<p>I am planning to apply Early Decision to William and Mary this fall. As of right I feel fairly good about my chances, but... I am also really nervous that my stats aren't good enough. I mean, I feel that they are, but you never know. </p>
<p>OOS white female</p>
<p>State: New Jersey
Education: 4.18 W, ? UW
17 out of 261<br>
All Honors/AP (mostly A-/B+, some A+, a couple B's)
- Still waiting for AP scores
Renaissance Club (promotes school spirit)
- Co-Spruce Up Day Chairwoman
Key Club (10-12)
National Honors Society(11-12)
- ran for VP (lost), might get one of the secretary positions
- Planning to co-lead Scholarship/Fundraising committee, and Most Influential Teacher committee
3 out of 3 AP classes junior year
- Lang./Comp., USH II (NJ splits USH into 2 years), Biology
Will take 5 out of 5 AP's senior year
- Lit., Physics B, Calc AB, Spanish, US Gov. & Pol.
20-30 hours a year of community service
- tutoring jr high students
- various key club activites
- couple charity walks
Testing
SAT: CR 680, M 620, W 610; awaiting June 5th scores
ACT: 27
Taking SAT II's (History and Literature) next fall
Awaiting AP Scores</p>
<p>Additional Info:
Attended the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD)'s pre-collegiate course in Early American History at the College of William and Mary. Received an A- and 4 hours credit at the college.</p>
<pre><code> Little to no financial aid
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<p>I think my stats are decent, but a little bit of feedback will soothe my worries.</p>
<p>WM2014, I’m sure that my SAT scores are going to go up a bit because I just took the June 5th ones, and I feel very good about those, but the past couple weeks I’ve been very nervous about my chances, so I had to know.</p>
<p>Glad to hear W&M is your top choice. When that’s the case, early decision is definitely the way to go. When you’re in a pool of 1000 instead of a pool of 12,000+ it’s easier to stand out and make a case for yourself.</p>
<p>The interview is just one optional component of many that students can take advantage of. It’s designed as the only way for students to literally put their personality into the application (i.e. it makes a two-dimensional application three-dimensional) but onlya bout 15% of W&M applicants interview. Obviously most students apply to W&M without an interview and because it’s optional, it doesn’t disadvantage those who don’t interview but it’s certainly encouraged if students are able to get to campus over the summer.</p>
<p>W&M Admissions, I’m going to challenge this because intuitively it doesn’t make sense. There are only a limited number of spaces in the class, so if an interview can only help an applicant then why wouldn’t a student who didn’t interview be at a disadvantage? Unless you’re saying that an interview can go wrong and hurt a student as well . . .</p>
<p>novaparent, interviews are evaluative which means they can be positive or negative. The interviews are designed to allow the prospective student the opportunity to provide more depth and breadth to their application but it’s one component of many. A good correlary is letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation beyond one from the guidance counselor are optional for W&M. Those students who send a teacher recommendation are not more likely to get admitted than those who don’t because that additional letter may or not provide new information. The same goes for the interview. We cannot disadvantage those students who are unable to interview and thus it’s not like they start off at a lower point in our review process.</p>
<p>Given that only 15% of students interview, most of those who apply and most of those who are admitted do so without an interview.</p>