It is my dream to go to the College of William and Mary. I plan on applying early decision and attending an interview.
I go to a very competitive public high school in Virginia Beach. I am a white female and I am a junior.
GPA: unweighted- 3.89
weighted- 4.2
Junior Year Classes:
AP Language and Composition- A-
Studio Theatre (the highest level of theatre class available)- A
Journalism II- A
AP Biology- A-
Spanish II- A
AP Statistics- A
AP US History- A
Senior Classes I have signed up for: AP Calculus, Physics, Spanish III, Studio Theatre, Journalism III, AP Literature, AP Government, AP Microeconomics
ECs:
Cast in One Act Play Competition- our play won 2nd in the state
Newspaper Staff
Student Director of a play
Student Government Executive Council member
Homecoming Court Comittee
Gifted Organization President- I created this club which teaches the growth mindset to elementary students through tutoring sessions throughout the year
Freshman Mentor
Organizer for the school’s fashion show
Sing in my church’s choir
President of my Girl Scout Troop- recipient of the Gold Award, similar to the Eagle Scout award for Boy Scouts
Elementary school Spanish tutor
Comittee Member on the City-Wide Comittee for Secondary Grading
National Honor Society
Others:
Will be attending the W&M Law School’s summer camp this summer
Will have a job this summer
Work regularly as a babysitter
Will go to Ireland on a church pilgimage this summer
Standardized Tests:
ACT- 26 (I know, bad, but I should do better on the SAT, which I will take in May!)
PSAT- scored in the 92nd percentile
I love to write so, I believe my essay will be good.
Things that are bad for me:
I probably will NOT be in the top 10% of my class. My school houses the International Bacclaurate program, which I am not in, and their grades are so heavily weighted, it skews the rank at my school. I will most likely fall right below the 10%. (I have worked with the school board to attempt to eventually correct this issue- see Comittee for Secondary Grading- but it will probably not change before I graduate)
I also was not able to take Spanish I my freshman year because it was full, so I will only finish high school with Spanish III, when I know W&M looks for 4 years of a language.
Teacher Req’s should be great.
What do you think? Do I have a prayer? If not, what should I do? I really cannot imagine myself at any other school.