***Official Williams Class 2016 ED Results Thread.

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<p>We have a few hours until decision time.
I bet we should have a thread where we air our admission decision and reasons..</p>

<p>Like...</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*
[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection*
[ ] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments:*</p>

<p>Don't worry I copy pasted from another site but we should keep the thread lively and long...!
Any comments?</p>

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<p>My son applied ED, thought the releasing time is 8pm EST tomorrow night(12/15, Thursday).
With bad economy, do you think the amount of applicants for top LACs would decrease?<br>
Good luck, everyone!</p>

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<p>It sounds like a good idea but I’m not sure I understand the list?</p>

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<p>should we start filling out the list now… or after we hear our answer?</p>

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<p>It’s a nice idea to help others see how they measure up, but to be honest, I think the results will end up being a bit skewed because of self-reporting. If someone’s been deferred/rejected then they’re not going to want to fill out a whole bunch of information about why they might not have gotten in. They’ll be too busy crying over ice cream (I know I will.)</p>

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<p>@TKD789. The outline will look like this:
Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):

  • ACT:
  • SAT II:
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load:
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Job/Work Experience:
  • Volunteer/Community service:
  • Summer Activities:
  • Essays:
  • Teacher Recommendation:
  • Counselor Rec:
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):

  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type:
  • Ethnicity:
  • Gender:
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths:

