<p>Total 1120 out of 6437 applicants.
76 students from Quest Bridge.
150 African American, 175 Asian American, 132 Latino, and 5 Native American students were accpeted.
93 None US citizens were also accpeted.
Average SATI CR 726, Math 715.</p>
<p>Not bad. Should be second-most selective LAC behind Pomona
<a href="http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?article=2412http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?article=2412%5B/url%5D">http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?article=2412http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/index.php?article=2412</a></p>
<p>15.8% Acceptance rate, down from 19%.
25% valedictorians
90% in top 10% of class
Average SAT 740M, 750R, 740CR</p>
<p>Caveat: These numbers are for accepted students, not enrolled students.
Yield looks to be about 42% (percent of accepted students who enroll) assuming class size of 375.</p>
<p>(Previously posted on the Pomona forum)</p>
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<p>Fourth, so far:</p>
<p>Pomona 15.8%
Claremont McKenna 16.2%
Swarthmore 17.0%
Williams 17.4%
Amherst 17.5%</p>
<p>Of course, those numbers will change with waitlist admits. The final numbers will be in the Common Data Sets released next October.</p>
<p>These percentages don't really mean that much. Harvey Mudd is probably as hard to get into as any of these schools and their acceptance rate is over 30%.</p>
<p>I don't think admissions at any of these five schools is any different than it was when the acceptance rates were 20% to 25%. </p>
<p>The lowering rates simply indicate more no-prayer applications, not a change in odds for serious applicants. It's pretty easy to click submit on an extra app or two with the on-line Common App. </p>
<p>I certainly don't think Amherst is any easier to get into than Pomona. It's kind of like saying that Ferrari is more affordable than a Bentley. Beyond a certain point, does it really matter?</p>
<p>"These percentages don't really mean that much. Harvey Mudd is probably as hard to get into as any of these schools and their acceptance rate is over 30%."</p>
<p>slight modification:
acceptance rate at hmc has dropped to 28% this year.
:)</p>
<p>Anyone know: Do these figures include ED admits?</p>
<p>Yes. Total acceptance letters divided by total apps, regardless of when the acceptance letters were mailed.</p>
<p>Amherst actually gets the most applications of the East Coast schools. But, they take fewer ED than Williams or Swarthmore. That means they have to mail more acceptance letters because it takes three acceptance letters to yield one freshman in RD compared to one acceptance letter per freshman in ED. </p>
<p>Pomona and Claremont-McKenna, in addition to being really good schools, are seeing the impact of the UC craziness. If you are a top applicant in California and want to apply somewhere really good besides Berkeley, what are your choices? Stanford, Pomona, CMC. Caltech or Mudd if you are a rocket scientist. That's about it.</p>
<p>Or you're on the East Coast and want to improve your chances so you apply to the usual suspects plus Pomona and Mudd. And lots of California kids seemed to have applied to Amherst and Williams, etc., perhaps in addition to Pomona and Mudd.</p>
<p>My guidance counselor says that he is seeing a general raising of the standards at all these schools: quite a few applicants who would have been a comfortable admit five or ten years ago are getting rejected or wait listed at these schools, he thinks. That makes sense since the number of applicants has increased. When I talk with my cousins who went through this back then and are now in graduate school or working, they say that it seems as though a lot more is expected of applicants, including higher scores and grades and a lot more in the way of extracurricular interests and accomplishments. </p>
<p>That's all anecdotal evidence and may be colored by the media frenzy. Anyone have hard numbers about the stats?</p>
<p>Williams admit rate would be even lower had they decided not to take a risk and increase class size. If they admitted close to the number they admitted last year, it would be closer to 16%.</p>
<p>There isn't really much difference. Last year, Williams accepted 1146 students, including 65 from the waitlist. This year, they've accepted 1120 so far. They'll probably still have to go to the waitlist, they just would rather see a number somewhat smaller than 65. They are aiming for the same size class (538 if I recall).</p>
<p>Some interesting percentages here:
If you back out the early decision admits, the admit rate for regular decision is 15%.</p>
<p>Over 40% non-white admit rate overall; 45% for regular decision.</p>
<p>210 students with accomplishments in the arts versus 155 varsity athletes. Even given that some of these may overlap -- i.e., artistic athletes -- that's still a major commitment to recruitment of talent in art, music, theater, writing.</p>
<p>In the applicants/accepted students I know, many of the categories do overlap (artistic athletes, researchers with strong service backgrounds, and so forth). They are really interesting peple. I believe that this is one of the things that makes a Williams education so special. And the faculty is that way, too. Several of the art professors of the generation just ending were passionate supporters of Eph teams and had been athletes themselves in their younger days. Others have traveled widely and are quick to prepare and share cuisines from other lands. Being multi-faceted seems to be the norm.</p>
<p>It's very impressive that Williams accepted as many as 76 students from Quest Brdige. These students will contribute greatly to Williams spirit: work hard and live passionately.</p>
<p>Do those 76 include students who were accepted in the RD round? If so, I'm one of them!</p>
<p>Yes, a few in Ed and many in RD.</p>
<p>What other schools work with Questbridge?</p>
<p>Questbridge partner schools:</p>
<p>Amherst
Bowdoin
Claremont McKenna
Columbia
Notre Dame
Oberlin
Pomona
Princeton
Rice
Scripps
Stanford
Swarthmore
Trinity (CT)
Wellesley
Wheaton (IL)
Williams
Yale</p>
<p>Thanks interesteddad. Does Williams have the distinction of admitting the highest number of students from Questbridge? Just curious.</p>
<p>I am not sure whether Williams accept the highest number of students from Quest Bridge or not. However, Willimas accepted 9 students from 103 in ED round, and the number is one less than that of Princeton.</p>
<p>Pomona has impressive statistics for admits, but I don't think it is necessarily fair to compare its admissions data to Williams or Amherst. </p>
<p>Pomona shares its sports teams with Pitzer, whereas Williams and Amherst field independent programs. That makes a huge difference, as can be seen in the admitted student SAT scores for Pomona. If Amherst (Williams cannot as it is not part of a consortium) were to share the sports field with, say, Hamilton, its figures would also shoot up tremendously. </p>
<p>Yes, I assume a sportsperson on average might have lower SAT scores and class rank, but then, practicing two hours daily and still producing excellent grades is phenomenal.</p>