I'm scared....

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>Do you think I have a chance? I'm thinking about majoring in either history/political science with the goal of going on to law school.</p>

<p>white/female/tennessee/rising senior
competitive high school that W & M knows about</p>

<p>GPA: 3.72 (unweighted)/4.1 (weighted) (.5+ for honors/1+ for AP)
I will have taken 9 AP classes, 6 honors classes, and 4 years of foreign language.
I have no idea what my class rank is, but its probably in the top 10% or very close to it.</p>

<p>ACT: 30 (33 reading/30 math/29 english/26 science)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Assistant Karate Instructor (been involved since 1996 and have done many things on regional/national level)
Sports Editor for my school newspaper,won HS Press award
Student Council representative, co-chair & committee member
Interact(service club)-head of various projects and treasurer
National Honor Society committee member
400+ hours of volunter work by time of graduate (Presidents Gold Award)
Distinguished Spanish 1 Student award</p>

<p>My "official" high school transcript:</p>

<p>Freshman year:
A-Orchestra
B-Honors Geometry
A-Honors Freshman English
A-Journalism
A-required health class
A-Biology
A-Spanish 1</p>

<p>Sophomore year(This is the weakest part of my application)
B-Spanish 2
A-Algebra II/Trigonometry
A-Honors Orchestra
A-Combined Studies/Honors English
B-Combined Studies/Honors History
B-Chemistry 1</p>

<p>Junior Year
A-AP US History
B-AP Physics B
A-Pre-Calculus
A-AP Junior English
A-AP Micro Economics
A-U.S. Government
A-Spanish III</p>

<p>Senior year
AP Modern European History
AP Senior English
AP Environmental Science
AP Macro Economics
AP Calculus AB
Honors Spanish IV
required Gym semester</p>

<p>I plan on applying Early Decision.
My essays are so far up to my high standards
And I'm confident my recommendations will be excellent too</p>

2

<p>You always have a chance if you apply. OOS is very competitive, though. I think the best thing you can do is to try and pull up your ACT score.</p>

3

<p>IMO, you stand a chance. Have you visited the college/interviewed?</p>

4

<p>I've visited the college and have sent a couple e-mails to undergraduate admissions asking about their programs. I wish I could do an interview, but they're only on campus during july/august and there is absolutely no way I can get up there</p>

5

<p>I really don't think the interviews help in swaying their decision. Most interviews are student conducted.</p>

6

<p>Actually last year they starting doing evaluative interviews that do play a part in the admission process.</p>

7

<p>I asked if they did any off-campus interviews, and I was told they didn't but I wouldn't be at a disadvantage if I couldn't come up and visit again</p>