College of William and Mary RD Class of 2023 Results Only

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RD decisions is coming out soon, and I noticed there wasn’t a thread…

*** REMEMBER to remove brackets before posting! Good luck everyone!

[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=6][ color=yellow][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=6][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW):
[ *] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci):
[ *] SAT II (Type, Score):
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of ??):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list]

[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ /list]

[ b]Other**
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Assets:
[ *] Property:
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list]

[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I: 1370 (710 CR, 660 M)
ACT: None
SAT II: None
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): HS doesn’t report UW GPA
Rank: HS doesn’t rank
AP: None
IB: IB Business SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math Studies SL, IB English Lit SL, IB Spanish SL, IB History HL, IB Chem HL, IB Business HL, IB TOK
Major Awards: First place in FBLA and DECA

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Cross country, track and field, FBLA (officer), DECA, lifeguarding, babysitting
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community Service: 500+ hours of volunteering at hospital, animal shelter, and elementary school
Essays: Strong. I spent a lot of time on them.
Teacher Recommendations: Strong. One from my IB Business teacher and the other from my IB Chem teacher, both of whom know me really well, and I have an A in both of their classes.
Counselor Rec: Decent/average. I got to a big school so the counselors don’t know students that well.

Other:
State: VA (NOVA)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100k
Extenuating Circumstances: None
Hooks: None

Why you think you were accepted and general comments?
I was surprised that I got in. Maybe they liked my essays and that I’m an IB Diploma Candidate? I won’t be attending WM though since I’ve already enrolled somewhere else, but it’s a great school. Congrats to everyone who go in!

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Decision: accepted

Objective:
SAT: 1470 (740 verbal/ 730 math)
GPA: 4.0 weighted
Rank: valedictorian
Senior year course load: fall semester- calc II, microbiology + Lab, organic chem I + lab, French III, American lit I, psychology of personality/ Spring semester- anatomy & physiology II+ lab, organic chem II + lab, American lit II, geography 102, social psych, intro to student research (organic chem)
Major awards: excellence in student leadership award

Subjective: student government (VP of community service), national society of leadership and success (president), math club (Vice President), math honor society (Vice President), national honor society, grade appeal board, code of conduct board, competitive dance
Job/ work experience: literary intern at fashion blog, undergraduate research
Summer activities: take classes at community college

Other:
Stage: NJ
School type: homeschool/ community college
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female

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DD Decision: accepted

Objective:
SAT: 1480 (750 verbal / 730 math)
GPA: 3.96 unweighted
Rank: 8 / 700
AP: 13 total — all 4’s and 5’s; National AP Scholar; AP Capstone Diploma
Senior classes: AP Calculus BC, AP Lit, AP World History, AP Environmental Science, AP Research, Speech & Debate IV

Extracurriculars:
Speech & Debate— (Pres, VP 11th, Captain 10th), state finalist last two years, top 30 national tournament, heavy involvement
Girl Scouts — Gold Award; environmental science summer program
Foreign exchange — went to China with small group from her high school, lived in dorms there; hosted her Chinese host the next year
Research— Summer research program & AP Research
Mayor’s Advisory Council; Spanish Honor Society; NHS; JV Tennis (2 years — out due to injury); religious activities
Volunteer service — 200+ hours

Other:
Texas
Large public school
Female
White

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DS Decision: Waitlisted :frowning:

Objective:
SAT: 1470 (780 verbal, 690 math)
SAT II: 780 US History, 780 World History
GPA: 4.15 weighted
Rank: Top 15%
APs: 2 (Envir. Science / Eng Writing/Composition, both 5s
Senior Classes: AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Eng. Lit, ROTC, Comparative Governments, non AP physics, non-AP Spanish 5

ECS:
Eagle Scout
Captain of Scholastic Bowl team
Participant in NHS, Model UN, International Club
Boys State delegate / scholarship recipient
Various ROTC activities (drill, color guard, etc.)
Attended ROTC leadership course
Essay was good, discussed focus on mastering new subject areas using recent interest in hockey, had recs from Spanish and ROTC instructors

