william and mary?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior, trying to figure out where I realistically have a chance of going. Any advice would be appreciated. </p>

<p>I just visited William and Mary and rather fell in love with it (it was only the fifth college I've visited, though, so there's still time to fall in love with others.) What do you think?</p>

<p>I do live in Virginia (northern). My high school is ridiculously difficult and fairly competitive.</p>

<p>GPA: Not quite sure (need to check), but I think it's around a 3.6 due to "B"'s in math and science all through high school. Not my best subjects.
AP classes by end of high school: 5 (Two years of English, one year of foreign language, two years of history).
SAT : So far -- 740 in writing, 710 in reading, 580 in math. I do plan to take a course so I can get that math score up.
I might take SAT II's. Not sure if it would be necessary.</p>

<p>My school doesn't really offer extracurriculars but I have done:
Language camps in two different languages for three years (including one credit session worth a year of high school credit in the language)
A counselor-director at a theater camp, two years
One year of a film class
Three years of church youth group/service
Occasional community service stuff at a food distribution center
National Honor Society
Participated in Linguistics Olympiad, two years (never got very far though. But I did like it very much and might study linguistics in college.)</p>

<p>I've been teaching myself an obscure foreign language since seventh grade. I also love to write. My talents are very much verbal rather than mathematical. I'm pretty sure I could write a killer essay.</p>

<p>I've also earned an award for a foreign language and a gold writing "key" award from Scholastics</p>

<p>I'm not sure whether or not to take math next year either. I'm quite sure I'd be miserable if I did (I'd have to take Statistics, as Precalc is difficult enough this year!)... but would that make a huge difference to colleges? I don't know.</p>

<p>Anyway, thanks!</p>

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<p>You should definitely mention that “obscure language” in your essay. I think it’d be impressive :smiley:
I think you have a pretty good chance. But here’s things to look out for:</p>

<p>Definitely try to raise your SAT by about 100 points if possible. And take at least 1 SAT2 that you’re very comfortable with because a good score (especially 750+) is a plus in your app. Get a leadership position somehow, too.
Otherwise, you seem well on your way to W&M :slight_smile: I’ve been there several times for stuff actually hehe. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/897711-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/897711-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What is your GPA Weighter and Un-weighted?</p>

<p>SAT Math really need to go up.</p>

<p>Definitely take SAT II’s, W&M is competitive, you need to beef up your application.</p>

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<li>Your EC’s are great</li>
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<p>I think that if your GPA goes up a little higher to around a 3.7-3.75 and your SAT Score is above 2050, with a normal distribution, you’ll be good.</p>

<p>As of now, you have a great shot as well.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>