Official Williams Class of 2012 ED Results

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<p>An article from the Record said that the Office anticipates mailing the decisions on December 13th. Six more days to go, I know, but I just couldn't wait to start this thread.</p>

<p>So, if you're willing to post your stats, use the following format.</p>

<p>REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACES BETWEEN THE BRACKETS (ex. The space should be deleted between the bracket and s in [ size=+2], etc.) ALSO REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL SPACE BETWEEN [ *]</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=purple][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>Best of Luck!!!</p>

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<p>Applicants from CC:
cat2 (international)
kelilimini (?)
GermanDaniel (international)
astrofile
DSC
Gonzo21
kimarie89 (international)
ccfaithful's 2nd son
714nD1 (international)</p>

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<p>Hey, i'm not international (though i do live overseas) but here are my stats:</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 750 CR, 660 M, 770 W
SAT IIs: 750 Biology, 620 French with Listening
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW; school doesn't weight
Rank: School doesn't rank, but top 5%
ACT: 33
IBs: Full IB diploma with 4 higher levels
Senior Yr Courseload:
IB HL English
IB HL Psychology
IB HL Biology
IB HL 20th Century History Europe
IB SL Math Studies
IB SL French VI
IB Theory of Knowledge
Number of Apps from Your School: None
Other stats (Awards, etc.):
Student of the year in English, history, health [9]
Student of the year in French, English, and psychology [12]
Awarded scholarship to Brain/Biology/Behavior university course in the Netherlands (got an A)</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app:
*[9, 11, 12] Captain of the cross country team [12], Coaches choice award [11], Eastern European Champions [11, 12]
*[11, 12] Student Government President [12], Secretary [11]
*[10, 11, 12] National Honor Society; secretary [12]
*[9, 10] Scholastic bowl state runners up
*[9, 10, 11, 12] Built playground at Russian psychiatric children's hospital, painted mural for Russian baby orphanage, organized New Student Ambassador program, tutored abused Hispanic children in English at HACAN center
*[9, 10] Journalism/publications; had theater review published in local newspaper
Job/Work Experience: American Embassy Medical Unit Health Fair Organizer (80 hours)
Essays (subject and responses): Counselor said very good; about coming to appreciate strength of Belarussian youth after spending 6 months in a non-English speaking Belarussian school
Teacher Recs: Both should be great. I ran the half marathon with one of my teachers and I'm pretty sure she wrote about that in addition to my academics.
Counselor Rec: Also my cross country coach- I think will be good.
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Good
Hook: American citizen living overseas, move every year to two years</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Prague, the Czech Republic
School Type, Average Stats of School: Small private international; sends many grads to top schools
Ethnicity: Caucasian but didn't indicate
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $60,000 a year; dad is soldier and mom is homemaker
Strengths: 3rd high school (also lived in Virginia and Moscow)
Weaknesses: My SAT scores, esp. SAT II French</p>

<p>Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>Hey, kimarie89, I apologize, but I had seen the Czech thing and immediately thought of just another int'l applying to Williams :p</p>

<p>Anyway, I meant that we could post the stats after decisions were out, but anyhow, thanks for introducing yourself. </p>

<p>And, here's the corrected list:</p>

<p>cat2 (international)
kelilimini (?)
GermanDaniel (international)
astrofile
DSC
Gonzo21
kimarie89
ccfaithful's 2nd son
714nD1 (international)</p>

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<p>haha riiight... :)</p>

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<p>any one know what day will they send e-mail to notify us?</p>

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<p>if you are international, my friend who applied last year says he got his at about 5 pm on the 15th but this year that is a saturday... my college counselor says that she will send an email on the 13th to ask them "how things are going" ;) and usually they tell her then...</p>

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<p>cat2 (international)
kelilimini (?)
GermanDaniel (international)
astrofile
DSC
Gonzo21
kimarie89
ccfaithful's 2nd son
714nD1 (international)
hamza166(?international)</p>

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<p>Some people around have already gotten their decisions. Here's an update:</p>

<p>cat2 (int)
kelilimini (?)
GermanDaniel (int)
** ACC ** astrofile (int)<br>
DSC
Gonzo21
kimarie89
ccfaithful's 2nd son
** ACC ** 714nD1 (int)
hamza166(?int)
thayellowmonkey
chazzyt
wildchild02493
xc08
jurikorea
ahnhan
doctorx017
cancercrab
GermanDaniel (int)
** REJ ** gutterfly (int)
** DEF** biz</p>

<p>Frank condolences to all rejectees; best of luck to deferrals and, of course, congratulations to those accepted.</p>

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<p>Haha, what a list. It's 3 am, my dad is talking to relatives in China, and that conversation plus my venti white chocolate mocha plus Williams notifications plus a growling stomach equals insomnia. </p>

<p>BEST of LUCK to ALL WHO applied!</p>

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<p>whats wrong with the list yellow monkey? :)</p>

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<p>No, nothing wrong with the list. Just admire the fact that you would actually compile one. :)</p>

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<p>accepted!!!</p>

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<p>Congratulations! I knew you'd get in.</p>

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<p>accepted! :)
I am from Ukraine</p>

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<p>accepted. suburban NY.</p>

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<p>is anyone else in here from cali?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 730 cr, 800 m, 770 w
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 math level 2, 790 physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: no weighting - 4.00
[<em>] Rank: top 5%, roughly (no ranking either)
[</em>] ACT:n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5s on 9 of them
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: n/a
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs, 2 college courses, health
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: several ed, over 10 rd
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): national merit semifinalist, various debate awards, foreign language awards, etc...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: debate, scioly, newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: research
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): commonapp (choose your own topic thing), wrote about one of my college courses
[<em>] Teacher Recs: never read, probably good (otherwise the teachers wouldn't have written them, right)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same - my counselor has helped me out a lot over the years even though he had a bunch of students to work with, so that probably made a difference - if not in the decision, then in my application tactics / academic choices or whatever you might call such factors
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): SSP 2007 (w00t!)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): upper-middle class, sends 98% or so to college, sends ~10% to "top" schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: no financial aid, if that's what you mean
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no idea
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: really i couldn't say. things just kind of worked out.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Congratulations!</p>