Other:
In-state
Large public HS in Northern VA
Male
Caucasian

We really expected him to get in based on Niche and collegedata analysis. We figure that compared to others who were admitted, he was hurt by his lack of AP classes, being below the top 10% of his high school, and his mid-terms in which he had a D+ in Calc but As in everything else. He’s been accepted to American, McGill, JMU, and Mary Washigto

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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
ACT 35
UW GPA 4.1 (school does not weight all classes are honors or above)
Rank: school doesn’t rank
APs 3- US History, Human Geography, Eng all 5s, 2 VCU/Dual enrollment (DE)
Senior classes: AP Gov, AP English Lit, Genoside Studies, Russian 2, DE Stats, DE BioPsych, DE Mentorship ( VCU sports medicine clinic)

ECs
4 years acting in theater production
member of drama board
200 hours community service
NHS
American Sign Language Honor Society
Nation English Honor society
Voice actor
President Creative Writing Club
Peer Mentor

Other:
In state
Female
African American

2 Public HS in state/ nationally ranked public HS

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ACCEPTED from NOVA

Full IB diploma candidate
31 ACT
4.164
Debate, theatre, FBLA, work, etc.

Was a bit surprised since I believed I was going to be waitlisted based on the Naviance from my school, as I was slightly below average.

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My son isn’t going to be happy with me sharing but there’s something to be said about being proud of your accomplishment.

Came from one of the top charter schools in AZ, nationally ranked in the top 10 in US News and World Best High Schools

1520 SATs (took it once-he wanted to take it again but the counselors said no)
34 ACTs (took it once)
GPA - 4.8 (weighted)
National AP Scholar - took 12 APs (5s in APUSH, Calculus AB and BC, Chemistry, Euro, Human Geography, Physics, English Lang and 4s in Spanish Lang, World History. Got a 3 in Bio when he took this AP in 9th grade and also took AP World in 8th grade and got a 3. We wish he was give the test in 10th or 11th grade. It was tough)
Asian male

His school also does not rank but he is within the top 10% of his class of 90 kids (yes-they are super competitive)
The usual Extra Curricular activities - National Honor, Red Cross, Quiz Bowl, Tough Mudder and also had a side tutoring business with 5 clients varying from 5th grade to 10th grade.

Columbia, Yale and Brown - rejected
UNC- rejected (I really couldn’t figure this out)
Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, U Mich - Waitlisted
Wisconsin - accepted with $5000 financial aid - I think they really want the state kids. They simply wanted money from me.
Michigan State - accepted into their Honors College and $30k in scholarship $$$ And accepted to W&M.

Luckily W&M was his first choice behind the Ivys so he ins planning to attend. Surprised that he was not offered the Monroe Scholar but he didn’t care back. Meant more to my wife and me than to him.

He lives in AZ so no on campus interviews.

I felt more rejected than he did, and with the recent college scandal, we were hoping the Ivys may want to recruit more from the middle class kids with great academics but Ivys play by their own rules so what can we do. I think they sometimes use a dartboard to select their kids. And I think they are overrated and overpriced. Especially for undergrad. Actually, he is pretty happy with attending W&M. Watched videos on YouTube and it looked like a fun place to be.

Go Tribe! and Go W&M Class of 2023! Good luck to you!

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@rogerpark67 If he hits the GPA threshold he’ll be eligible for Monroe scholarship activities after freshman year and he should pursue that. So he wouldn’t live in the Monroe scholar freshman hall his first year, but he’ll be eligible for the independent study grants they get.

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@VaParent19, good luck with waitlist and other great choices! It’s a tough environment, and I’d have been a little surprised too, but good news that W&M still possible, and other terrific acceptances. Students/alums obviously LOVE JMU, and for good reason. A friend’s kid recently graduated and has a job they love with as high of a salary in their field as anyone from any school.) We visited McGill with my oldest, and, wow, what a great place (though a little cold for me, to be honest). Other good choices too. Good luck!

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Thanks shuffle1. That was my understanding as well. It appears there are other scholar program not as wide known as the Monroe Scholar, and I believe there is time to apply. Sorry, my son knows what it is, but I don’t. I’m not going to get too bent out of shape. I’m sure whatever he does, will be work out in the end. We are happy he is headed to W&M.