  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>@carolineeleanor: I bet we should fill it after the results are out…since we have no clue of our status now.
@noisyimpatntspdr: Yeah, I agree with you that this thread will help lots of people and also that rejected or deferred applicants will not wish to post their status. But it is nice giving it a shot!
@mentalgarderner: I am not sure of the answer to that question. I wish your son and the rest of the applicants success…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (690 CR, 710 MA, 670 WR)
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: 730 MATH1, 700 CHEM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (9.96/10)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Block schedule, the most rigorous.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Municipal scholarship for three years</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
More than twenty hours of specialty specific, extracurricular medical seminars.
Lyricist, experience is songwriting sessions
Editor In chief of school’s newspaper
Musical blogger ion popular international website
Coordinator of foreign languages week in my HS
Director on three school productions. The principal arranged a one week internship with an actual director for me to learn more.
I have a two book publishing deal with a well known publishing house around here, the first book is out on November, and is in English, the second in April/May 2012.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Paid work as English and chemistry tutor for HS students
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Leader of teen support group, 100 hrs +
Environmental activist
Activist on the Red Cross
[</em>] Summer Activities: Look above.
[<em>] Essays: One about the first song I co-wrote, one about my role as a support-group leader, an additional one in the form of a psychodrama. Plus I sent over 4 of my best poetry from the book, for them to have an idea of my work.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I was pleased. She was the principal two years ago, and still remembered me. I say fine.
[</em>] Additional Rec: College representative. I am a sophomore at the moment. The woman loved me.
[li] Interview: NA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Albania
[<em>] School Type: Public High School. Medical School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian, Eastern Europe
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Under 20 K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably the fact that I have a two book publishing deal.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essays, Recs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I needed a lot of Financial aid
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe because of the essays, and some of my ECs
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NA
[/ul]General Comments: It was a long time coming. But I am finally content. I wish everyone the best of luck, and to my fellow students, I am looking forward to meeting everyone.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): CR 800 W 740 M 720</li>
<li>ACT: 35 composite; 31 writing</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Literature; 640 German Language (I didn’t study- not my best idea.)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m not entirely sure: SC GPA is bizarra (I have a 5.12, weighted. I have no idea what this means.)</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5th</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science (5); English Language (4); Calculus AB (5); US History (5); Environmental Science (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: This year I’m taking Art History, Macroecon, Calc BC, Engl Lit, Physics B, Music Theory, and Euro. I think this qualifies me as a danger to myself (and possibly others.)</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Award winner; Norman Mailer HS semi-finalist; National Merit; Canon Envirothon 3rd place (the top US team!)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (president); Envirothon; Humanitarian Club (vice-president); viola (solo & orchestra- 2nd chair); Literary Club (secretary); German Club; church youth group (CORE team); stage crew</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: helped family friend clean out 30 years of clutter so they could move (do you know what 50 years worth of Scientific Americans weighs? Unfortunately, now I do)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Civinettes; volunteer at soup kitchen</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Envirothon; Washington Workshops; summer of 10th grade: 6 weeks in Italy and Austria with family friends to work on my German; every summer other than that: 3 weeks up North to visit family</li>
<li>Essays: Beautiful. I wrote my Common App essay about Thomas Merton’s Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander and my faith (which was a little bit dangerous, yes, but if they had rejected me because of that I wouldn’t have wanted to go there.)</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Junior-year English teacher and junior-year history teacher. Both really good writers, and I had a great relationship with both of them.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: My counselor is quite possibly the sweetest person on the face of the planet, so it was probably glowing.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Interview: I talked to the director of admissions on the phone (living in SC, it’s not exactly easy to get up to Williams for an interview) and he seemed really impressed with me, even if I did get a B in Calculus. </li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $100 K/yr</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): regional diversity</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: essays, AP scores, most of my grades</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT II (especially that German score!) and my extracurriculars (I have a bunch, but it reads like a laundry list, because I have so many interests.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were definitely the redeeming factor</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: College of Charleston (accepted)
Yay for in-state backup, to which I will not be going (Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.)</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): CR 730 W 730 M 640 </li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: Literature- 690 Math 1- 640 </li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my senior class is only 34</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): my school does not offer, (all classes are considered advanced) </li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: European Lit, European History, Calculus, French 5 advanced, Chemistry, Yearbook (its a class),</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I spent my junior year abroad, studying in the Indian Himalayas, Intense Classical Piano (11 years), Varsity Soccer (captain), Varsity Basketball (captain), Track and Field, One Act Plays, Lead in all school musical </li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Regular babysittng for local families (including my college guidance director haha)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: In my school, you are required to do 40 hours a year (160hrs by graduation), however my junior year I studied abroad and the program I did had me do over 250 hours of community service. </li>
<li>Summer Activities: Rustic all-girl wilderness camp in Ontario. No electricity, no showers, no covered buildings. Only canoeing! Love it!! (9 years) </li>
<li>Essays: I wrote mine on a combination of my belief in doing the right thing and coping with my parents recent divorce. </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: My school is so small that I was really close with the teachers who wrote them, so I got pretty lucky. Rec #1- Junior history teacher and advisor for 3 years. Rec #2- French teacher for 4 years, I have been close with her since 7th. Rec #3- English teacher 9th and 10th grade and theatre director. I have a really close relationship with him. </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: My school is so small that my guidance counselor knows every senior very well, so I am sure it was great. I also babysit her children all the time. </li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview: W</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Vermont</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Independent (which means you have to apply to get in, but if your town does not have a public high school, as many VT towns don’t, you can go for free. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian<br></li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: $200 k/yr</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (my momma went to williams)</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Character </li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT scores (but those really are a good projection anyway) </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my school is a very interesting school that does a lot of which Williams also does. Also I have done some pretty interesting things I suppose (year abroad in India Himalayas, wilderness experience) and my mom went to Williams </li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was planning on applying to Bates, Middlebury (where my sister goes) Hampshire, Wellesley, Whitman, Kenyon and St. Lawrence</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):N/A
[</em>] ACT:34 (36 English, 33 Math, 36 Reading, 31 sci)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Lit, 700 MathII
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A. School does not rank or grade.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):History 3, Lit 3. Both self-studies junior year, school does not offer AP courses
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc, Physics, English 12, French V, Advanced Art
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Skiing, 6 years. Classical Violin study, 12 years. Studio art (submitted supplement). Unpaid intern, local news publication. Peer mentor. Student teacher. Volunteer at local health club, teaching a young children’s fitness and nutrition class… sorry, I don’t feel like going into specifics about all of that
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job, past 2 summers, around 20 hours/week. Used the money to pay for a french tutor over the summer.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of trail crew work in the summer/fall each year, fitness class volunteer, student mentor and student teacher. Volunteer at local food shelf (summer only)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Ski training, huuuge time commitment. Plus summer job, food shelf volunteer. Lots of reading and violin practice!
[<em>] Essays: I tried to make my Window supplement funny, which was probably a mistake. My main essay was much more serious, about why I chose to move across the country and live away from my family. My supplement was about window shopping.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know. I heard they were very strong, and i had a great relationship with both teachers, but who knows.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor was my advisor in HS, and we were pretty close. She knows a lot about the personal stuff I’ve been through, and I assume it was heartfelt.
[</em>] Additional Rec: I’ll probably send one in from the editor of the publication I’ve been writing for. I don’t feel like I did a good job describing the professionalism of the organization, and the level of commitment that I have.
[<em>] Interview: I talked to the dean of admissions somewhat casually a few years ago. I really hope they didn’t take that conversation into consideration… I was really flustered, and I think I said “Ummm…” way to much, haha
[/ul][ b]Other
[li] State (if domestic applicant): Vermont (currently living in Oregon)[/li][</em>] School Type: Private Boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Lower middle class. Not sure exactly, but a good amount of finaid needed.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada. Not even skiing, as I’ve been injured and unable to compete for the past year.
Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Independence, Interesting personal story?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weak high school curriculum, no GPA or rank, SATII scores.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because purple looks really bad on me, and cows smell bad.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m taking a Gap Year, and I’ve deferred admission from St. Lawrence. I’m planning to apply to Dartmouth, Bates, Colby, Midd, and maybe Whitman and Denver RD.
General Comments: Congrats to the accepted, best of luck to anyone else who’s deferred. I’m sure we’re all riding the same emotional roller coaster right now… but if there’s anything I’ve learned from my gap year so far, it’s that a name-brand education isn’t everything. Seriously, look up a post I wrote on the “Admission Hindsight and Lessons Learned” page. I’m sure this will all work out for us in the end! </p>

