<p>actually, I think I have it right that you guys were talking apples and oranges, but managed to post the acronyms backwards.</p>
<p>here's what I meant to post that I was guessing:</p>
<p>---the student body is 65% IS and 35% OOS
---to achieve that they accept 40% of IS applicants and accept 20% of OOS applicants</p>
<p>I'm sorry for the confusion, but I am basing that stat on William and Mary's profile on collegeboard.com. Congrats to all accepted and waitlisted!!! For the rejected, it's not the end of the world -there's always transfering and grad school!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 750, 740 Math
[</em>]SAT II: 790 Lit, 780 Math II, 740 US Hist
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.8ish
[<em>]Rank: school DNR
[</em>]Other:
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Well-written and sincere, I think, but not something the admissions people would post on their bulletin boards because it was so special.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Did not read.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Did not read.
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook: [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: NOVA
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: female [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: a lot, mainly community service.
[</em>]Awards: a lot.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 780M/720CR/650W
[</em>]SAT II: 760 Math II, 660 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.96UW/4.5W
[<em>]Rank: 11/425
[</em>]Other:
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, supplemental was creative
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Research abstract
[<em>]Hook: Female very involved in math / robotics[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: OOS [Georgia]
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Robotics, orchestra, community service, and a few others
[</em>]Awards: Mostly school awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: OOS cost is too high :( If it were lower I would totally go..[/ul]</p>
<p>[size=+1]Accepted<a href="(Monroe%20Scholar)">/size</a></p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2250
[</em>]SAT II: low 700s
[<em>]GPA: 96.5/100
[</em>]Rank: top 5%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: awesome
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one amazing, one pretty good
[li]Counselor Rec: ehh</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Hook: [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New York (OOS)
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: debate, political organizations, community service
[</em>]Awards: national merit, lots of honor societies, etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] CONGRATS to all accepted students!</p>
<p>Oh yeah I forgot to say I was a Monroe Scholar too.</p>
<p>Accepted!
OOS Monroe Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1530/2310 (cr 770, m 760, w 780)
[</em>]SAT II: 730 lit, 730 math 1, 700 math 2
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 uw, 5.077 w
[<em>]Rank: 1/97
[</em>]Other: Great APs
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: My regular one was good, the supplementary one was a ridiculous poem. I was really worried about it.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Amazing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Phenomenal
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook: I go to an arts school in DE?[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Delaware
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NHS (Pres), Science Olympiad (Coach), Math League (Coach/Capt), Girls State/Nation, Amnesty, Spanish Honor Society, etc. plus a lot of volunteering
[</em>]Awards: AP scholar w/ Distinction, general stuff like that
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: My familys pretty much in love with the state of Virginia, so everyone was really excited about this. I wasnt kidding about my supp. essay though, I wrote a poem about a manatee.[/ul]</p>
<p>I feel extremely horrible about myself and my achievements after reading your posts. I am still waiting in RI! Congrats to all the accepted students! :)</p>
<p>Accepted
Out-of-stater, James Monroe Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 34 Composite (34, 34, 34, 35) 12 Subscore
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[li]Rank: No rank, probably top decile</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Great, submitted back-up commonapp essay I really liked as a supplement, which was better, but risky
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't read, probably terrible
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Just a second essay
[<em>]Hook: Trying to figure that out. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Fairfield County, CT
[<em>]Ethnicity:White
[</em>]Gender: Male [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity swim 4 years, year-round club swim team four years, captain of both. President of anti-cancer club. NHS, Key Club, etc.
[</em>]Awards: All-county, All-state, All-area. Scholastic All-county, All-state, All-American team. Lots of meaningless school awards (i.e. Achievement in Biology H), Dartmouth College Book Club Award.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm excited! Good luck to everyone who didn't receive the letter they wanted, trust that everything will turn out great!</p>
<p>I'm still waiting for my letter. My hope is that it's slow b/c its a big letter</p>
<p>Accepted
In-State Monroe Scholar and WM Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR / 730 M/ 680 W = 1530/1600 or 2210/2400
[</em>]SAT II: 760 US History, 780 Literature, 690 Math II
[<em>]ACT: 34 Composite
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.2 or 4.3 W
[<em>]Rank: School doesn't rank, but somewhere in the top 5
[</em>]Other:
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: pretty good, focused on diversity and how it affected my career goals
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Don't know
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Don't know
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Only the optional essay, took it from another essay I already wrote
[<em>]Hook: I'm Filipina and Chinese? I guess they consider Filipinos as a minority...[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Northern VA
[<em>]Ethnicity: Filipina/Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Keyettes, Tutoring at an elem. school, Tri-M Honor Society, Band, SCA, Distributing food at a local church, Helping plan and run a 12-hour danceathon for charity at school, and I work at Kumon
[</em>]Awards: I've gotten 4 awards from my school for being the "best" at a particular course for that year, and a Book Award from Holy Cross
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Good luck to everyone! Don't read into the chance threads too much around here...[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 630 CR / 600 M/ 620 W = 1230/1600 or 1850/2400
[</em>]SAT II: 600 Math II 700 Literature
[<em>]ACT: 29
[</em>]GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.1 W
[<em>]Rank: 20/480 top 5 percent
[</em>]Other:
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Probably my hook. I am a good writer and my topic was unique.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't send one.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Counselor Rec: Probably very good. My counselor likes me (atleast I hope so!)
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I had an interview over the summer and it went really well so this probably helped.
[<em>]Hook:Not really sure? I am first generation. [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Less than an hour away from Williamsburg VA!
