<p>I recently applied to the College of William and Mary, University of Virginia, and James Madison University. I was wondering if anyone could look at my information and give me a general guesstimate of whether I'll be accepted or not at these institutions.</p>
<p>I have a moderate level of EC's (hapkido, part-time job as a custodian, Scouting (received my Chief Scout Award), Yearbook Committee, community band).</p>
<p>As for my GPA, I cannot definitively say. I AM applying in-state due to my father living in Viriginia, but I attend a Canadian school, and from what my counselor has told me they cannot give me a firm GPA due to our grading system. However, I have taken the most strenuous course load available at my high school and I maintain a class average of about 95%.</p>
<p>What do you think? As I've been reading through other "my chances" posts I've been getting feeling a bit anxious, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>All of my courses have been the most rigorous ones they offer in my school. They don't offer honors but I have taken all pure maths in contrast to the applied courses, English-1 program which is in contrast to the English-2 program (equivalent to regular American English courses), and I am taking English AP Lit. (the first and only AP course offered at my school). Pretty much, if they have a course, I take the hardest level of it available. Its kind of what happens when you're in a small school like mine.</p>
<p>Great! Thats kind of what I've been thinking as I incessantly reflect on my applications. I guess I'll just cross my fingers and know that I'll be going to JMU if all else fails haha. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Jeez, its going to be a long couple of months.</p>
<p>You sound like you're on the right track, really. I say:</p>
<p>JMU: safety
UVA: Probably Match
W&M: A little bit of a "Reach" for anyone, but:</p>
<p>In-state, you may have a bit of an advantage. </p>
<p>I think you're good to go though. =3 SATs could be just a little higher, but if you ace the essays and get great recommendations, I think you're set.</p>
<p>I'm actually interested to see how applying as in-state, but coming from a Canadian school will affect my application. My guess is that its a plus. I mean they can include me in their in-state numbers while adding a "diverse" student. <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>Thanks for the help. You're right on my SAT's. My writing score for example could have been way higher if I hadn't screwed my essay over. The stress of it got to me, and if it wasn't for my near perfect grammar section I probably would have left that section pretty beat up.</p>
<p>Being "in-state" from another country definitely has the diversity thing going for you. WM looks more at your ECs and the interest you show thru your essay, which may mitigate a less-rigorous curriculum</p>
<p>Meh, rigor is second rate in my book. I pick interest over rigor, personally. I'd rather show direction and just impress them more with my essays and EC's, than just take a billion AP classes (not that my school offers that many).</p>
<p>But anyway, not this fall for me. xD</p>
<p>HOPEFULLY next fall. I'm praying (even though I'm agnostic). xD</p>