**Official Williams College Class of 2020 ED Results**

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Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:

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.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

2

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 35 ( 35 M, 34 E, 35 R, 36 S)
SAT II: 790 Math 2, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5) Bio (3) USH (5) Microecon (5) Calc AB (5) Physics 1 (4) Lang (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CS, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Physics 2, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, except for AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive swimming, Chess Club, Math Club, Knowledge Bowl, Evergreen Boys State, Mensa member, various church activities
Job/Work Experience: Two jobs: one at Subway and one at cafeteria for school.
Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours at local clinic
Essays: 7/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: 6/10

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Washington
School Type: Large and public
Ethnicity: Whitey
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $160k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope!

Reflection

Strengths: The objective
Weaknesses: The subjective
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Great question. Probably because my essays were subpar and my EC’s were not up to Williams’ standards.

General Comments: Super bummed! Williams is my first choice, so it is disappointing that they deferred me.

3

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 CR, 730 M, 750 WR)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 US History, 780 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (But homeschooled, so decide for yourself how impressive that is)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1 (Homeschooled)
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
Calculus, Physics, French III, Existentialism in Philosophy & Literature, The Black Experience (Dual Enrollment), Psychology of Sex & Gender, Honors (DE), Microeconomics (DE), Principles of Sociology, Honors (DE)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to speak of.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing, really.
Job/Work Experience: I did an unpaid internship at an solar company, is one thing.
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteered a bit during the 2012 presidential race, but that’s about it.
Essays: My CommonApp essay was just a retool of my Windows on Williams essay, and I didn’t really like it. My supplement was kind of weird and pretentious, but I liked it.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good. I had two community college professors write for me, and one of them is an English Prof., so I assume that they were at least okay.
Counselor Rec: I’m homeschooled, so my mother wrote it. Very brief, kind of cringe worthy but hey they required an counselor rec.
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Homeschooled
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 28k~
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I went to Windows on Williams, but I’m not first-gen or anything. I’m pretty poor, if that’s a hook.

Reflection

Strengths: Stats, maybe? I have no idea; I didn’t screw up too hard in any area of my application, which might’ve been part of it.
Weaknesses: ECs were pretty weak, but I’m from a not-rich background so competition dressage or whatever was pretty much out of the question for me.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because I went to Windows on Williams but I have no idea how I got into WoW, so, who knows?

General Comments: Naw, I don’t want to comment too much. Draw your own conclusions, people.

4

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:34 across the board
SAT II:720 math1 710 us… Only took them once which was dumb
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):16/450ish… My school has de weighted same as ap so it throws off the whole ranking system
AP (place score in parenthesis): calc:5 Lang:4 us: 4 human geo:4 stat:3 world:3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:ap lit, ap calc Bc, ap physics c, ap gov, ap Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):green club treasurer, youth in government officer, 4 year varsity lacrosse, leadership program
Job/Work Experience: small social network marketing campaign for a friends parents business
Volunteer/Community service:300+ hours at Red Cross
Essays: both were excellent… I thought
Teacher Recommendation:6/10, 10/10
Counselor Rec: idk… Probably generic
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~160
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my brother goes to Williams?

Reflection

Strengths: essays I thought
Weaknesses: ec, sat2s, class rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: just nothing unique about me :/. Nothing to jump out to admissions I guess.

General Comments: I’m super bummed… Williams is really where I hoped/hope to be spending my college years. Decision was pretty crushing.

5

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (700R, 640M, 610WR)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 630 Math I, 590 Japanese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Average
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Subway for 1 ½ years
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at library for sophomore and junior year
Essays: I thought they were good
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see but I hope it was good
Counselor Rec: same as above
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Homeschooled
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: My essays lol
Weaknesses: Everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing was up to par for Williams’ standards, but I’m glad I at least gave it a shot.

General Comments: The experience of applying and really thinking about the questions asked was very helpful and caused me to reflect on some of my past experiences in a different way. I also had a lot of fun talking to the other applicants on CC :slight_smile:

6

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270
ACT:
SAT II: BioM-800, Lit-790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Biology (5), AP Microeconomics (5), AP Macroeconomics (5), AP Eng Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Physics I, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, other courses etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nada zip

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A LOT with solid leadership/management
Job/Work Experience: 2 internships
Volunteer/Community service: A LOT with solid leadership & management
Essays: common app 9/10, supplement 6/10 (well written but I just found a HUGE typo in the beginning line)
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 for one, 6/10 for the other
Counselor Rec: not sure, 7-8/10? talked to him quite a bit
Additional Rec: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: International
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE

Reflection

Strengths: extracurriculars, test scores (? I mean pretty decent), common app essay
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am unbelievably happy just to be deferred

General Comments:
Best of luck to you all!

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Some of these I will have to leave blank (I’ll put a lil smiley face there), or else I’ll be easily identifiable to people who know me irl. But if you’re curious, feel free to send me a PM.

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2160 - 770 M / 670 R / 720 W
ACT: 32 - 34 E, 32 M, 31 R, 29 S (+ 30 W)
SAT II: 770 Math I, 660 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send.
IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma Candidate (so all IB classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): :–)
Job/Work Experience: 1 job (sort of) :–)
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hrs
Essays: CommonApp - 10/10, Supplement - 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: both 10/10s, I’m super close to my teachers.
Counselor Rec: 10/10, you can practically call us friends.
Additional Rec: n/a

Other

State (if domestic applicant): :–)
School Type: :–)
Ethnicity: :–)
Gender: somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
Income Bracket: < $50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first-gen, low-income (ish), LGBTQ+ minority

Reflection

Strengths: ECs, CommonApp essay, recs
Weaknesses: all of the objective lol.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I was expecting to be rejected. But I guess Admissions saw something interesting in my ECs, recs, and personal essay. I’m so done with standardized testing, but I’ll definitely work hard this semester to bring that GPA up.

