Saw there wasn’t an ED thread, so I thought I would make one to discuss.
I ED’d! Hope I get in
Anyone know their actual acceptance rate for people who didn’t attend DIVOH, aren’t committed for sports, and aren’t legacy? So it is ‘35%’ but what is it actually…
That’s kinda a hard thing to estimate cause all 3 groups you just listed have pretty solid hooks- absent legacy, of course. Obviously, the pool gets smaller, but I think as long as you have decent stats and some solid ECs, you have a good shot!
Of course it all depends. But with around 500 ED applicants, the pool is already small. Then say there are some 150 students with hooks, then the acceptance rate comes down fast.
I hope to get in too. Your stats are solid tho, and a philosophy major at that!! Good luck!
Guessing we should hear on the 6th based on passed trends.
We’ll know on Tuesday whether that is true or not- looking back at past threads, they send an email on the Tuesday of the week that decisions are released informing students to keep posted. 2 years ago it was released on the first Friday of December, last year the second. So hopefully we’ll find out this week!
Edit: After re-reading the Wayback Machine, i realized I was wrong; the past 2 years has been the 7th/8th, so the first Friday of December. Hopefully the trend continues!
Did anyone receive an email about the decision date yet?
Nope – the 13th it is!
Yeah- agree it’s probably gonna be the 13th. Unfortunate since like Stanford is getting back their results before us LOL
Hmm, I wonder why it’s later this year. I guess we just have to be patient, but I can’t wait to find out.
there was a pretty massive snowstorm there that might have caused some delays. I know school got cancelled on monday because of it. I called the admissions office today, and the person on the phone basically told me they don’t know when admissions will come out, but it will come before December 15th. Williams had their admissions office confirm though that it’s coming out on Friday the 13th, and Williams/Amherst usually do it uniformly.
Okay, thank you wyntersause! That makes a lot of sense. I guess we should just enjoy the holiday season!
Why do you guys think the 13th?
It’s probably because of what wyntersause said, “Williams had their admissions office confirm though that it’s coming out on Friday the 13th, and Williams/Amherst usually do it uniformly.”
Hello from Taiwan! So far, no snow here this winter season!
Not that I’m superstitious, but Friday the 13th sounds like an ominous date for posting Amherst ED admissions. I hope Amherst bumps the date up to Friday the 6th. 
I hope I can know the decisions now. The waiting is killing me
Haha we all relate. If you look at Williams’s ED, they talked to admissions people and they told them it was next Friday unfort. My guess is the same given the large snowstorm and us not receiving any email on Tuesday.
I was waiting for that email yesterday… waiting and waiting and it didn’t come. 