<p>^Apparently Willamette changed its marketing and mailing strategy in admissions. According to the individual who emailed me back, “Some schools market as broadly as possible, encouraging students who they know they won’t admit, simply to push up this artificial measure of “selectivity.” Our hope is to reach out to students who are going to be good matches to Willamette.”</p>
<p>To answer KD9’s question above: the ideal yield for Willamette is around 500. For the class entering Fall of 2010, the yield fell short by “about 100”. To compensate, the Fall of 2011 class grew to over 600. Looks like Fall of 2012 was “just right”.</p>
<p>Cal - thanks for posting back (and Kellie, too). I’m not sure that the answer they gave to you is right. Either the President mispoke or there was some problem with the 2012common data set…It really skews the “selectivity” measurement and it makes it look like they accept a very high number of applicants. It will be interesting to see the statistics of the accepted class of 2017. (BTW - my son was accepted with a 3.62 UW, 32 ACT and offered a $21k merit scholarship. Excellent ECs.) We visited and liked the school. But, my son may end up going to a polytechnic. Hard to tell until all the results come in. Nice to have this in the pocket, though.</p>
<p>Decision Date: Early January Date you submitted application: November 15 Application Plan: Early Action</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 31 (27 English, 35 Math+Science, 26 Reading, 6 Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd decile (top 20%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (4), AP Physics B (4), AP Calc. AB (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: English, Band, Intro. Stats., PE, AP Gov, AP Physics C
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (2nd chair in 2nd out of 3 bands)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring 2 hours a week since last year
[<em>] Summer Activities: UCI Summer Program (Taking a course)
[</em>] Essays: English Teachers loved it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher loves me (AP Calc AB)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket:<50k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Medical Condition?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Dunno
[<em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay+Rec
[/ul]General Comments: My backup school. Forced to apply.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Decision Date: 1/25/13 Date you submitted application: 1/8/13 Application Plan: RD</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150: 750 math, 690 cr, 710 writing
[</em>] ACT: 30, did not submit though
[<em>] SAT II: did not submit any
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): psychology, statistics, english, calc ab, calc bc - have not taken any AP tests however
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 classes at a local cc: (international business, intro to business, & comparative government), AP calc ab, AP calc bc, AP stat, AP english
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: have worked since sophomore year, currently 30 hrs/week +
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~ 50 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: working
[</em>] Essays: not great but not bad either… wrote the personal essay on my job
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 really great, 1 okay
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$10,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): probably none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT score, courseload, working
[<em>] Weaknesses: essay, gpa
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck?[/ul] General Comments: 21k/year merit scholarship :)</p>
<p>Decision Date: 2/19/13 Date you submitted application: 2/01/13
**Application Plan: RD **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (760 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: Not Taken
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 760 Math 1, 740 US History, 700 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.14
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Psych (5), US History (5), US Gov (4), Comp Gov (4), Euro (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, English 12A, Government/Economics, Digital Imaging 1
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Journalism
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 10 hrs/week as a busboy
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteering, Library Volunteering</p>
<p>[<em>] Summer Activities: International Hospital Volunteering
[</em>] Essays: Good, reviewed by lawyer cousin and developed over a few weeks
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not known, but I think great!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not known, but I think good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] School Type: Top 50 Public In USA
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$250,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Volunteering
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, EC
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mostly standardized tests[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck to others! $14000 Leadership Award for 4 years, totaling $56000 in merit aid.</p>
<p>In answer to the confusion regarding Willamette’s 2012 admission rate, I think that there may have been an error on the originally posted CDS. I remember seeing it and thinking that it seemed far out of line with previous reports. Checking again now, the numbers have changed (I also noted that the web page was updated on May 3, 2013 11:51:02 AM). For fall of 2012 the currently viewable CDS shows 8887 total applications for the freshman class, with 5370 admitted. That’s just over 60%, and not radically out of line with previous years. The slight uptick in admit % could be a result of the policy change that CalAlum mentioned.</p>
Safety School!</p>