William & Mary Chances.

Derigon
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:18:30 +0000

Hey guys. I think William and Mary will be a bit of a stretch for me, especially since I am out of state. I have some unique circumstances though. I went to a public school for both ninth and tenth grade. At the beginning of eleventh grade, I had something akin to a nervous breakdown and had to start home schooling. This was due to my excruciating social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. So for both eleventh and twelfth grade, I am being home schooled. The program is some Christian thing based down in Florida, and the work is quite rigorous. I had AP classes in public school, but unfortunately there are no AP classes with this program; I will tell you that the classes are comparable to APs, though. Anyway, I still have to take the SAT. I took a subject test in June instead because I was frankly not ready for the real one.

Projected UW High School GPA: 3.6-3.7 (I had one failed class in tenth grade; again, that was due to all the things I was going through with anxiety disorders and medications)
Projected W GPA: 4.1-4.2
AP Classes: World History (4), took about a month of European, Psychology, and American before I had to drop out. Mostly everything else was honors.
SAT IIs so far (I plan on taking one or two more): World History (750)
Extra Stuff: Took a course in political science this summer at a local college, ended with a 98 average. May take some other college course before it’s time to apply to schools
Extra Curriculars: Forensic Speech and Debate (1 Year), School Newspaper (1 Year), Piano (1 Year), Church Choir (1 Year), School Choir (2 Years)…did SCAMEA in ninth grade (that’s like an all-county, select choir)
Volunteer Work: Did this thing thirty hour famine to raise money for malnourished people in around the world. I run the cameras at my church at least once every two weeks for about five hours. Will be volunteering for one of my district’s Congressional candidates this summer.

So as you can see, my resume isn’t exactly weak but I don’t know if it’s up to snuff with a place like William and Mary. Especially since I’m out of state. Do you think a high SAT score is my best bet for getting in? Also, I plan on briefly explaining my issues with anxiety disorders and all that.