I really plan to apply, so it would be of big help to know my chances

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<p>Math Olympiad: Won a Bronze Medal at the Mexican National Math Olympiad (2010), 4th Place at State competition (2010), and 2nd Place at State Competition (2009).
-Won 2nd place regional (Juarez), selected for state competition(Chihuahua), and preselected for national competition in 2008(Mexico)</p>

<p>Intel ISEF: 1st Place in the regional Science Fair Sun Country in El Paso in the area of High School Level Physics and Astronomy in February 2010.
3rd Place Sweeptakes at the REGIONAL Science Fair Sun Country in El Paso in the area of High School Physical Sciences Project
1st Place in the REGIONAL Science Fair Sun Country in El Paso in the area of High School Level Physics and Astronomy in February 2008.
-4th place (STATE) on the Texas State Science at San Antonio in the area of High School Level Physics and Astronomy in April 2008.</p>

<p>Academic Decathlon (A total of 25 medals)-In the 2010-2011 El Paso, Tx. (Regional) Academic Decathlon Honor Division, I received:
1st Place-Overall Score
1st Place- Super Quiz (Geology)
1st Place-Arts
1st Place- Best Team Member
2nd Place- Mathematics
3rd Place- Social Science
3rd Place- Music
+ 3 Team Medals (All silver)
-In the 2009-2010 El Paso Academic Decathlon Honor Division, I received:
1st Place-Super Quiz (French Revolution)
1st Place-Music
1st Place- Science (Chemistry)
1st Place- Best Team Member
2nd Place- Overall Score
2nd Place- Language and Literature
3rd Place- Arts
+ 3 Team Medals
-In the 2008-2009 El Paso Academic Decathlon Honor Division I received:
1st Place-Language and Literature
1st Place- Best Team Member
3rd Place- Social Science
5th Place- Overall Competitors Score</p>

<p>AP Exams:
AP Spanish Language-5
AP United States History-3
AP English Language and Composition-3
AP Art History-3
AP English Literature and Composition-3
AP United States Government and Politics-3
AP Calculus AB-5
AP Spanish Literature-5
AP Awards: AP Scholar with Honor (2010), AP Scholar with Distinction (2011)</p>

<p>SAT Scores: Math 800, Critical Reading 600, Writing 650 Composite 2050
Math 790, Critical Reading 590, Writing 600 Composite 1970</p>

<p>SAT II Scores: Math Level II 740, Chemistry (October 2011), Literature (October 2011), Physics (October 2011)</p>

<p>GPA: 97.9 (Unweighted), 101.1 (Weighted), I would say my GPA is about 3.89-4.0, I looked at the GPA Conversion Scale and it turns out to be something like that or very close to it.</p>

<p>Salutatorian and International Student (Mexican)</p>

<p>+1350 hours of Community Service by Helping Kids at a Summer Camp, Math Tutoring, being involved with the Church, and instructing Health Issues for kids at a hospital</p>

<p>President of the Science Club, Vice-President of the Class, member of the National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, and National Hispanic Honor Society, Chess Club, Soccer Team</p>

<p>I speak both English and Spanish with fluency</p>

<p>I have worked on three research projects on my own, which were reviewed by several regional college professors of the area and offered me scholarships to do my Master's as they thought I was a graduate student while in reality I was in High School)</p>

<p>Plus I read about 20-30 books per year (all of these different to the subjects mentioned above)</p>

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<p>You definitely have plenty of extra credits, however your test scores seem rather low. Your math subject test is alright, but your critical reading and writing scores are pretty low for Williams. As a liberal arts college, Williams definitely values those aspects of an application. As crude as the SAT is at measuring abilities, it helps admissions sort through applications. Unless you have some other way into the college (sports, arts) getting in would be a reach. However, if you raised your SAT, you would have a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>take SAT I one more time, if you can make it over 2200 , you will have a better chance.</p>

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<p>Your Mexican status should be a boost, but I agree that your SAT/SAT 2 are pretty low. Great math scores, but you should prep really hard and see if you can get at least 700 on W and R on the SAT I and retake SAT II below 700.</p>

<p>FYI, if you are applying as an international student. You will definitely need to retake. International admissions at top colleges are even more competitive. (Go search some forums on this topic if you don’t believe me).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advices, and yea I will retake the SAT in October and the SAT II’s in November, I have been taking old SAT practice tests and right now I have approximately 770 in Critical Reading, so I hope that will boost my chances :smiley: Also, I decided that this is my top choice and, thus, will apply Early decision :)</p>

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<p>The tests you will take in November might not count for ED, keep that in mind. But maybe they do, it’s just that you can’t be sure.</p>