@signpainter they rolled them out over a couple of weeks I think, and it looks like they started a bit later this year— I
would hang in there, I think there is a pretty reasonable chance they’re still scheduling interviews.
@RainbowBritey I recognize your name from threads from last year! You sound like a pretty amazing person - and thank you for dropping in to this thread to give us some information. I was wondering if you could shed some light on what the interview itself is like? Also, how is Williams so far?
@ti36xpro I think that the interview experience would probably differ greatly depending on the interviewer and interviewee. My admissions interviewer was wonderful, she was at home with a sick child and I too am a parent so we chatted about that, we spoke about the colleges to which I had applied and the strange way each fit our needs but differed from each other. We spoke about the various course offerings at Yale, about EWSP and the community and how students like me found a space within the broader environment. It really felt like an opportunity for me to ask questions of her? My interview with the student was a little bit more awkward and formal, they told me a lot about their experience at Yale and we spoke about language requirements and access to classes and class sizes etc. I asked both interviewers a lot of questions about the city, about schooling for my daughter and so on.
Williams is spectacular: one of the reasons we chose to come here was that they don’t offer graduate programs in our areas of interest so this was our one opportunity to live here and experience the magic that is Williams while we can, and will, apply to Yale for PhD. We are so happy here, the community is great and genuinely supportive and classes are small and fascinating, my classmates are smart and driven and kind and collaborative rather than competitive, and the resources and opportunities we are offered are unbelievable. Williamstown (and the Berkshires more broadly) is the most beautiful place I have ever lived. They have really taken care of us through this virus chaos too. I am so pleased with my decision to come here. I think we all figure out what kind of undergrad experience we want through this process-- for some people that is Yale, and for others it is Williams, only you can know what is right for you.
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to share that interviews are still rolling out. I received an invitation today. I am so thrilled! Good luck to all.
@RainbowBritey thanks so much for all your input and encouragement!
Thanks for sharing and congratulations. Nothing from my side yet. Any applicants here international?
Hey guys, I received an invitation to interview this evening. I am so excited. Good luck to you all!
For those would received interview requests, would you be willing to share stats and ecs? Thanks!
I also received an interview request this afternoon! Congrats to everyone else that did as well; such an exciting feeling!
@RainbowBritey thank you for the detailed response, that was super helpful!
Hey guys, I got rejected today.
Received an e-mail around 3:09pm PST about a change in my portal.
Congrats to all who got interviews and good luck to you all!
Rejected
Stats for future applicants:
4.0 College GPA 61 credits
1420 SAT
Had to leave high school after my freshman year due to family issues. Received my GED in 2014.
Had a small business and some other cool EC’s
Congrats to the people who are still in consideration. Good luck.
Rejected
Stats:
3.72 GPA (PTK)
65 credits
Community Volunteer (Elks, American Legion (officer), NESA)
Disabled Veteran (USMC)
No ACT or SAT
No EC’s
4 Letters of Rec (2 instructors, 1 personal, 1 from JuCo Board Exec)
Good Luck to everyone who made it to the next round!
Rejected (No Interview)
4.0 CC GPA, 45+ credits
Active Phi Theta Kappa Member
URM (AA) (also considered financially disadvantaged)
High school GPA - Between 3.8 and 3.9, unweighted
ACT/SAT scores not submitted
Hi everyone,
I just discovered this thread and thought I’d pop my head in.
I also received an interview request on the 16th. Very excited!
I wish you all the best of luck with your interviews. Hopefully the admissions committee is feeling generous in the number of applicants they admit this year 
How did peoples interviews go? What did they ask you? Hopefully with the uncertainty of next semester they are looking to fill lots of spots.
Did anyone else do the zoom meeting? More people participating than I expected… yeowza!
@brooklyngal16 I was in there too! Agreed - more people than I expected!
Reading back on this discussion, I see a lot of conjecture about how many applicants get interview requests and how many applicants get accepted… I thought this info might be helpful for anyone this year or next year who comes back and reads this thread.
There were 27 of us in a live info session yesterday with current EWSP students. There is another info session tomorrow which will have additional applicants (unless everyone happened to be in yesterday’s, but that’s highly unlikely). So we can confirm that 27+ people received interview requests this year.
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Anybody join the second info session yesterday? Were there as many people as the first one? Also, are all interviews complete?