<p>@carolineeleanor: go VERMONT! our stats and school list look pretty similar… weird. Where you at?</p>

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<p>skiguurl21- I go to the Sharon Academy in Sharon (its kind of near the hanover and woodstock area). you?</p>

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<p>Deferred
[ b]Objective:**[list]</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 780 Math, 740 Reading, 710 writing
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 Physics, 790 Bio, 770 Chem
[ *] Weighted GPA: 100.4
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24 out of 670
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(5), Physics (5), American (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP physics C, AP calculus BC, Ordinary Differential Equations Honors, Ap Macro Economics, Shakespeare, Health, Life-guarding
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ap scholar</p>

<p>Subjective
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Academic Team (Captain), Economics Team (President), Math honor Society (Secretary), SADD (Secretary), Gardening Club, National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Ultimate frisbee Team
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 4 years camp counselor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:work
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ ]Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:SAT2s
[ *] Weaknesses:not enough leadership experience, potentially poor essays, potentially bad recommendation
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to Fordham University
[ b]General Comments: i am disappointed</p>

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<p>@carolineeleanor I’m from montpelier but i went to school in east burke, at burke mountain academy. school for ski racers, explains the weak curric haha. congrats on getting in, rep the 802 hard!</p>

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<p>did anyone get flat out rejected early decision?</p>

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<p>[Williams</a> Accepts 239 Early Decision Applicants for the Class of 2016 | Williams College](<a href=“http://www.williams.edu/of-note/williams-college-accepts-239-early-decision-applicants-for-the-class-of-2016/]Williams”>http://www.williams.edu/of-note/williams-college-accepts-239-early-decision-applicants-for-the-class-of-2016/)</p>

