<p>My GPA is 3.82; top 10% of my class
SAT: 660 critical reading and 650 on the math (i think this will be my downfall OOS)
-spent a considerable amount of time on a creative supplement
-did marching band and swim team for 4 years and i am the captain of the trumpet section
-did New Jersey Boy's State last year and I am a member of the JSA
-member of Tri-M music honor society, Nation honor society, and social studies honor society
-took AP Lang and Comp., AP US2, AP Psych, and spanish 4 last year
-am taking Calc AB AP, AP Lit, and AP Euro this year
-also interviewed on campus
I love William and Mary!</p>
<p>You have a great GPA. And your test scores are not bad! I was admitted OOS with a 670 on math, 670 on CR which isn’t too far off from yours. so don’t worry 
you have great extra curricular s too! You definitely have a chance of being admitted. It is a little harder OOS, but you can do it! Good luck!</p>
<p>We always recommend that students read our Admit It! Blog’s post on Chance Me-type questions ([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/)). It provides some great insight into our process. Yes, it is most competitive out-of-state because we have more applicants competing for fewer spaces but 35% of our students are out-of-state so clearly they are admitted. And since our process is entirely holistic, everyone has a chance. Check it out when you have time.</p>
<p>@W&M Admission: Thank you very much! I found the link really informative. I would also just like to say I think it’s really commendable that W&M admissions goes out of its way to answer questions and be involved with this forum. Really cool. </p>
<p>@Soccersara122: I appreciate the feedback and congratulations on being accepted, so very exciting!</p>
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<p>That is not, what I understood, what Ms. Basket said at a recent W&M Admissions Information Session.</p>
<p>What I believe Ms. Basket said is that there is an initial “filter” or “minimum requirement” (my words) cutoff point. What she called “the numbers.”</p>
<p>It was made quite clear that those that don’t pass muster are immediately thrown into the reject pile. Again, my words, not hers.</p>
<p>So, therefore, the process is not totally “holistic.”</p>
<p>And, btw, the student-lead tour after the session was excellent.<br>
Best of all we’ve visited.</p>
<p>@GolfFather, glad to hear you enjoyed your tour. Our Tour Guides are awesome if we do say so ourselves. </p>
<p>We apologize if there was any miscommunication or misunderstanding but there are no minimum filters are cutoffs at all. We swear. Our best guess is that Ms. Basket said there are NO cutoffs are filters. We do not require any specific courses for admission, there is no minimum GPA or minimum SAT/ACT score. Every application is read at least twice, from cover to cover, by two different members of our staff. No one is automatically put into the “reject pile”. Similarly, no one is automatically put into the admit pile. We absolutely ensure that any student we admit is capable of being successful at W&M. If we fear a student is not capable of being successful at W&M we do not admit them but that is determined after only two thorough reads of an entire application, not a cursory glance at quantitative figures. We would not say our process is not entirely holistic if that were not the case.</p>
<p>**^^^^**Great, thanks for the response!</p>
<p>I should also add that W&M looks like an excellent school.</p>
<p>And, as others have said, thanks for posting here on CC.</p>