<p>Hey everybody,
For those of you who have been accepted for '09 and for those who love Williams, Please tell me if I am the Williams type?
I'm in all AP/ Honors classes except for regualr math and I get A/A- in all except a B+ in one. I'm waiting for my SAT scores but they will probably at least a 650 on every section (hopefully!)
Anyway, I'm a junior and next year, I will be editor of my school newspaper, head delegate for Model UN and I am this year. I have been tutoring ESL students for three years. I have an art portfolio to submit to colleges and I intend of majoring in art/art history. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and I have started a support group in my county, I'm Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's inspirational keynote speaker for corporate events, and I'm really excited because I was invited to speak before the House of Representatives and meet with Senators in Washington D.C.this June on the topic of Stem Cell research.
My recomendations will be exceptional and my essay will be quirky.
I'm extremely liberal and politically active/savvy!
I'm deciding between applying early either to Brown or to UPenn, but am interested in Williams and I'm spending the summer this year at UPenn for art.
Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>You should be aiming for over 700 on the SAT front.</p>
<p>i agree with jrpar; you may need to raise those SAT scores. but that said, if you're passionate and committed to your causes, that is definitely good for williams. if you're really that into to art and art history, you should consider applying ED to williams since they have arguably the best (and best known) art history program in the country. </p>
<p>visit the campus; that's the best way for getting a feel for the school.</p>
<p>Xtrasweet, My son is a sophomore at Williams studying art history and art studio.</p>
<p>Williams is simply the best when it comes to art history. In addition, their fine arts department is very strong, with a talented, multi-media faculty and beautiful facilities. You could not go wrong with Williams academically.</p>
<p>Whether or not you would you like the Williams social environment totally depends on you. You mentioned on your other posts that youre looking for a school that is suburban to urban, at least 1200 in your class and that you are extremely liberal and politically active/savvy! All of these Williams is not. Williamstown is a New England village in a profoundly beautiful mountain setting, the class is about 500 although art history and art studio are very popular majors, and while Williams definitely leans left, social activism is less developed there than at some other schools. It exists as Williams kids care about their community both local and worldwide, but it's not overtly PC. Youd have to visit to see if the trade off works for you.</p>
<p>As far as the emphasis on undergrads, Williams definitely excels in that category. The faculty are supportive and accessible. There are three world class museums on or near campus that figure heavily in the art experience and the college organizes a lot of field trips to other east coast museums. The alumni/ae network is unparalleled. (Youve heard of the Williams art mafia?)</p>
<p>Other unique and wonderful aspects of Williams are the tutorial program, Winter Study and the freshman entry system. Basically, the Williams students are bright, happy, multi-faceted and energetic kids. There is a very strong sense of community among the students, the faculty and the administration.</p>
<p>As others have mentioned, your SATs are on the low side for Williams. See if you can boost your verbal especially. Williams' adcom evaluates the whole student carefully, however, and your other accomplishments would certainly appeal. Applying ED would help as Williams takes 40% of its class early.</p>
<p>Please let me know if I can answer any specific questions about Williams.</p>
<p>I fell in love with Williams when I visited ealier this year. It was my number one choice. I was rejected. I have over a 4.6 GPA right now. I had excel. recs, extra currics, etc. etc. My advice: don't get your hopes up. Getting in is like winning the lottery.</p>
<p>I think you would be WONDERFUL at Williams!!! But it's true that you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket... I thought Brown was IT for me... and then I got rejected... and suddenly I realized that Williams was where I was really meant to be... and getting rejected from Brown was a necessary step for me to realize that.</p>
<p>I think keeping Brown and Williams as two top choices is a good idea. I live basically in the Brown campus and i have to say, if i didn't live here my whole life, Brown might have been IT for me... I ended up applying ED to Williams and am very confident i made the right choice.</p>
<p>I, too, am very into art and art history and have a long track record of activism etc etc. Brown has a great program with RISD (RI School of Design) where Brown students can take classes with RISD students. The art history program at Brown is good, but certainly Williams beats it in this respect. Providence is a great art area--thriving with young talent (thanks to RISD) and there are tons of little galleries around the city. Williams is definitely not city, but I don't really think Providence is comparable to NYC by any means.... </p>
<p>My advice: visit both. spend the night at both. they are great schools and i think you'd be happy at either</p>
<p>(sorry about no info on UPenn.... i have no idea what UPenn is like...)</p>