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>]Gender Female [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: School Newspaper Editor, NHS Secretary, Academy of Finance Newsletter Head, Member of Schools Health Advisory Board, Creator of school's first annual student health fair!, Varsity Tennis, Tennis Summer League, Hospital Volunteer, Elementary School Mentor, Beta Club, Food Lion Cashier 2 years!, Bookkeeper at local business...
[</em>]Awards: The usual A-B Honor Roll, Academic Athlete, NHS
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Just want to say how shocked I am. Here on CC everyone makes it seem like high SAT scores and rank are the only ways in but I prove that it is possible! I believe I was accepted because of my personality in my essays and during my interview. Congrats to everyone! Lets hope my financial aid package is nice...[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: M:710 Cr:720 W: 730 E:12
[ *]SAT II: Math1:680 Spanish: 670
[ *]ACT:-
[ *]GPA:3.43 UW/3.86 W
[ *]Rank:64/405
[ *]Other:-
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:Excellent
[ *]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *]Counselor Rec: probably good, not really sure
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook: [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:Ohio
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[ *]Gender[ /list]Male[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:Pretty good, couple leadership positions
[ *]Awards:-
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>
<p>I'm shocked to be honest. Out of state, non top 10% Asian-Indian? I'm quite happy though :)</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 30
[</em>]GPA: 4.69 w.
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]Other:
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: difffferent., and on the optional one i wrote about band
[</em>]Teacher Recs: never saw
[<em>]Counselor Rec: never saw
[</em>]Supplementary Material: essay about band.
[<em>]Hook: NONE. out of state, white, catholic, female[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: MA
[<em>]Ethnicity: caucausian
[</em>]Gender[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: yahh. lots.
[</em>]Awards: field hockey, softball and prinicipalss list
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm accepting a spot on the waitlist ;), kind of shocked, thought for sure I would be rejected seeing all these stats, and the fact i haven't visited yet</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2000
* GPA: 3.88
* Rank: top 10%
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: The optional one was one of the best I've ever written. The other one also helped me a ton
* Teacher Recs: Never saw, but my counselor said they were excellent..probably the strongest component of my package
* Counselor Rec: Probably very good (never saw)
* Supplementary Material: Excellent optional essay
* Hook: From Oklahoma, which is a very underrepresented state
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: OK
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: A lot
* Awards: Cum Laude, Chinese Honors Society, Honor Roll
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I thought my test scores would keep me out but they obviously looked at me more holistically. W & M was my first choice for a while (I thought about doing ED) but at this point, my choices are down to Georgetown and Tulane. W & M is still a possibility but an unlikely one. I'm very thankful to get in, nonetheless.
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770 CR 720 M 730 W 1490/2220
[</em>]SAT II: 760 US History, 740 Lit, 700 Math IIC
[<em>]GPA: Approx. 4.2 W, 4.0 UW
[</em>]Rank: 33/575</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Pretty original. One was a personal Wikipedia page detailing my ambitions and hopes, other one was more traditional about another personality quirk.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Great!
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Equally great!
[</em>]Hook: Dunno. I'm white, so I've got nothin'.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: TX
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian (whitey)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Junior State of America, Varsity Choir, Theatre production, Scholastic Bowl
[<em>]Awards: Scholastic Bowl championship 2 years running, JSA Best Speaker, Texas All-Region Choir
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Wow. Just wow. Congrats to admittees and good luck to those who were waitlisted/rejected. You'll do great,all![/ul]</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 700 CR, 680 M, 720 W: 2100
[</em>]SAT II: 690 Lit, 650 Math II
[<em>]ACT: didn't take
[</em>]GPA: 4.7 or something like that
[li]Rank: 6/229</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were excellent, guess not though.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Pretty great.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good enough.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: I sent in the optional essay, I thought it was good and unique.
[<em>]Hook: none, clearly.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Delaware
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Writing Center Tutor, Relay for Life, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Key Club, Leo Club, Interact Club, Student Council, etc..
[</em>]Awards: DE Governor's School
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Was not expecting rejection... I honestly was expecting a waitlist. I guess that was too cocky of me. I was really upset but I figured I would post my stats to prevent next years' applicants from getting too cocky like I did. :(</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>]SAT: 760 CR, 680 M
[</em>]SAT II: 770 USH, 740 BIO-M, 730 CHEM
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.96 unweighted
[<em>]Rank: Top 5-10%
[</em>]Other: Took most rigorous courseload possible at her school
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: Excellent (Risky, but helped earn her scholarships elsewhere)
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably excellent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Interviewed at W&M but it was her worst interview
[<em>]Hook: [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list] Caucasian female from NYS
[</em>]Location: Upstate NY
[<em>]Ethnicity: European
[</em>]Gender[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list] Female
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Theater, music, tennis, lector & cantor at church,
[</em>]Awards: Mainly school and regional awards, nothing State-wide or national
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] Not a huge surprise but disappointing</p>
<p>Well, forget that. I'll summarize (this is for my daughter):</p>
<p>1440/1600 SATS, Mid 700s in SAT IIs, 3.96 unweighted GPA, decent evrything else. Thought for sure a white female from NYS Had a real advantage!</p>
<p>WAITLISTED
SAT:1370/2110
SAT II:none
ACT:no GPA:3.75u/3.9w
Rank:11/250
Other:</p>
<p>Essays:good
Teacher Recs: great Counselor Rec: awesome Supplementary Material:none
Hook: none
Location:Maryland
Ethnicity:caucasion
Gender: m
Extracurriculars: not many
Awards:typical
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Took for granted I would get in. Probably should have listed more ecs and awards</p>