Hey guys, I haven’t seen one of these yet for this year, so I decided to make one. I’m a high school senior applying RD to W&M, and I’d love to hear from other applicants.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1380 total (750 Evidence Based Reading and Writing, 630 Math, 36 Reading, 39 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36 Reading, 35 Science, 26 Math, 36 Grammar)
SAT II: none :-S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Weighted GPA: 4.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 Biology, 5 English Language, taking CompSci, English Lit, and Spanish this year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, AP CompSci, Gov and Econ, Honors Physics, Business, AP Spanish, Neuroscience
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First place in state at DECA
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (head of several committees), Fun Without Drugs (largest club on campus, head of Art department), NHS, DECA, Editor of school newspaper, writer on student-founded paper, varsity swimming
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship as a research assistant at a local college, researching why foster youth don’t make it through post-secondary education
Volunteer/Community service: Spanish tutor, Writing tutor, Volunteer at library, Assistant at Town Hall
Summer Activities: previously mentioned internship, highly elite writing camp at top-rated art school
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 Common App Essay (I talked about how writing lets me establish my own identity as a triplet), 8/10 W&M essay (I wrote about my fear of jellyfish and growing up in the Yorktown area)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 (highly cynical English teacher who also loves how cynical I am)
Teacher Rec #2: 5/10 (I made a huge mistake in picking a teacher who hates me and who class I got a C in)
Counselor Rec: 9/10 (She’s the best)
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: public boarding, highly selective, STEM focused
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): triplet, lived in Ireland, grandfather went there
Reflection
Strengths: Weighted GPA, ACT score, essays
Weaknesses: SAT Score, no SAT II tests, Teacher rec #2
@cisobelm I don’t know if you have submitted your application yet, but you don’t have to send 2 teacher letters of recommendation. If you haven’t yet, then definitely leave teacher rec #2 out!!!
@thatginger56 I only sent one, I’ve been using these stats on a few different threads and a few required a second rec. Thanks for the correction 
Chance me William and Mary please
3.75 W GPA (Trending upward, poor freshman year, 3.83 last 2 years, currently 3.9 during 7th semester).
31 ACT (33 English and reading, 29 Math and science)
6 AP Courses Taken (Macroeconomics, comparative politics, U.S. government, Physics, Statistics, Environmental Science).
Most likely political science and or Business major
White male from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
National Honors Society
DECA
Senior Advisory Board (similar to stud gov group)
Basketball for 2 years
Many hours volunteered with Kids food basket, Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, local soup kitchen, cancer hospital of Grand Rapids.
Letter of recommendation from teachers are both outstanding and give very in depth personal description.
Letter of recommendation from a state level senator
Nominated to United States Naval Academy by my district’s house of reps member. (Notified admission counselor about receiving it and had it added to application).
Honest answers greatly appreciated, rather have a realistic idea than be overconfident from kind but not true responses.
Any input would be tremendous, also if chances could be given for university of Richmond as well
Thank you
I applied RD as a freshman for the class of 2021.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1280 (Evidence Based Reading & Writing - 700; Math - 580)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 610 (Spanish Reading)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Weighted GPA: 4.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/411
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 AP European History; 3 AP U.S. Government & Politics; 5 AP U.S. History
IB (place score in parenthesis): Registered for IB English A HL, IB Mathematical Studies SL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish B HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Psychology HL, IB Chemistry SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma candidate. Same as above except add Honors Varsity Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): YMCA Leaders Club (Secretary - sophomore/junior; President-senior year), You Matter Blogger Council (sophomore & junior year), Varsity Swimming (Captain - senior year), JV Field Hockey (captain - sophomore year)
Job/Work Experience: No job/work experience, but I did job shadow a neurologist specializing in sleep studies for a day.
Volunteer/Community service: YMCA volunteering, chemistry tutor, Out of the Darkness Walk (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - fundraiser & walker)
Summer Activities: National Student Leadership Conference (Education), YMCA Blue Ridge Leaders School
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 Common App Essay (I talked about mental health advocacy) 8/10 W&M optional essay (I talked about my commitment to studying Parkinson’s disease)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 7/10. I don’t really know; I’m not allowed to read my recs. I got a 5 on this teacher’s AP class, so I’m assuming it’s pretty good.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10. My psych teacher really likes me.
Additional Rec: Counselor - I’m very close with this counselor so 8/10
Interview: 9/10. I felt like my interviewer and I got along well, and we talked a bit over the time limit.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Doesn’t matter
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Weighted GPA, extracurriculars, leadership, interest in programs/majors (as shown in my optional essay), recommendations
Weaknesses: SAT score, SAT I score
@brainscistudent Hey we have a lot in common.Neuroscience, swimming, SAT scores…hope you get in!
Thank you @cisobelm! I hope you get in as well. I’m very nervous because W&M is my top school. I’ve been in love with it since I was 10 years old!
The decision date I found is “by April first”. Does anyone know from past years how closely they stick to that?
Applied RD as a physics major, 1460 SAT, 4.2 W, 3.95 UW. I’m excited for April
Last year decisions came out on March 23rd
I applied RD as a Marketing Major.
I’m a white female from Michigan. Did not ask for financial aid.
Gpa: 3.84 weighted/3.65 uw. Most recent semester was a 4.5 weighted.
SAT 1: 1370/1600 710 Math
Has anyone gotten access to their application portal yet? I need to track my stuff.
Applied RD OOS from NC. White Male
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.7 UW/4.5 W
Hearing back from UNC soon so hopefully I won’t have to fret my W&M decision
Applied ED in state
Status:accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (Evidence Based Reading & Writing - 720; Math - 680)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: somewhere in the 700s (Spanish Reading)
Unweighted GPA (out of 100%):93.4
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP European History; 4 AP U.S. History; 5 AP spanish language; 3 AP chemistry
Senior Year Course Load: All honors classes, AP calc ABT, AP government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Awards, NHS, NEHS, NMS, LHS, gold medalist NLE, bronze medalist level 6 bilingual NSE
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Service Club (President-junior and senior year), Student Ambassador Club (all 4 years), Varsity track (lettered), Virginia Math League, Science Olympiad, Latin Club, Girl Scouts
Experience: internship summer program at the idb/world bank/imf
Volunteer/Community service: Service Club plus 25 hours each year
Essays:strong Common App Essay (really good analogy about my life and growth) sentimental W&M optional essay (spoke of an everyday experience that impacted me)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 and 2: I don’t really know; I’m not allowed to read my recs. But both of my teacher’s really understand me and have gotten to know who I am, and can pinpoint how I’m different from many of my classmates
Additional Rec: Counselor - I’m not sure, but must have been ok too
Interview: 10/10. My interview went by really fast, we went over time, and it never felt like an interview, more like a chat, In order to prepare I just made sure i knew who I was. I’d say that’s the most important thing.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: nah
Intended Major: economy
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: less than 200
Ethnicity: White from Costa Ricaaaa
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: no idea
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A…maybe that I’m from a third world country? Lol idk
Particular strength that stands out: I think very differently from the majority of my class, I love learning and thinking
Weakness:SAT and gpa, I work hard but maybe it would have been good to not be so close to the average. Still pretty decent tho.
Anyone know what the notification method is? Like is it on an online portal or are we notified through snail mail?
Anyone know how to access the application portal?
@tennis24601 On the website it says they will notify us of the decision via email. I don’t think it’s a portal situation like UVA.
Does anyone know if William and Mary send a lot of likely cards out?
@ooooooolala I’m not sure how many they send, but I just recieved one and I didn’t think I was a particularly amazing applicant. I’m also OOS if that means anything.