OOS Tribe Hopeful for Class of 2016!

HalfPast12
Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:32:05 +0000

Hi William & Mary!
I’m an Out-of-Stater from a competitive Massachusetts high school applying RD, and I’m not asking to be chanced so much as I’m wondering what I can do from the moment on to best be a competitive applicant this fall.

Grades/Classes: Unweighted GPA: 3.6, Weighted: 4.15 (My Freshman year Weighted was 3.7, but the past two years I had a 4.35) - I took AP US History last year, as well as the AP German test sophomore year (German isn’t a class at my school, but I speak it fluently).
This year: AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science, AP French, Honors Medieval & Renaissance Lit., and Honors Concert Choir.

EC’s: I’m not going to bore you with too many individual activities, that’s a waste of your time - In the fall I do theater, in the winter I do Mock Trial and in the spring I play Varsity Volleyball (captain). National Honors Society and German National Honors Society, and much more. The past two summers I did international community service projects in France.

Test Scores: ACT - 30, APUSH - 5, AP German - 5, German SAT Subject Test - 750

My parents aren’t letting me fly out to any schools unless I get in, so I can’t visit campus. Besides getting as good grades as possible this year (believe me, I’m working on it) and writing a well-written essay that conveys my personality, is there any advice you have to get in/do I even have a shot?

THANK YOU YOU’RE THE BEST IF YOU’VE COME THIS FAR