<p>Ok, I'm a rising senior from Long Island, New York. W&M is my dream, I love history and I fell in love with it four years ago while visiting Colonial Williamsburg. I am female and one quarter Puerto Rican, I have documents to prove ancestry if necessary, because I'm blonde and Irish looking, lol. I'm middle class, nothing special. No 'moving story' or super hook, just a love of history. :/ So it begins...</p>
<p>SAT: 2150
ACT: not taken.
SAT II Bio: 770
SAT II World History: 740
SAT II US History: 760</p>
<p>4.0 unweighted, I'm not entirely sure what it is weighted right now, but it's about 4.3.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Mock Trial – 4 years, head defense attorney
Model UN – 4 years
Spanish Club – 3 years, President
Tri-M, 4 years
NHS, 3 years
Spanish Honor Society
Student Council, 3 years – Vice President
Orchestra – 4 years, Vice President
Journalism – 10, 12
Chamber Orchestra – 3 years
Debate Club - 3 years, president</p>
<p>I did the W&M Summer History program thing last summer. (It was so awesome!!)</p>
<p>Community Service:
Totals about 350-ish hours.
Book Buddies 3 summers at the library, was a bilingual "Big Buddy"
Tour Guide (docent) at local historic house where George Washington slept, 3 years
- note: I am going to use this somehow in my essay, it was really amazing and really used my passion for American history.
Volunteered at Christian book ministry, 3 years
Nursing home
Stuff through Honor Society
Created a jewelry business last summer benefiting HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa</p>
<p>I took two languages throughout high school, taking up my elective period.</p>
<p>Honor Societies:
Spanish Honor Society, 2 years
NHS, 3 years
Tri-M, 4 years</p>
<p>Recs: 1 from Latin teacher/NHS advisor, he is a W&M alum as well. The other from Mock Trial coach who is going to be my AP comparative teacher this year. Both know me really well.</p>
<p>Essay should be very strong, shows my love for history and learning.
Everything was honors unless AP, hardest courses there were to offer, except for math where I was one year not two years ahead.</p>
<p>APs:
Soph - AP World, 5
Junior - CLEP Spanish (doesn't count as an AP just including it here)
- AP Language - 4
- APUSH - 5
Senior (this year I will be taking:)-
- AP Calculus (not going to be a 5) hahaha
- AP Comparative Gvmt
- AP Lit
- AP Spanish
- AP Bio</p>
<p>From what I've read, I feel like I am the W&M "type," if there is one. </p>
<p>I'm #7 in a class of about 350. </p>
<p>That's it, thanks so much for reading and please tell me what my chances for out-of-state Early Decision admittance at W&M are! Also, if you have a chance, Vanderbilt? Thanks :)</p>
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