Out of State Admissions?

Colleges and Universities A-Z College of William and Mary
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<p>Does anyone have an idea what out of state admission percentages are at W&M? What about the middle 50% ACT range for OOS applicants?</p>

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<p>For the class entering Fall 2008</p>

<p>2008-09 Out-of-State 6,627 applied 1,845 accepted 27.8%
2008-09 In-State 5,009 applied 2,121 accepted 42.3%
2008-09 Total 11,636 applied 3,966 accepted 34.1% </p>

<p>Acceptance rate is lower for women and higher for men.</p>

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<p>I believe, and I’m sure someone will tell me if I am wrong, that those statistics are slightly different for early decision vs. regular decision (I think the percentage for early decision may be slightly higher).</p>

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<p>^ Generally, early decision acceptance is slightly higher on all counts, I believe.</p>

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<p>Depending on the year, W&M admits 25-28% of the out-of-state applicants. The middle 50% range for the SAT is about 1380-1430 (31-32 on the ACT)</p>

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<p>Standrews - so out of approx 3900 students admitted only 1450 actually joined? So close to about 37% yield ? Is that a typical yield for a college of W&M’s status?</p>

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<p>This is from William & Mary’s website (Admissions FAQ):</p>

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<p>What is your middle 50% for the SAT and ACT?</p>

<p>For the SAT, our middle 50% is 1260-1430 on critical reading and math; 25% of our latest freshman class scored above 1430 and 25% scored below 1260.</p>

<h2>For the ACT, the middle 50% is 27-32; 25% of our latest freshman class scored above 32 and 25% scored below 27.</h2>

<p>1260-1430 is quite a bit different from 1380-1430. What’s the reason for the discrepancy?</p>

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<p>I think the W&M Admissions post was referring to the SAT range for OOS.</p>

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<p>I heard that admission percentages are higher for male applicants than females, in part because there are more female applicants than males. Does anyone have numbers for this?</p>

<p>Or numbers for URM students?</p>

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<p>I don’t have the numbers but I’ve seen that too. If I remeber correctly it was something like 36% for males and in the twenties for females.</p>

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<p>from MyC******.net: 08-09 </p>

<p>Male: 1859 accepted of 4313 apps, 43.1% accepted
Female: 2107 accepted of 7315 apps, 28.8% accepted</p>

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<p>There is a growing disparity between the numbers of men and women applicants. There was a thread a few months back that discussed this phenomenon in detail. </p>

<p>The 09-10 numbers are here
<a href=“http://web.wm.edu/ir/CDS/cds_0910_part_c.pdf[/url]”>http://web.wm.edu/ir/CDS/cds_0910_part_c.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>44.7% men
27.0% women</p>

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<p>If I understand correctly, W&M tries hard to keep an even sex ratio for social reasons, which creates the disparity.</p>

<p>I’ve heard that UVa has a lower acceptance rate for men because so many more jocks apply.</p>

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<p>probably some truth to that. UVA has ACC sports and big time sports programs are definitely a draw for applicants.</p>

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<p>Which is weird logic to me – if you’re truly a “jock”, why not go to a school where you’d have a greater chance of actually playing for a varsity team? </p>

<p>Not that I disagree with the premise - a more visible men’s athletic presence would probably positively affect men’s applications (W&M is still thought of as a “girls school” by many, and a “nerd school” almost universally.) The performance of men’s basketball and football this season may help make the school more attractive to guys. And there’s no reason academic achievement can’t co-exist with athletics (provided their relative importance are maintained.) Look at Stanford; of course, having a $12B+ endowment doesn’t hurt …</p>

<p>Then again I doubt anyone would want to see W&M become overrun with rich, preppy beer-swilling “jocks”, so careful what you wish for …</p>

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<p>Yeah Squiddy I was thinking that too. I like W&M as it is, sans the rich prep/jocks. At the same time, I think the reputation as a nerd school is unwarranted. It’s not like it’s UChicago or something.</p>

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<p>idk if this was answered but is W&M like UVA in that OOS and IS percentages are state mandated?</p>

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<p>^ i think so, since it’s a public school</p>

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<p>Yes, they are state mandated.</p>

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<p>They said that about 2/3 of the applications are from oos, and they compete for 1/3 of the spots.</p>