Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Williams College
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<p>Here are my stats and other things of that sort:</p>

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<li>White lesbian female from Long Island. Average public school.</li>
<li>SAT: 2160
V: 760
M: 650 (unfortunate, I know.)
W: 750
ACT:
31 first time, 32 second time (28/29 math, 36/34 reading, 30/31 science, 31/32 english, 32/32 writing)
GPA: about 96 u/w, about 117.5 weighted (all APs and honors courses)
Rank: 2/427
APs: 5 on European History, 5 on US History, 5 on English Lang. and Comp, 2 on Physics B (heh...I made a really nice doodle of a house on that test)
SAT IIs: 690 on Bio E, 770 on US History
All APs senior year (B/C Calc, French, Biology, Literature, Government)
EC's:</li>
<li><p>Massive political stuff (youngest member of a group Responsible Wealth, member of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, started my own 501(c)3 online youth activist org. during the 2004 election cycle, had congressional briefings with 10 congressmen and senators, held two press conferences on preserving the estate tax and was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor and all publications on Scripps-Howard news service, worked on a friend's dad's congressional campaign, lobbied congress twice on the estate tax, and did Model Congress. Whew.)</p></li>
<li><p>First US Senate Page sponsored by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. I was a page for the Fall semester.</p></li>
<li><p>Have been involved in every theatrical production at my school since freshman year. We do three shows a year...I've gotten leads for two shows each year since 9th grade, and been house manager for the remaining show for three years solidly.</p></li>
<li><p>Worked on outside children's theater productions as well as acting as lighting manager for a show a friend wrote and had produced.</p></li>
<li><p>Secretary (10th), Treasurer (11th), President (12th) of my school's Drama Club</p></li>
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<p>Community Service:
- Rebuilt houses over a week in Pittsburgh with the Pittsburgh Project
- YSOP in DC and NYC (served in soup kitchens for a week in DC, a weekend in NYC)
- Sunday School helper freshman year
- Food for Soldiers Project (the Senate Pages created and assembled care packages for soldiers in Iraq)
- Crop Walk for Hunger</p>

<p>Honors: US Senate Page Program, National Honors Society, French Honors Society, English Honors Society, Social Studies Honors Society, high honor roll and high honor roll with distinction all quarters, and I received the Harvard Book Award.
Work Experience: Page Program, was a camp counselor one summer (pssh.)</p>

<p>Recs are really good from two teachers and guidance counselor, as well as really great supplemental rec from Senator Clinton herself. </p>

<p>My brother graduated from Williams last year, and I'm also pretty much already a member of the Elizabethans (they put me as a "Currently Away" member on their website, heh =D) and I wrote a bonus for "Trivia" this year to help out my bro. I didn't mention those things on my application though...when I send my mid-year grades, should I perhaps mention those?</p>

<p>Chances?</p>

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<p>Why do you phrase all of your extra-curriculars to make it sound as if you have no doubt in your mind that you will get in and at the very end, add "Chances?" You are most definitely qualified to get into ANY college with your stats</p>

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<p>Hahah, touche. You know, I was actually just thinking that these threads in general kinda just ego puffers for us kids whose ego balloons have been popped by the needle of ED deferrals. Sorry sorry sorry. Really, I mean it, my apologies for the ridiculousness of this thread, I think I just kinda needed the reassurance. And damn collegeconfidential for limiting the edit function! </p>

<p>Does anyone know how to delete these threads anyway?</p>

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<p>And apologies for the entirety of the phrase "ego balloons...needle of ED deferrals." </p>

<p>I really have no idea why I typed that, lol.</p>

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<p>did you mean "lebanese" in the second line?</p>

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<p>No, I mean lesbian, as in homosexual. I only mention that because that was a major part of one of my essays. It's not really a hook, it's just one of those things I chose to write about.</p>

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<p>how did u become a page? how did u get hillary clinton to sponsor u?</p>

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<p>YEA u must tell about the whole Hillary Clinton thing!</p>

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<p>If you want a devil's advocate view, I'd say your test scores aren't particularly strong, and being from NYC won't do you any favors. Sure, being a page looks great, and you'll probably get in, but "You are most definitely qualified to get into ANY college with your stats" is a little bit optimistic. No offense.</p>

<p>Definitely agree on the "chances" posts being primarily ego-puffing. AFAIK, no one from Williams admissions posts here, and the rest of us have only the same publicly available stats to compare as you do.</p>

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<p>'Qualified to get in' is different from 'will get in'. Probably over 50% of applicants to Williams are qualified or "deserve" to get in, but there's only room to accept ~ 19% of them.</p>

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<p>I think we should get a Williams Admission officer on here! It'd take a lot of stress off many of us to know whether we're in or not in advance! :-P</p>

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<p>Even though your math SAT is a little low, you are an extremely well qualified student with good chances!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>If you're gonna be cocky, be cocky....don't apologize for it later ;)
Your extracurricular commitments should trump the 650, but I think it depends on how many white new yorker females actively involved in politics they have to choose from. Good judgement tells me there will be several, but I still think you have a great chance!</p>