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<p> Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 770 R, 740 M
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 790 Chem, 780 U.S. Hist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7 out of 390
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang and Comp (5), Calc AB (5), Comp Sci A (4), U.S. Hist (5), Chem (5), World Hist (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology 2, AP Physics B, AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Government, French 4, AP Psychology, Jazz Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Accepted into Governor’s School, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Golf (starter all 4 years, Co-captain senior year), Saxophone (1st chair alto senior year), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (Vice President and Head of Tutoring senior year), Student-Run Saxophone Ensemble (leader and organizer senior year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Outside Service Rep at a Golf Course (6/2010-8/2011), Recreational Aide at the First Tee (8/2011-present)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: First Tee (2008-8/2011)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Golf, golf and more golf. I play golf competitively and when I’m not working, I’m practicing or playing in tournaments.
[</em>] Essays: I felt my essays were pretty good, my English teacher (who’s known for being quite harsh on essays) really enjoyed my common app essay and my supplement.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I felt these were pretty good as well, as I had a really close relationship with the two teachers I asked. One of them even offered to write more recs for me for scholarships :slight_smile:
[</em>] Counselor Rec: This is a little shaky, as my old counselor left at the beginning of the school year, and I got a completely new counselor who didn’t know me at all. This wasn’t as bad as it seems, as my old counselor was pretty clueless (he didn’t know our school had an AP Computer Science class when I was signing up junior year) and my new counselor really knew what she was doing. So this would be a push in terms of helping my application.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>]Income Bracket: N/A
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Athlete: I’ve had numerous conversations with the golf coach before my application was submitted and I’ll be playing golf when I get there!
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, Extracurriculars, Athlete
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community Service?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my strong academic and extracurricular record in combination with the fact that I’ll be playing a varsity sport there got me in.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is the only school I applied to, no need to submit backup apps now!
[/ul]
General Comments:
I’m so excited, these past few days have been unreal. I received my aid package yesterday and my family can definitely afford it, so I’m off to the college of my dreams. Still hasn’t really sunk in quite yet…</p>

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<p>I was flat out rejected. I have the same scores as the first person from Albania. While my scores were on the lower end, I am in the top 10% of my class. I think with the racial issues going on on campus they were going for a huge diversity pull here. A white female from NJ just wasn’t what they were looking for. Congratulations to all those accepted! Enjoy the next four years!</p>

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<p>@wtcgshep Sorry that you didn’t get in. However, it’s not fair to say that someone else got in only because of a “diversity pull.” It sounds like you’re diminishing their accomplishment. I’m sure you didn’t mean it that way, but it sounds a little bitter. </p>

<p>“American students of color comprise 23 percent of the group, including 19 African Americans, 17 Latinos, 16 Asian Americans and 2 Native Americans.”</p>

<p>Not exactly a “huge diversity pull.”</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 790, Critical Reading: 620, Writing, 770 (total: 2180)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 760, U.S. History: 730, Chemistry: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 (96.7 out of 100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 640
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), U.S. History (5), English Language & Comp. (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature & Comp., Art 1, Physical Education
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A (or at least I can’t think of any!)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club International: Grades 9-12 (held a committee chair position)
Science League: Grades 9-12 (placed first in several regional competitions)
Cross Country: Grades 10-12
Track and Field: Grades 11-12
(i did a bunch more but these were the biggest four!)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Food Bank: Grades 10-11 (put in a LOT of hours during these two summers, very enriching experience!)
[</em>] Summer Activities: American Legion Jersey Boys’ State, New Jersey Governor’s School in the Sciences
[<em>] Essays: Common App Essay: pretty good, I wrote about Gov School / my love for science, Williams Supplemental Essay: also pretty good, I wrote about how my older brothers inspired me
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry teacher: DEFINITELY really good :smiley: I had her for two years and bonded with her a lot. English teacher: ehhh… probably good, but not sure! We had a good relationship but it was nowhere as good as my chemistry teacher’s for sure.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably as good as a counselor rec can get, although I doubt it affected whether or not I got accepted by much.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Large public school, around 2600 students total
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: N/A
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, very low income family (not sure if that’s a hook though!)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Chemistry teacher recommendation, showed a strong love & interest for science (5 on AP chemistry exam, 800 on chemistry SAT II subject test, placed in top 15% of the state for science league, attended the New Jersey Governor’s School in the Sciences, etc), essays, class rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores for sure (that critical reading haunted me :), no work experience or major awards, not many AP classes throughout high school
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was probably a mix of my love for science and my love for running, along with my ECs (showed well-roundness), plus I have a strong academic background.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no where!
[/ul]General Comments:
I can’t believe I got in! :slight_smile: It was definitely a great surprise for me. Can’t wait to meet everyone and become a PURPLE COW!! Good luck to anyone who got deferred/rejected, and always stay positive!</p>

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<p>Everyone, accepted or otherwise, keep in mind that these scores are just numbers. We don’t get to read the essays people sent in, which are really the determining factor. A good essay can boost mediocre (for Williams, anyway) scores, and a bad (or just empty) essay can torpedo an otherwise perfect application. I’ve seen it happen.
Of course, it’s a lot easier for me to say that when I’m not angry and disappointed. Best of luck to all, though.</p>