They call us WOW scholars but idk 
itll probably only help for williams
@azcpamom take the 2.5 gpa 35 act post with a grain of salt; that is literally their only post, making the source unreliable to be honest.
@StuDYING4College we should also consider that the WoW application didn’t consider the “no extracurriculars” and “no volunteer hours” that the student also mentioned. Those who did get accepted can hope that this specific case will fall into the10-15% of students who won’t turn a WoW admission into a fall admission.
I wonder if the 2.5 GPA 35 ACT applicant had better grades in his or her sophomore/junior years that made up for deficient freshmen grades.
Anyone here from Chicago get in? I’m doing the September date, and I’m super excited! Congrats to those who were accepted, and I’m sorry to hear about those who didn’t (more than confident you’ll get into another one).
@NickJtFly5 I’m from chicago and also doing the september date!
Is anyone from Missouri or Tennessee?
Awesome! Cool to see some Chitown flavor in here haha.
has anyone had their phone call yet and wouldn’t mind sharing what they discussed??
D’s phone call went well, she said (I wish I had more specifics.) Admissions personnel she spoke with said she had no “deficiencies” but that she didn’t fit the profile for WOW, income too high (even though we feel quite poor, family of 5 on one public school employee salary) and parents with MA degrees not quite the target audience. They talked a bit about her essay details but I don’t recall exact feedback. She said that the only possible “issue” to consider was that D had 2 Bs junior year in AP classes; not sure if that was a warning that wasn’t great and to not get any senior year or what. Not sure it was earth shattering but D felt better about not getting into WOW afterwards so was likely worth it just for that.
My admissions personnel was very nice and chill with everything. I asked multiple questions, and they all got answered. However, they really didn’t go into that much detail of why I was rejected other than there were so many qualified applicants. Other than that, it went very well!
Bad news. I won’t be able to go. 
I hope someone on the wait list gets a notification soon! Best of luck to all 
For Archival Purpose:
Acceptance rate to WoW(2016): 16%. ~240/~1500
Acceptance rate to Williams College as a WoW attendee(for WoW 2015): ~95%. Most common reasons to be accepted to WoW but then rejected from Williams are bad rec letters and severe senioritis.
on the EPHblog, it says that 85% of the students that got accepted into WOW got accepted into the college.
Edit: the 16% figure seems accurate tho.
@kassh4 I think ~85% was for class of 2019. The 95% figure I got for the class of 2020 came from the reps during WoW.