8

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

ACT: 34 (35, 35, 34, 33)
SAT II: Lit 770, Bio 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Latin (4), Studio Art (5), English Lit (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, APES, Astronomy, English, Latin 5 Advanced Topics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some art stuff

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 7 season Varsity Rowing (captain), 6 season Varsity Swim (captain), Student government rep, peer educator, yearbook staff
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: not submitted
Essays: I’d like to think that they were well done…perhaps they didn’t stand out quite enough.
Teacher Recommendation: I have fabulous teachers and I am extremely close to the teachers who wrote my recs
Counselor Rec: ???
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: ECs (although there are only a few, I dedicate a significant amount of time and effort to each)
Weaknesses: stats (I’m not going to lie, I’m not a particularly good test taker. I tend to make silly errors rather than conceptual ones, and wow do they add up)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA (I have no regrets…I challenged myself by taking extremely challenging courses at an extremely challenging school and I am a better student for it)

General Comments: Honestly, the decision was crushing (but I guess somebody has to be disappointed). Williams is the perfect fit for me. I know that I’d get a lot from Williams and truly believe that I’d add to the community. I just wish the admission officers could see who I am as a person.
Best of luck to you all (and congrats to those who were accepted)! I’m sure that you are all really amazing individuals, so please remind yourselves of what makes you special and don’t forget to love yourselves :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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This thread if proof that test scores do not mean everything when it comes to college admissions. Four of us who got deferred were at or above Williams 75th percentile for test scores.

10

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

ACT: 33 (34, 35, 33, 31, 32 writing)
SAT II: 750 US History, 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
AP: US History (5), English Comp (5), US Gov (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Curriculum Humanities, AB Calculus, Advanced Curriculum French III, Creative Writing and Prose, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.) : AP scholar, National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Society of High School Scholars

Subjective

Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis (captain), National Honor Society, Model UN (treasurer), Young Democrats (founder/president), some volunteering clubs, one school play
Job/Work experience: Camp counselor
Volunteer/Community Service: lots
Essays: pretty good, proof read by multiple teachers/peers who all thought it was good
Teacher recs: I had three teachers who are all awesome write my rec letters (more than the minimum 2). Also the principal of my high school wrote me a rec letter (my high school has 1600+ students)
Counselor rec: probably good(?).
Additional rec: The principal of my high school (my high school has 1600+ students)

Other

State: MI
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income bracket: 200,000+
Hooks: 4th generation

Reflection

Strengths: extracurriculars, recommendations, test scores
Weaknesses: my freshman GPA was ok, but did not nearly meet the standards that I set for myself by my junior year.
Why do you think you got accepted/waitlisted/rejected: that legacy tho

General Comments: Best of luck to everyone!!!

11

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1990 - didn’t report it bc lol
ACT: 35 (35 M, 35 E, 35 R, 36 S, 35 writing)
SAT II: physics 770, Math 2 800, Chem 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): above 3.5ish probably? Not entirely sure
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I would say top 10 out of 300 - not sure
AP (place score in parenthesis): US history (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Physics C mechanics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): nada
Senior Year Course Load: AP english lit and comp, AP gym, Ap environmental, intro photography 1st half, intro power tech second half, lunch Honors, Spanish 5 honors/Latin american studies (Uconn class ECE), Western civ (Uconn class ECE)

  • and I also exhausted my math program at my high school (goes up to calc AB), so I just took BC exam 4 lolz and got 5, and now go to Yale for class (is close). Just finished Multivariable Calc (Math 120) and now am taking Modern Physics (PHYS 261)

    Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RPI medal? Does that count 4 anything? I didn’t even get a medal - they want me to go there first. Harvard Book Club award. Badminton champion 13-14 for period 3 gym.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC (captain), Indoor track + Outdoor (captain both), I was a gymnast for 8 years at a competitive level, Ski team for 2 years until it was disbanded (varsity), Math club (“captain”), Science olympiad, physics olympiad (“captain”), class secretary 4 years running baby
Job/Work Experience: Summer Internships at: Yale cardiovascular research group (unpaid), Anchor Science LLC (paid), “big brother” program at my school
Volunteer/Community service: helped at road races (3-4 a year), school events, library service (10 hours)
Essays: Common app essay - bomb, supplemental - 7/10 Grade: B+ Smash/pass: Smash tbh: u seem chill but we should talk more
Teacher Recommendation: All my teachers were pretty close with me and liked me, submitted 3
Counselor Rec: never read - but we were homeslices so lets hope good
Additional Rec:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not so much the angler myself but my cousin, Nick, says Eagle Claw are his personal favorite. Hope that helps

Reflection

Strengths: Good Scores - good essay
Weaknesses: Volunteering is a little low on hours compared to some people - but not terrible. Also my back, I used to have a great back as a gymnast now I just never work it out.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I would like to believe it was my essay, but I have no idea - lets hope a mix of everything

General Comments: PM me with questions? I dont really know how this works and tbh probz wont log in again. Best of luck m8.

12

Um, zuh?

13

Does anyone know what percentage of those deferred eventually get accepted?

14

@straydog pretty much 0%. If you’re deferred, move on.

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@straydog a close friend of my D15’s was deferred ED in the 2014/2015 admissions cycle. She was then waitlisted after the RD round. Finally, she was in fact offered a spot off the waitlist that April (which she gladly accepted). It is certainly possible but hard to know from year to year what percent are eventually admitted. Definitely best to turn attention to other schools so you have options you are happy with come spring.