Who's in, Early Decision?

tiharo
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:10:46 +0000

Although I hadnt planned to post my D’s stats and I know she would probably kill me if she knew because shes too modest to express her accomplishments, I will. I dont have her credents in front of me as I write this so some specifics (Classes…Calc,Trig, etc ) are being missed I know.

Shes an in State acceptance

4.10 GPA Weighted, 4.0 unweighted
17th in c/o 567
1850 SAT
Received High School Credits in 8th Grade
AP Courses from 9th grade to current Senior Year.
5 year Foreign Lang
4’s on AP exams
VP of current school club
Various volunteer projects
NHS Member
Member of School’s College Prep Academy
2 Year Academic Letter Winner @ 2 different very competitive High Schools. (I’m retired Military, so shes had the unfortunate task of having to move and attend 3 different High Schools while maintaining her high GPA, she didnt have a strong op to be involved in more ECs due to the frequent moves and I would hope admissions realized that.)

Very Good recommendations considering she was almost always the new student.

Very Good Interview and Essay.

But as you know a School like W&M really dont have a check in the box system as I’m sure many highly qualified students were D&D’d. I would think that in admissions case, well written essays probably would be the deciding factor as they see tons of very good stats and I explained this to my D going in so not to be overly disappointed if she wasnt accepted. I would suggest that your S be well rounded on top of all. They are building a community and definatley want good people on top of their grades.