<p>I know I'm likely to be rejected from W&M as an OOS with my stats....</p>
<p>But maybe someone else on here had similar stats and was accepted? I don't know...</p>
<p>My GPA is good, I am ranked in the top 5% of my grade (which is a private college-prep school, I believe 2 kids last year went to W&M, but they both applied ED) </p>
<p>I know my SATs kind of kill me: 670 reading, 680 math, 740 writing </p>
<p>Forgetting all the other stuff like essays, EC's, etc. (I believe they are all very good and fine)</p>
<p>Do I have a chance of getting into W&M? </p>
<p>(As for those two kids, I saw their stats in a college book our guidance counselors put together to show who applied where and if they were accepted/denied, obv they don't put names...one of them had a significantly lower GPA (around an 89ish) but SATs were about a 1420ish, other kid had about the same GPA, maybe a point or two lower than mine, and SATs were a 1370) And, of course they both applied ED so they got a boost there, and I don't know anything about their activities or if legacy played a roll, so maybe I can't judge myself based off of them)</p>
<p>What is a "good" GPA?</p>
<p>I think the stats you share from the two students who were accepted from your school are interesting because they are not quite perfect or up to pedsox's world view.</p>
<p>I believe that a GPA has to be put into context. Does your school have Naviance? It is a database of your school's application and acceptance history. </p>
<p>I would suggest taking the ACT. That reading score may go up a lot on ACT. </p>
<p>And, like everyone else here says, work on your essay with a good supplement.</p>
<p>And never say never.</p>
<p>inchoative- it's a 4.0 ...this year im taking all AP classes</p>
<p>Oh, just to clarify this, cause I don't think I mentioned it...more people than 2 got into William and Mary last year...I think I just had in mind the ones who are actually going...We had some others accepted, but one of them is on a completely different level and goes to Harvard now</p>
<p>With a 4.0, your SATs are low-ish but won't disqualify you. It'll come down to other factors such as ECs, recommendations, and essays. Being from Jersey will not help.</p>
<p>Actually, inchaotive, being from Jersey would help somebody get into WM because they give priority to kids from VA or that region (from the college board profile of WM).</p>
<p>What? No. Because there are more OOS applicants from the Jersey area, that makes it more difficult.</p>