<p>thoughts? comments?</p>
<p>sucks that they will finish up on the 9th and the decisions won't be mailed until the 14th.</p>
<p>direct link sorry</p>
<p>thanks for the useful information :) whoa..that means i have to compete with other 57 inte'ls..</p>
<p>thank you sooo much for the info. i was wondering how many int'l applicants there were in the pool. admission officer told me that it would be very though for the int'ls to be admitted this year in ED. but it is always hard for int'ls to get admitted. i was very disappointed at first but now i acknowledged the situation.</p>
<p>athene:
did the admission officer say that in general sense (coz lots of ppl know it's hard for intel to get into williams) or that it'd be tougher this year? </p>
<p>thanx. just concerned ^^</p>
<p>My opinion is that Williams is not as difficult for internationals as many people perceive, and its certainly easier to gain acceptance to Williams (if you are an intl.) than the other need blind international schools (except perhaps Middlebury?).</p>
<p>By Williams' own admission, they aim to have 6-7% of the class comprised of international students, the vast majority of whom are receiving tons of financial aid. However, having been in admissions offices, I can attest to the fact that the verbal scores of international students are often signficantly lower than those of domestic students. While this is understandable, Williams does not have the resources to help international students "get up to snuff" verbally. Therefore, extremely talented international students with limited exposure to the English language will likely lose out to domestic students or other international students with more refined English verbal skills.</p>
<p>any idea why they are taking until the 14th to mail them?</p>
<p>does it take that long to stuff 500 envelopes?</p>
<p>Usually the Director of Admissions adds a short handwritten note on the acceptance letters - that could take a while for 200 or so acceptances.</p>
<p>she said that it would be tougher this year (i think this is the general part) but it would especially be tougher for the int'ls. so in one way or another it wil be harder to get in during ED. :(</p>
<p>you're referring to geraldine?</p>
<p>yes, i'm referring to her.</p>
<p>did you know that they accepted only 4 int'ls during ED last year??? this is what I heard. does anyone know anything about it?</p>
<p>it's 14 actually. and a few more were deferred first then accepted, including two from CC.</p>
<p>thnx. i think my friend misunderstood the numbers since 4 and 14 are so similar in Turkish. :)</p>
<p>yeah. most of the stats are on the record if ever you need to look at them.</p>
<p>thnx. i'll definitely have a look at it.</p>