Hi, I'm using my friend's account for this... but please help?

W_amp_M_Admission
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:23:04 +0000

In terms of course selection, you’ve done a great job selecting courses so far. We’d encourage you to continue on that route your senior year and pursue additional AP courses (we recommend that you try to take the most rigorous schedule your senior year so 4 APs woudl be a good goal given you’ve taken 3 your junior year) including AP Calculus. 80% of the students we admit graduate in the top 10% of their high school class so they are obtaining mostly As and likely some Bs here and there.

Sounds like you are committed to your extracurricular activities and have already pursued some leadership opportunities in student government. Follow the course for your senior year. Continue in your activities and continue to pursue leadership positions. The fact that you are not involved in athletics is not a big deal. We do not look for students to have pursued particular extracurricular activities.

We’d encourage you to visit campus when you can to learn more about W&M, take a tour, sit in on a class, and even consider visiting campus this summer to participate in an optional on-campus interview.

As for other colleges, you need to consider location, size, campus life, etc. There are tons of wonderful liberal arts colleges out there all of which have unique campuses, programs, and characteristics. Students who apply to W&M tend to also look at University of Virginia (especially if they are in-state), Georgetown, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and other similar schools.

For more on our process and any applicant’s chances of admission, check out our Admit It! Blog ([W&M Blogs Chance Me](http://blogs.wm.edu/2010/12/14/chance-me/))