<p>does anyone know about williams' early write policy? I didn't apply early because I wasn't ready to commit on nov 10, but now I really want to go to williams... and I wish they had ed II because now I'm going to be in agony til april--how strong an applicant do you have to be to be notified in february or march?</p>
<p>RD applicants that Williams feel are very qualified and are sure to be accepted to the Ivies are notified early around mid March.
Check last years posts.</p>
<p>Coming from New Jersey (an "overrepresented" state) you will have to be absolutely outstanding or stunningly lucky even to get in RD let alone get an early write; check you own high school's record with Williams admissions; also go to the Williams Web site and see if you can find out what the numbers and geographical and ethnic distributions of admittees have been over the past couple of years. That will help put things in perspective and possibly help you realize that you need to fall in love with a couple of other schools besides Williams. Then if you do get good news from the Purple Valley in the spring, it will be icing on the cake, but if you don't get good news it will not be quite so devastating.</p>
<p>Ok I hate to turn this into a "what are my chances" thread, but I would like to respond to mattmom and I guess this would really be the best way to do it.
I'm only going to put the stuff that really matters, like I'll omit being a non-ranking member of debate for only a year and a half, etc.</p>
<p>SAT's: 2310: 800 math, 800 writing, 710 reading
SAT II's: 800 IIC, 760 Physics, 740 US History (all sophomore year)
Weighted GPA: 4.29 (add a point for acc., ap, and univ courses)
AP's: all 5's: BC Calc freshman, US History soph, microecon/comp sci ab junior
I will have taken 7 courses at Princeton University by the time I graduate, including one 300-level math course, in which I got an A-. By subject, it will be 4 math courses, 2 classical greek courses, and one philosophy course. </p>
<p>williams recruit for both xc, track
varsity cross country, indoor track, spring track
captain of all 3 seasons senior year, co-capt xc junior year</p>
<p>pretty good essay, very good recs as far as I know (one from a PU professor)</p>
<p>started tutoring network with other high school students, very successful (for pay)
volunteer with church youth group, summer mission trips (2 to appalachia)</p>
<p>various things: science bowl co-captain, national commended scholar, ap scholar with honor, first team all-county xc</p>
<p>current classes: ap english, ap physics, ap comparative gov't/us gov't, choir, PHI 205 at Princeton fall semester, MAT 216 spring semester</p>
<p>it doesn't allow me to edit anymore, and I didn't put down something</p>
<p>I know Williams is looking for cultural and socioeconomic diversity-
I'm a dual citizen US/France, and I have a single mom who's unemployed.
on the other side, though, I'm white, have educated parents, and live in central new jersey.</p>
<p>tophe,
I rarely reply to any of the "chances?" posts because I have very little personal insight into the thinking of Adcoms. For what its worth, I would think they'd be crazy not to offer you a spot in the class of 2010, but that's not the point of my note.</p>
<p>You mentioned that you are a recruited track and xc athlete. That fact gives you a special contact at Williams not available to the average academic wiz. Use it. Continue your contacts with the coaches and working on getting yourself recruited. Have meaningful discussions with them about your chances and what they can do to help. They should be able to tell you if they will give you a tip or at least meaningfully support your application. If so, you should have no problem getting in. If they don't have a tip for you, they should still be able to give you their opinion of your chances (no guarantees on this though). In any event, regular contact with the coaches shouldn't hurt and could definitely help. Good luck.</p>
<p>Tophe.... Geez, What college wouldn't take you???? You'll have almost graduated from Princeton by the time you graduate from high school.</p>
<p>Tophe, great job! Bonne chance to you!</p>
<p>Quick question about Williams. Is it worth it for me to send an additional essay? I'm currently finishing up all of my other RD essays (i.e. Yale, Cornell, Columbia, etc.) and was wondering if I should send one of them to Williams. I almost feel like not sending one is in effect not striving to convey the fullest image of myself possible. I feel that I could definitely benefit from sending an additional essay as an addendum to all of the common app stuff I already sent. It would also be beneficial to the adcoms, as I have been writing about some GREAT ideas - which truly seem to bring out my personality and the nuances of my character - for these other RD essays (both required and additional)! If you all think I should sent one, is it possible to send it to them online (via e-mail)? Or should I mail a hard copy to them via regular mail? Please let me know what you think!! I would appreciate any and all feedback. Good luck to everyone and have a Happy New Year! :)</p>
<p>Tophe;
Listen to Clay; he's correct as usual. He assisted us and my D was accepted ED.</p>
<p>Any advice about the additional essay? Please read my previous post. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks :)</p>
<p>tophe, i'm sure they will send early writes for socioeconomically diverse students. I got one last march and I'm from CT. I have chile/us citizenship and am also from a single parent household. I'm not sure if my mom was unemployed or employed when I applied though.... Anyways, they send early writes for various reasons and I'll tell you, receiving mine was the happiest and most surprising day of my life!</p>
<p>I read an articleI'm not sure if it was linked to from here or notthat mentioned early write but said that williams won't send them to people going to schools which have a lot of other kids applying there, bc then some would find out sooner than others, giving the guidance depts lots of headaches do you know how many approx applied from your school? I'm sure like 5 or more are aplying from mine.</p>
<p>APDoolittle--</p>
<p>If you feel that an additional essay is necessary (or very helpful) in giving Admissions a complete picture of yourself as an applicant, go ahead and send it. If you want to send one simply to send one, don't send it.</p>
<p>Now, if you've decided to send it, I think regular mail is probably the safest bet. Given that it's an additional essay, if it gets in a week or two after the deadline, there's no tragedy--probably Admissions will stick it into your application file without a second thought.</p>
<p>Here's interesting link to Early Write and other types of "love you" letters;</p>