<p>My D was accepted to W & M today, and was accepted to the University of Virginia as well. Although she is top 6% of her in-state class at a very good public school, she is not the valedictorian, or even close to it. Her SATs were just ok by W&M standards (630 CR, 700 M). However, she was a leader in her school, did some very interesting things, and wrote essays that would make any of us weep. They were that good. </p>
<p>For anyone reading this who is still in high school, or their parents, believe it when they tell you that this stuff matters. It is NOT all about the numbers. Do something to make yourself stand out, and take every bit of the application seriously. But whatever happens, remember that this is not the end, it is the beginning. I know from the experience of my elder child that you can be happy at a school that does not have the prestige of W&M. The school you attend is only a very small part of who you are and what you will become. Every kid reading this smart and ambitious, and being rejected by any school need not hold you back at all.</p>
<p>Just found out we Monroe kids have to wait to get JDP decision by mail in a few days. I wish we would have gotten emails to tell us that. It was a stressful few hours in front of my computer, refreshing my email every two minutes. Next year you guys may want to give those kids a heads up by email or something to let them know not to wait up for the decision (though I can understand that because there were not many of us, this would probably be the most efficient way to do it)… then again, sending a heads up email would defeat the purpose of sending us the mailed letters. So perhaps it would be helpful to add it as a ‘nota bene’ in the Decisions, Decisions blog post next year…?</p>
<p>Congrats to all the admits! And to all those waitlisted, a sincere good luck! To those denied, good luck for all other decisions, and I hope you end up at where you’re meant to.</p>
<p>P.S. @W&M Admission: Any idea of when we should expect those letters in the mail? Have they been sent yet? This entire week is such a terrifying waiting game (for decisions from many schools) and knowing a rough estimate of a timeline can do wonders for calming anxiety.</p>
<p>Accepted! And now I can say I was eleven for eleven! I probably won’t be going to W&M though, so I hope one of you on the waitlist enjoys my spot!</p>
<p>born2dance94, we appreciate your frustration but our priority today had to be getting everyone else their decision for W&M. We will certainly consider givinig the joint degree programme its own edition of the Decisions, Decisions blog next year. Basically, this process is complicated and each year we learn a bit more about how to uncomplicate it. The letters will be mailed Tuesday or Wednesday of this week so they will be to you shortly. </p>
<p>Congrats Glido and Tonk…11 of 11…that’s pretty impressive work. We’d like to think W&M saved the best for last of course!</p>
<p>We’re out for tonight. We encourage anyone who doesn’t have an email to check their spam/junk filters and then to check again in the morning. We have found that sometimes some email servers are simply incredibly slow and unfortunately, we have no control over that. If, come tomorrow, you still don’t have a decision you can call our office in the morning. The third paragraph of the Decisions, Decisions blog (<a href=“http://blogs.wm.edu/2012/03/26/decisions-decisions-regular-decision-2012-edition/[/url]”>http://blogs.wm.edu/2012/03/26/decisions-decisions-regular-decision-2012-edition/</a>) explains our process for re-sending any decisions that weren’t received (sometimes cyperspace just isn’t our friend).</p>
<p>This makes 7 acceptances, 0 rejects, and 1 WL (UNC) for my special D. Yippee. The likely letter made it much less stressful, but I am really happy for those of you that have been waiting on pins and needles!</p>
<p>maofthree, it’s very possible that your son’s email server blocks our emails. This happens from time to time. You are welcome to call our office today and let us know your son didn’t receive his email. We will confirm his email address and try to re-send it after 5:00pm tonight using a different email method in hopes of it going through. We will also mail a hard copy of his decision to him.</p>
<p>We really weren’t expecting this after the Bucknell WL. We just thought the W&M odds for a girl from Maryland are too long. That, plus second thoughts on her risky supplement (a parody on the Dos Equis “most interesting man in the world”) really had us doubting. </p>
<p>But, thanks, W&M. What great news to wake up to. She proudly wore her W&M t-shirt to school today. Now we need to check the budget…</p>
<p>Congratulations to D of DougBetsy! I guess they would agree that the “no rhyme or reason” theory is alive and well. D was WL at Bucknell and accepted out-of-state to W&M. Before I applied to W&M, I was warned that they had an in-state quota bias against NoVa in favor of less qualified downstate Virginians. I did not want to believe this but I guess I do now.</p>
<p>Son was accepted. He was literally jumping up and down with excitement and he has been very chill throughout this whole process. W&M and Villanova were his top choices(He was waitlisted Villanova and Bucknell).Only bad part (for me) is it’s so far from home(CT) Nothing like seeing his joy and excitement.</p>
<p>Takita- It’s funny, but those of us here downstate hear the same thing about NoVa and read posts from students where they say most of the in-state kids on campus are from NoVa, and think we have no chance. The kids at my Ds school tell each other to not even apply because only a couple of kids get in each year. </p>
<p>A friend of ours is the college counselor at one of the top private HSs around here and at a Christmas party she told us that their school didn’t get a single kid into W&M in early action. She is convinced they have a bias against this region of the state. I have no idea if any of this is true (although I highly doubt it), I just bring it up to point out that you are not alone in thinking there is a bias against a certain area.</p>
Nothing like seeing his joy and excitement.</p>