Is it possible?

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>Hello :). Thank you for taking the time to look at this. If it helps, I'm a female Asian from NY, currently in my senior year. :)
My current SAT is an 1800, hopefully I'll boost it up to a 1900.
SAT: 27
gpa (not too great) 3.4 UW, I'm not sure about the weighted on a 4.0 scale. I have a 95% average, weighted. Top 25% of my class </p>

<p>High School Courses:</p>

<p>8th grade (taken in Jr. High):
Honors Earth Science
Honors Algebra I</p>

<p>9th grade:
Honors Biology
Honors Geometry
Honors World History</p>

<p>10th grade:
Honors Chemistry
Honors European History
Honors English</p>

<p>11th grade:
Honors Pre Calculus
Honors Physics
AP Literature
AP US History</p>

<p>12th grade
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
AP Language
AP Macroeconomics
AP Studio Art </p>

<p>EC's:
SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) member since freshman year
Member of National Honor Society
Vice President of National Art Honor Society
Member of Foreign Language Honor Society
Girl's Varsity Swim and Dive team all four years.
Girl's Varsity Winter track, two years
Girl's Varsity Spring track, two years.
Played Violin since 4th grade, unfortunately couldnt fit into my senior schedule due to AP Bio :(.
Member of the Pit Orchestra in sophomore year.
Teen Advisory member at my community's library- We organize events at the library such as arts and crafts classes, as well as book recommendations for the young adult section. </p>

<p>Community Service:
Painted Murals for an elementary school that burned down. 11th and 12 grade
"The Memory Project": Created portraits for orphans in third world countries. 11th grade
Numerous Breast Cancer walks grades 9-12
Volunteered at the local church's beautification program. 10th and 11th grade
One of the founding members of a beauty movement in my community- Raised money for NEDA (National Eating Disorder Association) </p>

<p>Awards: 7 Varsity Letters (Sports Awards), 3 for swimming, 2 for winter track, 2 for spring track.
Music award for Pit orchestra</p>

<p>I plan on applying to:
University of Delaware
University of Connecticut
SUNY Binghampton
SUNY Stony Brook
Syracuse
The College of William and Mary (I know, a reach)
University of North Carolina (another reach) </p>

<p>My number one is UNC, followed by W&M... I know its kind of a stretch :\ is there anything I can do to help my chances?
So, how do I stack up? Thank you once again for taking the time to read this!</p>

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<p>Your stats aren’t encouraging. If you look at part C of W&M’s 2011 common data set <a href=“http://iae.wm.edu/ir/CDS/cds_1112_part_c.pdf[/url]”>http://iae.wm.edu/ir/CDS/cds_1112_part_c.pdf&lt;/a&gt;, you’ll see that only about 3.5 percent of the class had a GPA in your range, and your current SAT would put you in their 25th percentile. There’s also the fact that admissions are generally tougher for OOS and female applicants. Are you likely to be a recruited athlete for swimming or track?</p>

<p>Have you considered the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg? It’s quite similar in feel to W & M, and slightly less selective. One possibility, if you continue to be interested in W&M, is to do quite well as a freshman at another school and then transfer.</p>