<p>Well ... I think telling someone to re-take their SATs is very different than telling someone that they won't be accepted unless their SAT scores go up.
The acceptance rate for legacies hovers around 50%, so I would have been surprised if your daughter and JrPar's son were not accepted. Williams is very very very generous to legacies. </p>
<p>I'm not crazy about some of the admissions staff at Williams. In fact, I think some are pretty clueless, not to mention unprofessional and generally mean.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that Williams is putting an enormous amount of effort into diversifying their campus. 10% of Williams students are African-American and 9% are Latino. These percentages are enormously high given Williams' location and the fact that it is relatively unknown. It's great that Williams is becoming such a diverse place, but it also means that the "score requirements" are loosened. Williams wants to be diverse, have strong athletics, be generous to legacies and maintain high SAT scores. Something has to eventually give.</p>