late January (my app went in LAST MINUTE on about December 31), I received a handwritten postcard from an admissions officer telling me that my optional submission "made his night" (if you look at the app, you have the option to submit a piece of paper with anything you want on it). DO THE OPTIONAL SUBMISSION. OPTIONAL NEVER REALLY MEANS OPTIONAL (so you are smart to be taking SAT IIs also if you can score well). Make your submission UNIQUE. From the forums last year, I got the impression that everyone did collages thinking they were being original. A collage is not interesting in the least, I'm sorry. Especially after viewing hundreds of them. I wouldn't do an essay either, unless it's just incredible. I don't want to tell you what I did so that you can come up with one on your own, but I will tell you it was funny. Be original, stand out, and make them laugh. You have plenty of time to think of something really good, so start now.</p>
<p>By the way, your credentials are excellent, similar and in some ways better than mine. I was accepted to W&M yet chose to go to University of Richmond. I think you'll get in. However, don't get a false sense of security. I have friends in PA, NJ, RI, and FL who also had interviews and who had great credentials and didn't get in. It's hard, so keep an open mind and find other schools that interest you! GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>If you ever want to talk about w&m (i spent three weeks there last summer) feel free to IM me at "untie the cows"</p>
<p>bump one last time please, im really interesting in william and mary!</p>
<p>If you really want to interview, you must schedule an interview this summer.</p>
<p>A quick call to the admissions office would clarify this.</p>
<p>I would visit and interview this summer if you want to express your interest. Of course, be prepared to explain in as much detail as possible why you like W&M so much.</p>
<p>Naturally, the interviews are optional; so if you can't make it to Williamsburg this summer, then this will not hurt your application.</p>
<p>Good luck!
The Tribesman</p>
<p>thanks yall!
I really hope the supp. comes out soon so I can begin working on it. I posted this in a new thread but I guess i will ask here too -- by sending in the optional teacher rec., does it have to be along with the common app. form or can it simply be a letter?</p>
<p>one more bump, im sure these are annoying but i really need to know.</p>
<p>If it's a letter, I'm sure they will still read it. But why not just give the common app form to the teacher to fill out too?</p>
<p>I was going to use a teacher I had for an online course, so there are some sections he would not be able to fill out...like watching me participate in group projects, etc. do you think that would hurt his letter of rec?</p>
<p>I doubt it. If it is made clear that he wasn't a normal classroom teacher (at least for the class you took) then they would not expect the same things they would of a normal teacher. You should take into account if he knows you well enough to write a rec, if you didn't have face to face contact. You'll want him to talk about more than your grade, they'll already have that.</p>
<p>can i bump this up one more time?
can i get a percentage chance i have? please?
thanks!</p>
<p>Nope. Why? None of us have any way of knowing!</p>