<p>This is great news. It seems that most everyone is from out of state. Still hoping for one. </p>
<p>im still hoping for one too:) do u think its too late now?</p>
<p>I am not sure. I recently received an email that my application is complete. </p>
<p>Can the people who received the likely letter post stats?</p>
<p>wait. i havent received anythig saying my application is complete:(</p>
<p>i finished my application in november in late november and i got an email saying it was complete…but no email saying that they looked at it</p>
<p>My son is a current freshman and I remember the stress last year when his two close friends got cards and he didn’t. He never received a card but he was admitted- so don’t lose hope.</p>
<p>@tjmom thank you that cleared things up and made me less stressed about possibly not receiving a likely letter. Also i was wondering how the moroe scholars and 1693 scholars programs work? are they just scholarships or like actual programs.? also how selective are they? thx</p>
<p>If you are directing the question to me, I don’t know much about the 1693 program but am pretty sure it is talked about on the school website. The Monroe scholars program is a program- not a scholarship. There is a special dorm for the Monroe Scholars (Monroe- who knew?) and they have activities and seminars. Those invited to be part of this program are the top admitted students. You are not REQUIRED to live in Monroe but I think that most of the scholars do. It has a great location across the street from WAWA and near Historic Campus. There is a stipend for summer study so I guess you could call that a scholarship- but not one in the traditional sense.</p>
<p>You made me curious about the 1693 scholars so I looked it up- VERY top of the class. Looks like the letters to the finalists have either gone out or will go out soon, then they do interviews to pick the ones who are 1693 scholars. I don’t know if there are always 6, but that is how many there are in the freshman class. </p>
<p>There are many more Monroe scholars than 1693- not sure how many. The dorm holds 148 but there are usually a few scholars who don’t live in it and there are a few folks in it who are not Monroe Scholars. The website shows 4, but I know there are a lot more than that. I think they just have four that were interviewed. For that, need top 5% nationally standardized testing and I think it is top 1% of your high school class. Monroe Hall is just for the freshman Monroe scholars- the upperclassman live in dorms not linked to the program.</p>
<p>@tjmom thanks again! This was very informative and helpful. So 148 freshmans get picked for monroe each year or is it less than that? thank u.</p>
<p>I am not sure how many are in the program as freshman. My guess would be around 100. I was just trying to make the point that the 1693 is EXTREMELY competitive while the Monroe is only HIGHLY competitive- top 6 of the entire freshman class only are 1693. (and yes, that is 6- not 6%) and around 8-10% of the class (and I am just guessing here) are Monroe. But I am just a mom and a W&M graduate - not with the programs. Perhaps once admissions gets more of their committee work done they will have time to chime in.</p>
<p>I guess the postcards are still coming . S got one today</p>
<p>I don’t know the precise number of Monroe’s per year; they say it’s 7% of the student body, which would make roughly 100 per year ( I’d expect more than that are offered; these are very competitive students, so it’s hard to say what the yield rate is.) </p>
<p>I don’t think the capacity of Monroe Hall is truly indicative, as not every freshman Monroe scholar chooses to live there (most do) and there are many residents who are <em>not</em> Monroe scholars. It’s not clear to me whether 1693 students are also considered “Monroe” scholars - you’d think so, and I know at least some of them lived in Monroe.</p>
<p>I think I read the number of 1693’s was increased from 4 to 6 per class. </p>
<p>To answer several questions, you get 2 emails from W&M about your application: one saying we received it and one saying it’s complete (which means it will go out for review and be read).</p>
<p>We have every intention of admitting those to whom we send postcards. Yes a postcard is not official. Should something change drastically between the time we send a postcard and the time we release decisions (meaning the student has a dramatic downturn in grades/academics or gets disciplines/suspended) we could of course not admit a student who got a postcard but that’s so so rare.</p>
<p>About 7% of the students we admit receive the Monroe award. Not all those we admit to the program will accept our offer to attend W&M (we enroll about 100 Monroe Scholars each fall). While @tjmom provided some good baseline parameters, those aren’t hard and fast to be awarded the Monroe prize. 1693 Scholars are also Monroe Scholars.</p>
<p>Just got mine today with a hand written message as well. c:</p>
My D received a postcard today from william & Mary. I didn’t read it very close but saw that our regional admissions officer had signed it. When I reread it I realized it was a “likely letter” didn’t realize W&M sent these but the timing is great because we didn’t expect to hear from any colleges for about 6 weeks at this point
@Wje9164be Yes, it’s a likely letter, just in the form of a postcard. When D1 received one two years ago, I had to go on line to figure out what the heck it was! Here’s a post from the admissions department that will give you more information: http://wmblogs.wm.edu/admiss/decoding-the-cypher/
Congratulations to your daughter!
I got one today and I live in Virginia! So surprised and grateful!
@ninadasiy Congrats! D2 received a postcard today and is delighted! It’s a great feeling, isn’t it? Best of luck with the rest of the process!