Hi everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. I was wondering if anyone had gotten a notification for the 1693 Scholars semi finalists yet? William and Mary’s website says they were going to email those selected in February, but they don’t give an exact date. I recently received a cypher postcard, and I won’t lie, that has gotten my hopes up slightly. Thank you all and good luck to everyone!!
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We never received a cypher (or possibly recycled it not knowing the significance?), but got an email about 1693 in mid-Feb. Applied on Jan 1. From what we’ve found online, some people mentioned getting the 1693 email much earlier than we did, so it seems sort of rolling. Sorry I don’t any more than that!
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That’s really interesting. I would have thought they would notify everyone at the same time. Thank you for letting me know, and congratulations on the 1693!!
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My S22 received his cipher card and email notification about the 1693 semi-finalist a couple of weeks ago. He submitted his essay and video for finalist qualification a couple of days ago.
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Congratulations to him! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for you all! Thank you for the information too.
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Good luck to all
My daughter was notified today that she is one of 30 finalists. Best of luck to a maximum of 7 of you! 
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Congrats to her! My son is a semi-finalist too. He hasn’t received a formal acceptance yet though. What are the chances that a semi-finalist would be denied admission in regular decision? Just wondering if he can consider himself a “likely admit”?
I would think the odds are 100% he will be offered admission.
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Congratulations and good luck to your daughter!
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Thank you!
My son was just accepted to W&M with the Monroe scholarship- does one have to apply separately for actual scholarship money?
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No. All merit scholar awards are chosen during the admission process. There’s nothing for you to do on your part. All merit scholar awards have already been given out.