<p>hey im an international from colombia and applied to williams ed, i know that im only giving you stats, but i just want to know if i have a chance 'stat' wise..?</p>
<p>GPA 3.75 weighted like 3.2 unweighted
11 Aps, 12 exams by end of senior year
btw, i've been goin to school in florida for the past 4 years
extremely competitive school, like 20-40 percent of students (out of 183) get into ivies and other extremely competitive schools each year (5 got into williams last year)
no rank (my guess is like top 25 percent)
SAT
Math- 700
Verbal- 730
SAT II
French- 760
Writing-750
Literature-740</p>
<p>Ap scores:
Spanish lang- 5
Comparative government- 5
English lang- 4
US History- 4
Micro Econ- 4
Calc AB- 2</p>
<p>Senior schedule:
French literature
English literature
Spanish literature
Statistics
European history
Macro Econ
...All APs
oh and i sent williams the interim grades with 5 As and a B (my best grades by far in high school)</p>
<p>also...will being from an outreach zone like colombia help me a lot hopefully? (according to their literature they have no colombians currently....)
hey if anyone wants to read my essay i would really appreciate a stranger's view on it (btw its about colombia and the world...), i'll email it</p>
<p>if admissions at williams is anything like the video on admissions at amherst, I think that with one look at my grades they will throw out my app...</p>
<p>Well, you have been going to school in Florida for the past 4 years, so I'm personally not sure if it'll have as much of an impact, compared if you actually lived in Colombia for the past 4 years and studied.</p>
<p>hmmm.. wouldn't that be a plus? I thought admission commitee was wary of high school education in other countries. I think its better that way b/c it shows that you can successfully handle american education</p>
<p>loco1010--I don't believe that your intended major will affect your admissions decision at any of those schools. I'm actually a philo major at Williams and I can vouch for the department--it's amazing! </p>
<p>It's hard to judge your RD chances because there are many applicants who get into Dartmouth or Princeton or Amherst but not Williams, and vice versa. Selectivity-wise, Williams ED is comparible to Princeton, Dartmouth, Amherst, Middlebury, and Bowdoin RD and more selective than Emory, Macalester, Colby, and Hamilton.</p>
<p>hey thats so cool haon.. if you have time can you answer some questions for me, thanks
how were the philosophy courses you have taken so far? are they small and very discussion oriented or just reading extensively and writing papers? (i mean i really want to get into it, and hope others enjoy philo and dont treat it much like 'homework', or is it more like read read read, analyze, write and forget, and never talk about it?) jeje </p>
<p>hey and also are there a lot of philosophy courses to choose from like philosophy of mind, kant and all that good stuff or are these very limited?
thanks for your insight man</p>
<p><a href="http://www.williams.edu/admin/registrar/catalog/depts/phil/phillist.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.williams.edu/admin/registrar/catalog/depts/phil/phillist.html</a>
to see what courses are offered this year, and what are some of the courses which will be offered next year. As you can see, there's a great selection. The professor:major ration in the department is almost 1:1. Most Philosophy courses are small and all are discussion-based. Philo 101 and 102 are both capped at 19 students and I'd say the average upper level course size is 12. There are only three courses offered in the department which have caps higher than 20, and two out of three of them have expected class sizes of under 30 (out of about thirty courses total). There do not tend to be very many majors, so if you're considering being a Philo major you will basically be able to get into any class you want. The professors in the department are all pretty amazing, but that's not really unusual for a Williams department--you'll have people in every major claiming that their dpt has the best professor or two in the school. The department also offers several tutorials which are ideal formats for pursuing philosophy. Also--if you're interested in going abroad, Williams has a well-established program with Oxford which has one of the best Philo departments in the world.</p>