What should my SAT be?

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>William and Mary is definitely one of my top choices and I was hoping you guys could help me out and give me an SAT range I should aim for to get in. (I know that it all depends, blah, blah, blah). I'll post my stats below. I know I should aim for the highest SAT possible but I'd like a range to aim for. Sorry for any grammatical mistakes or whatever, I rushed through this.</p>

<p>Overview:
Instate - SoVa
Magnet School – Medical Academy
Unweighted GPA – 3.777
Weighted GPA – 4.156
Rank 10/420 – Top 2.4% of class
Asian – Male
Hopefully get in as a bio major.
SAT – ???</p>

<p>Courses Taken:
(* = AP/Weighted Classes)
12th –
AP Calculus BC*
AP Government*
AP Physics*
HAS Pathophysiology II*
Medical Research/Scientific Research and Writing
HAS Honors English 12
Spanish 5</p>

<p>11th –
AP Chemistry – B*
AP US History – A*
AP Psychology – A*
HSA Pathophysiology I – A*
Microbiology/Hereditary Medicine – A<em>/A</em>
Math Analysis – A
HSA Honors English 11 – B
Spanish 4 – A</p>

<p>10th –
AP Biology – A*
AP European History – A*
HSA Anatomy – A*
Medical Illustrations/Anatomical Architecture - A/A
HSA Honors English 10 – A
HSA Chemistry – A
HSA Algebra 2/Trig – B
Spanish 3 – A</p>

<p>9th –
HSA Honors English 9 – B
HSA Geometry – A
HSA World History – A
HSA Biology – A
HSA Health Occupations – A
Spanish 2 – A
PE/Health 9 – A</p>

<p>Extracurricular/School Activities:
National Honors Society – Treasurer – 10th, 11th
Medical Honors Society – 10th, 11th
Science Club – Founder/Vice President – 10th, 11th
Soccer – Captain during 10th grade – 9th, 10th
Athletic Trainer – 10th, 11th
Environmental Club – 10th, 11th
Chess Club – 10th, 11th
Future Business Leaders of America – 10th, 11th
Interact Club – 10th, 11th</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements:
Principals List – 9th, 10th, 11th
Honor Roll – 9th, 10th, 11th
Excellence in Academics and Athletics – 9th, 10th, 11th
Perfect Attendance – 9th
Many nominations</p>

<p>Community Service:
300+ hours of athletic training, aiding injured athletes
30+ hours of doing work for National Honors Society
20+ hours of doing work for Medical Honors Society
30+ hours of doing work for Science Club
30+ hours of peer tutoring classmates in Chemistry, English, and Algebra 2/Trig
30+ hours Environmental Club, helping pick up garbage and promoting awareness
20+ hours of Health Sciences Academy open house night preparation and presentation
40+ hours of random volunteering done
Total = 500+ hours</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>well, you can look up the SAT scores for W&M. The middle 50% is 1240-1450. So, you should probably aim for 1300+ and as you said, the higher the better.</p>

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<p>^Agreed.</p>

<p>And if you decide to try the ACT too, aim for a 30+.</p>

<p>My score was a 32 when I got in.</p>

<p>Their middle 50% for the ACT is 27-32.</p>

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<p>The middle 50% range for enrolling students last year was 127-1420 (Critical Reading + Math) and 27-32 for the ACT. W&M only considers the best score so if you take the SAT multiple times we only review the best critical reading and the best math. If you take both exams W&M considers only whichever composite score is the highest. We always recommend students take one exam twice or try each exam once unless they hit it out of the park on the first attempt.</p>

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<p>But don’t you need to have higher scores if you’re out-of-state?</p>

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<p>Not technically. However, there are generally more out of state applicants fighting for fewer spots, so…</p>

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<p>Yea, I guess what I meant to say was: Isn’t the middle 50% higher for out-of-state applicants?</p>

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<p>probably slightly, I would guess 20-40 points higher… I don’t have any numbers for it though.</p>

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<p>My OOS daughter got in for next fall with a 1440 SAT and a 32 ACT. </p>

<p>Hope that helps someone!</p>

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<p>oh yeah-I want to jump in on this. I’m a freshman at Cornell and hate it-I really don’t understand why everyone’s so surprised we’ve had three suicides this month.</p>

<p>anyhow, I want to transfer to W&M, but I’m from Vermont.</p>

<p>Here are my SATs:</p>

<p>700-CR
780-M
720-W</p>

<p>Given my circumstances, (transfer + out of state), do you think those are good enough?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I was admitted to William and Mary this year with a scholarship for full tuition plus $3000. I am not being modest when I say, I was not a fantastic student. 3.3% of my class, 2220 SATs, 1520 on Reading and Math, but great extracurriculars. I’m from Pennsylvania. I think they really consider extracurriculars and character. Looking at your stats, I think you’ve got a great chance!</p>

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<p>Full tuition plus $3000-damn that’s encouraging. Thanks so much. As for ECs, this is what I’ve got:
High School Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis
Math League-Captain
Model United Nations
Student Council- Class Officer
Scholars Bowl
National Honors Society
Boys State</p>

<p>Also won some awards, most notably the Rensellear scholarship for the top math/science student in the school. </p>

<p>I’m kind of hoping that the fact that Cornell gave me a research scholarship-only 2% of kids get this-will catch their eye.</p>

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<p>If you have completed your first year at Cornell, those grades are what is considered.</p>

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<p>Your EC’s look pretty good, but not necessarily great. It looks lke you have a lot of scholarly EC’s, but I think they like more diverse ones, but I am not sure. All stats considered, I would say you have a really great shot!!</p>