Appllying to Williams Regular Decision?

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<p>I've posted here before, thanks to all who have responded. My son is going to apply to Williams. His GPA, which is a 3.7, suffered in his sophomore year after losing his dad to cancer. Please give an honest estimate of his chances.</p>

<p>4.0 GPA for junior/1st trimester senior year.
Courseload includes mutlivrriable calc, physics, French 4, literature electives and cultural history of the west.</p>

<p>SAT: 2350, one sitting
SAT subject tests: 800 chem, 800 bc calc
AP exams: Stat, 4 (sophomore year), Calc BC 5, Chem 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculr: 3 years rowing with competitive team--huge impact on his life in the most positive way
Volunteeered for 2 years in support of marriage equality referendum/mayor campaign</p>

<p>Awards: Selected for an NIH funded internship program at our University's cancer research program, which he did summer of junior year.</p>

<p>Recs from English teacher and math teacher. Third rec from his internship faculty member. Counselor is addressing sophomore year grades (which weren't terrible, but it did pull his GPA down)</p>

<p>Supplemental esay topic 'who would you like to have in a tutorial, selecting Isaac Asimov. </p>

<p>His common app topic was about losing his dad, realizing sometimes you can't win no matter how hard you try, and shortly thereafter, taking up rowing and winning at regionals--and how rowing helped rehabilitate him, and the trust and support he felt from his team.</p>

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<p>Sounds like a very competitive candidate. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Hi zzzmmm‌! I am attending Williams College in the fall of 2015 so I hope to see your son there! He sounds like a very well-rounded student and I do not think that you should worry too much about the drop in his GPA in terms of negatively affecting his overall application. If anything, I think that Williams admissions will appreciate his ability to come out of such a rough experience and persevere the way he did. That being said, Williams IS a very selective school and it is difficult to pin-point the specific criteria in which their admissions team favors when selecting students. Your son will get into a great school either way, but if he really feels like Williams is the place for him then the best thing you can do at this point is wait it out and allow things to happen as they should. Everything happens for a reason and I feel as though your son has a great shot at getting in. Best of luck with this very stressful process!</p>