<p>Hey, I'm in the summer after my Junior year in high school, and I'm a bit conflicted about schools to apply to. I tend to be pretty modest about my history, and because of this I don't know where I can get into because I generally sell myself short. But I've been prompted to post this to see whether or not I can actually make it into the prestigious College of William and Mary. My GPA is between an A- and an A, and I've taken every single advanced course offered in my school, and I'm an IB Diploma candidate. I took the SAT: M-700 V-700 W-660 but I plan to take it over...and the ACT: Composite- 31, E-29, M-32, G-29, S-32...I have a 620 on the Math IC SAT II but I plan on taking the IIC, the IC again, and the U.S. history and I am going to work until they are all at or around 700. I also am the ace on my varsity baseball team, I won all league, I ran varsity cross country in 10th grade, I'm in the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society, and the National Science Honor Society, I am looking at a very nice recommendation from my guidance counselor and teacher recommendations should be equally nice. I also gave a very nice interview at the campus pretty recently. Still, I don't know what makes me stand out that would help me get admitted into the schools like the Ivies, or schools equally strong in academics. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>Are you a Virginia resident?</p>
<p>i am not an in-stater, however i gave a pretty good interview</p>
<p>My daughter is also interested in William and Mary OOS. I don't know about your chances, but I have heard that getting into W&M OOS requires Ivy-level credentials. But I think your SATs are in range, and W&M likes to see lots of activities.</p>
<p>Maybe someone else will chime in with more info.</p>
<p>Joker, your credentials certainly put you in the mix, but you don't really need me, or anyone on this board, to tell you that. If you plan on soliciting advice in the future, listen to people with a good amount of skepticism. We are all amateur admissions counselors at best, and to ask anyone here what your chances are of getting into any college isn't very productive. You should be able to see that your SAT and ACT scores are well within range, your IB participation demonstrates that you're taking a challenging high school curriculum, and your GPA is just fine. As for showing off those mythical intangibles that colleges are purported to desire, well, you have no choice but to be yourself in the end. If you really want to go to William and Mary, and if you really believe you have something to offer the school, then apply. You've got to be in it to win it, man.</p>
<p>One other thing--if you're an all-league baseball player, which would seem pretty good if you played in a decent league, you may want to talk to the baseball coach and see if he's interested in recruiting you. Coaches are allowed a certain number of slots for recruits who are then evaluated using more lenient (though not by much) admission criteria. </p>
<p>MACNYC, I heard all the horror stories about out of state students when I was applying, and yes, if you look at the GPA/SAT numbers you'll find that out of state students tend to be at the upper parts of the range, but again, if your daughter has the right academic credentials to warrant consideration, and if she decides that she'd be happy at W&M, then why wouldn't she apply? It always irks me to see people on here bloviating about someone else's chances of getting into school. All any applicant can do is give it his or her best shot, and when it comes to schools like W&M, admissions tend to be a bit of a crapshoot, anyway. Who knows why someone gets into UVA but not W&M, or Princeton but not Harvard, or Duke but not Georgetown? (And this stuff happens all the time). The thing to remember is that only a blessed few are accepted to every school they apply to, and that life doesn't end when you get the thin envelope from the school that doesn't want you. It begins with the fat envelope from the one that does.</p>
<p>^^^Thanks for your assessment. My daughter will indeed apply. But we're trying to be realistic. Eight well-qualified applicants applied from her high school last year, and only two were accepted. We can't afford to do early decision, either. She'll do the best application she can and hope for the best.</p>