<p>anybody willing to share their essay?? …will be a great help</p>
<p>accepted! wicked excited. </p>
<p>Williamso1- I would be willing to share my essay with you.</p>
<p>thank you carolineeleanor … and congrats for getting in :)</p>
<p>accepted! so excited…
everyone who got deferred, you are still a worthwhile human being, and you do get another shot
although that’s probably not at all comforting right now.</p>
<p>@carolineeleanor, would you mind sending me your essay, too? I got deferred :((</p>
<p>eljay93-sure</p>
<p>@carolineeleanor: Thank you so much</p>
<p>@carolineeleanor, would you mind sending me your essay? another deferred ed applicant here</p>
<p>@carolineeleanor- </p>
<p>Would you mind sharing your essay with me, too? My son was deferred and is trying to figure out where he fell short. </p>
<p>Are any of the ED admits here recruited athletes? </p>
<p>Did any of the ED admits here submit a music supplement?</p>
<p>Congratulations to you all; it’s quite an accomplishment to be admitted ED to Williams! My (deferred) son is a top-notch student (top 5% of class) at a very strong public suburban high school. He’s also an excellent musician (All-State caliber) in two areas, but that wasn’t enough to put him in the accepted pool. He’s such a good kid who is truly passionate about learning, so this is a big disappointment. With only 15-20 ED applicants likely to be admitted under RD, it doesn’t look promising. On to plan B, I guess.</p>
<p>Don’ give up hope if you/your child has been deferred. Our son, who is a junior at Williams, was initially deferred. He was accepted RD. He did submit a letter reiterating his interest, talked to the Music Dept for advice (he did submit a music supplement with his ED ap) and his guidance counselor called his admissions officer. Don’t know if these things played a role in his eventual acceptance, but that’s what we did.</p>
<p>D, who was accepted, submitted a music supplement. She participated in All-State. She is thrilled.</p>
<p>@ akamom98 -</p>
<p>Thank you so much for sharing your son’s story; I really appreciate it and will pass the advice on to my son.</p>
<p>Did your son talk to the Music Department Chair? My son met and subsequently has been in touch with a number of the Music faculty. Did your son initiate the post-ED decision contact or did the Music Department contact him?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>@ Kidstart-</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter!</p>
<p>Hey guys. I had kind of a weird question. How are we supposed to mail the 200$ to the Admission Office? Should we use snail mail, or in some other way? I ask because the postal service around here isn’t exactly trustworthy.</p>
<p>I would either FedEx or have it as certified mail-- if certified, it will have a completely different path (there is a chain of custody and things) and will get there --if you want extra protection you can have Williams sign a card with the Postal Service sends back to you.</p>
<p>On a different path-- I was taken by the comments by Dean Nesbitt about the ED class having the best academic profile the College has seen in years. I suppose the Number 1 ranking will do that for you-- but I also think that a lot of kids who could and in other years would have gone to the Ivies are going the academic LAC route instead. No sure why, but my D who goes to a prep school sees it in her class-- she originally, herself, thought Ivy, but after visiting Williams and speaking with the students she though that the quality of education, life and athletics would be far better at Williams.<br>
She also liked that 50% of the students play some sort of variety/jv sport and 30% more play intercollegiate club sports-- so as an athlete she wouldn’t be ghettoized as a dumb jock who got in bc she is good at sports–but seen as a scholar-athlete–like almost all the rest of the class.</p>
<p>Yay Williams!</p>
<p>Thanks etondad. I will go to the post office on Monday and sort this out. </p>
<p>And by the way, congrats on your daughter!</p>
<p>@ LuisaMaria:</p>
<p>My daughter also requested and was given a trial music lesson by a member of the music faculty. I think that helped a lot. Your son should request the same. Good luck to him and thanks for your good wishes.</p>
<p>So I put on a Williams sweatshirt (bought when she visited but never put on in case of bad juju) to go to the grocery store this morning. I just got out of the car when someone shouts out “Hey, Williams” I explained that my D just got her ED. He was class of 82 and went on and on about how great a four years he had and how lucky she should be–and congrats for getting in.<br>
Funny bc my S is at Harvard and when I wear my Harvard sweatshirt (we live around Boston) no one EVER stops me-- but it took just two minutes with the Williams purple. I am so excited for her. --and I had heard about alumni loyalty–this episode kinda confirms it!</p>
<p>@carolineeleanor, would you mind sending me your essay? My S deferred too .</p>