<p>Female, white
OOS - live in New Jersey, attend boarding school in Connecticut (bottom of first tier, definitely a good school with good reputation)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.6 UW (school doesn't weight)
Upward trend
I have always taken the most difficult course load that was within my power to take; two honors soph year, all honors and APs junior and senior years.
Rank is not reported</p>
<p>SATs: 790 R / 670 M / 800 W
Combined: 2260</p>
<p>ECs:
Choir (9-12)
Varsity Gymnastics (9-10)
Varsity Softball (11-12)
JV Basketball (10-11)
One club presidency, member of a few more clubs, one summer of volunteer work, etc.</p>
<p>Submitting one teacher rec (should be excellent) and a counselor rec, as well as the optional essay.</p>
<p>So chances/any suggestions to help my chances? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Sounds like you have some wonderful qualities to put forth in your application and no doubt that your school has prepared you well for selective college admission.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are a little above our mid 50% range and it sounds like you’re probably a solid A/B student (we take your high school context into consideration and we realize there is sometimes little if any grade inflation at some schools). You’ll likely have two very thorough recommendations which are of course appreciated.</p>
<p>You didn’t list your complete resume below (which is fine) but I didn’t see a lot of four-year commitments listed. This is something we value in our review process. If you’ve attended this school and boarded there all four years, you might want to explain why there are few four-year activities on your resume. If you moved to this school from another then we certainly understand there’s some disruption to your extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>Remember to set your expectations appropriately. W&M accepts only 27% of the out-of-state students who apply so even great applicants get turned away. Go in thinking if it works out, great. If not, there are plenty of other great colleges out there for you!</p>
<p>Thank you for the input. As far as extracurriculars go, I did switch schools (attended public school for two years, repeated sophomore year at boarding school and will have been here for three years). While I have certainly experimented a lot to find the extracurriculars that suit me best, some of that can be accounted to changing schools. (e.g. I would have four years of gymnastics, but my current school doesn’t have it.) I’m happy to hear that W&M will take this into account, as well as the context of my high school.</p>
<p>Feel free to explain exactly how your transition affected your extracurricular participation in the additional information section of your application.</p>