My chances at williams?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Williams College
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<p>Hi, I go to a great public high school in Minnesota that sends some graduates to the top schools. </p>

<p>I have a 3.98 GPA, taking the most rigorous schedule i can at my school.</p>

<p>I don't know my SAT/ACT scores yet</p>

<p>Classes:
Sophomore year-All honors classes, then APUSH, AP stats and i took the AP bio test and passed all 3.
Junior Year-All honors again, AP euro, AP lang, passed both
Senior year- AP spanish 5, AP calc, AP chem, AP lit, AP gov and AP physics, passed all of them
So i'll have 5 math classes, 5 science classes and 5 years of spanish when im done with high school, and also 4 years of choir, and 9 AP classes (taking 11 tests)</p>

<p>E/C's
Science Olympiad for 4 years
Math Team for 4 years (on the "varsity" math team for 3)
Cross Country for 3 years, ran varsity all 3, captain my senior year
My main sport is lacrosse, i started varsity for 3 years, trying to get recruited at williams.
I've always wanted to get more involved in things, but since i do 2 sports it is hard to commit to many things in my school that only happen during the winter, science olympiad and math team are really the only 2.
National Honors society my senior year</p>

<p>Community Service:
Volunteering at the local hospital for 3 years
Volunteering at the local old folks home for 3 years
coached a youth lacrosse team in the summers</p>

<p>I will be visiting williams this summer, and i was hoping to apply early decision</p>

<p>So what are my chances? any things to i can do to improve would be great too! </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>You look good, honey, what you can do is crack 2100 on your SATs and700s on your SATIIs. This means you should make sure you have time to take them more than once before the ED round. ED increases your admission chances.</p>

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<p>Scores will be very important - haven’t you at least taken the PSAT yet or the PLAN to get an indication? You mentioned you are trying to get recruited for LAX - If you do end up getting recruited you will have a huge advantage ED. However, if that is not the case you probably will not increase your chances ED, and when not a recruit if athletics are your main EC you will probably be at a disadvantage at a school like Williams and would need to have SATs in the high 700s. There are also different levels of “recruit”. A top recruit for Williams could have SATs in the mid 600s whereas a middle level recruit needs at least 700s. Try not to get your heart set on one school - it is very competitive out there.</p>