Chances of getting into W&M

<p>Caucasian, Male
Class of 2012
Wheaton North High School, IL</p>

<p>Intended major: International Relations (Possible double major with Political Science)</p>

<p>GPA
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted (6 scale): 5.64</p>

<p>Class rank: 13/481</p>

<p>AP's
Soph: US History: 5
Jun: Lang and Comp: 5, Micro Econ: 5, US Gov: 5
Sen: Lit and Comp, Bio, Psych, Euro</p>

<p>ACT (Will retake in Sep.)
Composite: 33
Writing: 35 (10 on Essay)
Math: 32
Science: 32
Reading: 33</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests (Will retake Math 2+Lit in Fall)
US History: 800
Math 2: 690
Chemistry: 680</p>

<p>EC's
Speech: 11-12 --Varsity Letter, Outstanding Newcomer, Potential Senior Advisory Council member
Student Newspaper: 11-12 --Editor-At-Large Senior year
Awana (Youth group): 9-12 (I've done well with national competitions we have, not sure if it means anything other than devotion to faith)
Church: Run soundboard/PPT/Most tech stuff 9-12
National Honors Society
Math Honors Society
German Honors Society
Attended IL Boys' State
Wheaton North League of Voters: 11-12
Military History Club: 10-12
Congressional Intern: Worked in US Representative's campaign office, logged 200+ hours last year in election year, less this year
Occasional evening receptionist at Evangelical Child and Family Agency
Work: Landscaping with friend, about 15 lawns per week.</p>

<p>Thanks for any input!</p>

<p>You certainly have strong test scores and a high class rank which will both be plus factors. Have you completed (or plan to take) any of the following courses: calc, physics, the fourth year of a foreign language? To us these are benchmarks of a strong high school curriculum. None were mentioned in your list of APs. If you don’t have physics but have AP Bio your senior year that’s okay but we’d definitely recommend you take calc and the fourth level of a foreign language.</p>

<p>Also, you didn’t mention a lot of four-year commitments in your ECs. This is also very important to us. You do have some leadership in newspaper and we’d definitely recommend you go for that position in speech. We also understand that leadership positions are harder to come by in in larger schools like Wheaton North.</p>

<p>Your ACT score is very strong. Nothing wrong with taking it again as we’ll only look at your highest composite so it can’t hurt you but your score is strong already.</p>

<p>We’d recommend that you consider taking calc and the fourth level of a foreign language and insure your personal qualities come through in your essay(s) and recommendation(s) and that you pursue whatever leadership positions you can to help distinguish your application from the other high-achieving students in our pool but certainly your objective qualities are off to a strong start.</p>

<p>For more on our process and any applicant’s chances, check out our Admit It! Blog ([W&M</a> Blogs Chance Me](<a href=“http://blogs.wm.edu/2010/12/14/chance-me/]W&M”>http://blogs.wm.edu/2010/12/14/chance-me/))</p>