William and Mary...What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm an out of state female from Southeastern Pennsylvania hoping to get into The College of William & Mary. It's my dream school, but I know it's a reach. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>4.0 Unweighted GPA, 5.2 weighted (AP takes a lot of weight in my school's system)
Ranked 6th out of 220 - top 3%
Freshman and Sophomore year I took all honors courses and earned a final grade of at least an A- in every class. Also took spanish 2 and 3 (took spanish 1 in middle school)
Junior year - first year AP's are offered in my school, took all 3 offered for juniors: AP Language and Composition, AP Chemistry, and AP US Government and Politics, earning final grades of A's in all. I'm yet to know my AP scores. Also took honors trigonometry with a final grade of an A, and honors pre-calculus with a final grade of an A, and spanish 4 with a final grade of an A
Senior year - I'm currently enrolled to take AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP US History, honors physics, honors psychology, honors sociology, and accounting in my senior year. (I just completed my junior year.) Aiming to receive all A's as well. </p>

<p>EC's:
School musical all 4 years
Future Business Leaders of America sophomore-current, will be involved with senior year
Interact Club: sophomore - current, will be involved with senior year
Civil Involvement club: junior, will be involved with senior year
Student Council - junior, will be involved with senior year
KISS Army (Kids In School Spirit - a pep club basically) all four years
National Honor Society sophomore - present, will be in senior year
Spanish Honor Society sophomore -present, will be in senior year
Rho Kappa (Social Studies) Honor Society sophomore - present, will be involved with senior year
Math & Science Honor Society junior-present, will be involved with senior year</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Various activities through NHS and other societies, over 100 hours total
Volunteer for 1 week each summer since 2010 at a week-long Christian dance summer camp for kids ages 3-11, 40 hours/year
Volunteer at local theater in costume room since November 2012, 40 hours</p>

<p>Leadership:
Treasurer of the Class of 2014 for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years (I was just reelected for next year)
Manager at my part-time job at an ice cream store</p>

<p>SATs 630 M, 640 CR, 700 W; 1970 total
I'm taking the SATs again in the fall to hopefully get a 2000.
I will also take the ACTs in the fall.</p>

<p>I've toured the campus twice and will be interviewing with a rising senior this July. I plan on applying ED. What do you guys think? Honesty is appreciated, but no need to be rude. Thanks!</p>

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<p>William and Mary: Aim for 2100+/31+</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>I like your chances. It looks like you’re a well-rounded student who challenges herself. The only weak part of your application seems to be your SAT score, but if you can get it over 2000, potentially over 2100, I think you have a good shot - I’d say low reach.</p>

<p>Care to chance me in return? :slight_smile:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1512162-chance-transfer-poor-grades-mcgill-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1512162-chance-transfer-poor-grades-mcgill-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks EwePilgrim! I would gladly chance you in return, if I was any good at chances. Any tips to improve my SATs anyone? The whole taking tons of practice tests over and over again thing doesn’t seem to be for me, but I’ll give it a shot.</p>

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<p>sorry to be annoying but bump. I really need opinions</p>

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<p>bummmmmppppp</p>

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<p>bump, i know i posted this forum weeks ago but if I could get more opinions, that would be wonderful!</p>

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<p>My D found that taking practice sections from the CB Blue Book was the most effective tool in helping her raise her score. I know it’s no fun, and I remember her crumpling up several score sheets and flinging them across the room, but this method truly helped her. Her score went from @ 1900ish to over 2200, and she managed to raise that even further, but only slightly, on her third and last attempt. She ended up with a 2250, pretty even distribution between sections, and an acceptance from W&M as an OOS applicant this year. The mid 50% for WM is 1870-2180, so that tells you what to shoot for. Good luck!</p>

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<p>W & M advises to take both the SAT and ACT as you may do better on the ACT versus the SAT or vice-versa. They will take the best of whichever test and they will automatically super-score. My son found that he did much better on the ACT than the SAT though he still plans to take the SAT again in the fall just to cover his bases. Also, apply Early Decision if you are sure that its the school for you. He also loves W & M. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I don’t know who’s saying W+M is a reach, but… yeah, it’s a safety. Your SAT may be “eh…”, but your grades, rigor, and extracurriculars certainly overcome that. I call it a solid safety for sure.</p>

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