<p>I love small, elite, New England based, liberal arts colleges, and who matches that description better than Williams? Anyhow, I visited the school, and was very impressed, but I acknowledge the difficulty of the admissions process. So I'm curious, do I have a shot at getting in?</p>
<p>White Male
Public School in Vermont (Which sends several kids to the Ivies and other great schools every year)
5/320 class rank unweighted
4.08/4.33 unweighted (having taken the hardest classes)
SAT reasoning (from a single test date) CR-700 Writing-720 Math-780 (Comp-2200)
SAT 2's: Math2- 800 US history-770
AP Stats and US History scores both 5's (and I'm taking four more APs this year)
ECs:
9-12 Math League (President)
9-12 Student council (officer)
10-12 MUN (I've won numerous awards and gone overseas)
11-12 NHS (math tutor for younger kids)
11-12 Varsity Tennis (My wrist was broken in 10th grade, so I couldnt play that year)
11-12 Scholars' Bowl
I also work as a pharmacy technician, and will be an anesthesiologists assistant next summer
Awards:
MUN awards, RPI $60,000 scholarship, History awards, National Merit semi-finalist
Miscellaneous:
Did a summer course at Brown U. about becoming a doctor and also did Green Mt. Boy's State where I was elected State Treasurer </p>
<p>Thank you for your time and help. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Is your hair-do hide your ears? Do you have pretty ears that can be shown in public?
That is THE one thing I noticed at Williams.
Every boys hair is cropped short to shoew ears full.</p>
<p>Ok, cool. The thing is, though, that a girl from my school with a much better resume is applying, and I've heard that at some schools like this, they won't take more than one kid from a single high school. Is there any validity in this claim, or should I not worry about that?</p>
<p>They wouldn't have a strict rule against it. However, unless your school has historically sent more than one student to Williams, then you're up against tough odds. If you're both stronger applicants than avg, it's entirely possible they may take two.</p>
<p>You should talk to that girl and see if she's very interested or not - maybe you can work something out so that you can apply ED and she'll apply regular (if she does have a better app, then she'll stand a better chance at being that second student from your HS).</p>
<p>I know that at Williams, the students come together and plan their applications to grad schools. Many grad schools will only take so many students from one college (similar to your problem.) Therefore, the Williams students get their first choice without dealing with more competitive students getting admitted over them and not attending. You see, the point is, if you aren't too competitive, maybe there's something to be done about this problem.</p>
<p>^Thanks, that helps. No, she has told me that, quote "Colin, if you get into Williams and I don't, I will have to kill you." So, yeah, she wants to go. Oh, and due to financial aid, we both have to apply regular...</p>
<p>Thing about hair is not true. I know kids there with long hair. My S, who attends, would love long hair, but alas, has hair the texture of astroturf so short suits it,so it does match description. Luckily, his ears are quite alright.</p>
<p>Does she wear make up? carry expenssive pocket booK? Long hair but not done in pony tail? showing midrif or has short short skirt on? Nose or belly button ring?
Then, you have better chance.
OK, I will shut up now. Good luck.</p>
<p>You have the stats to be "in the running". But for the record my D (valedictorian) with same or higher stats than you and many music/science ec's was rejected as well as the salutatorian who was an athlete with near perfect SAT's. We feel geographic diversity and the need of a HOOK from our area plays a large part. So maybe you will fair better. Good luck but don't limit yourself. There are alot of great schools out there you have a good chance at that may even offer you merit money.</p>
<p>mythmom
where are those boys with long hair, I mean how long is long?
My S' shoulder length rocksta hairdo was, well, screaming I am visiting from outer space.
The beauty of Williams is, everyone was yet just so nice and helpfull.</p>
<p>OK, I didn't see shoulder length hair (D's BF has that and just graduated from Wash U.) The long hair was more rumpled past collar ala Chase on House.</p>
<p>i was thinking about applying ED with FA...
but i am not clear about the difference between RD FA and ED FA...
is applying for FA in RD more advantageous than doing so in ED?</p>
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<p>In the case of NEED based aid you will most likely get the same package if you apply ED or RD. That wouldn't be the case for MERIT aid, but since Williams doesn't offer merit, it isn't an issue here.</p>
<p>What you can't do if you apply ED is compare your offer to that of other schools and therefore negotiate with your #1 based on what their competitors have offered. That's where the element of risk comes in.</p>
<p>mythmom
Is your son do bio and visual art and he picked bio because he wants to do it, not just to spare you from worrying him choosing art?
I was reading/writing some PM and it hit me the nice kid we met fits your description in every way.
If so, congratulations, that is the poster boy of Williams in millennia.</p>