Sleepless in Searcy, Chances and Questions

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:35:49 +0000

My best friend and I are both applying to William & Mary, and I would really appreciate it if you could chance us. I won’t go into too much detail, but we are Caucasian males haha

My friend:
29 ACT, 3.75 gpa, top 10%?, 2 letters in varsity tennis, has played piano for twelve years and won numerous awards (he’s great!), 5 AP classes, Arkansas Governor’s School, Boys State, president of Beta Club, prospective majors in Government and East Asian Studies (Global Studies)

Me:
33 ACT, 3.93 gpa, top 5%, 4 letters in varsity tennis, 4 years of All Region & All State Choir for Bass II, 7 AP classes (calculus will kill me), Arkansas Governor’s School, Boys State, president of National Honors Society, Captain of Quiz Bowl Team & member all four years, SHS HOBY ambassador, prospective majors in History and Russian Studies

I hope we will have an edge being from Arkansas!

I was also wondering, people often say William & Mary is a bit of a pressure cooker. Is it really difficult to maintain a high gpa in all disciplines or mainly the sciences? We are both looking into law school or grad school, and we want to make sure our schools won’t kill us. lol I know it is about the amount of work put into it, and I don’t want an “easy” school; however, I want to make sure it is more than feasible to make great grades. Thanks!!