<p>Let's just see who all made it into the Class of 2016! I got my "Good Things" email, and I can't wait to get my official letter in the mail in the coming week! Who else was accepted out there?!</p>
<p>Heyo! Accepted out of NJ. Couldn’t be happier.</p>
<p>My D was accepted!!! 
She’ll be posting on the '16 facebook page. I’m proud of her :)</p>
<p>What a happy household we have tonight! Proud of my daughter Congrats to all the newest members of the Tribe!</p>
<p>Holla, I got in!! So happy!</p>
<p>I got in too; congrats to everyone! Biggest surprise of the year probably.</p>
<p>I was accepted too Today is a wonderful day. Congratulations everyone! I can’t wait to meet the Class of 2016!</p>
<p>My junior S says W&M is his first choice for next year – in other words, he’ll be applying ED. Would those of you who got in ED (or didn’t for that matter), care to post a pared down version of your stats? i.e. in/out-state, best SAT/ACT, GPA, anything else that you felt made you stand out? Thank you – it will help us manage our expectations for next year!</p>
<p>My D applied ED two years ago, got deferred and didn’t get in. In case you’re wondering, she went on to attend another terrific university and couldn’t be happier. As much as we wanted her to get in, I think W&M Admissions made the right decision, so congrats to those who got in, and try to hold on to both your hope and perspective if you didn’t – things do work out! Good luck!</p>
<p>Accepted out of CA
Edit: As far as stats go, I’m very lucky to have gotten in.</p>
<p>3.7 GPA Weighted, 3.13 unweighted, hardest curriculum available at a very competitive school.
No class rank
2170 SAT combined
Captain of Debate
4 years policy debate experience
3 years debate coaching experience
Volunteer and leadership experiences
Excellent essays, very unique
Extraordinary recommendations, I’m very close with the teachers who wrote them
I’ve been told my supplement idea was very creative.</p>
<p>Regardless, i got in off EC’s, recs, and SAT scores, not my GPA. Another girl at my school with more average essays and recs, but a 4.2 and similar curriculum was deferred. My gender may play into that, of course.</p>
<p>My accepted (yay!!) daughter:
In-state female
weighted 4.1 or 4.2 (can’t remember), will graduate with 8 APs, all 4 and 5s on exams.<br>
Took 5 years of a language, Physics, and Calculus (benchmarks for challenging curriculum for WM)
SAT combined 1350
Excellent interview experience…a strong point for her.
Excellent recommendations - both the teacher and her guidance counselor know her very well. I saw the teacher one - spoke just as much, if not more, about her PQ’s/personality than any academic achievement.<br>
Solid EC’s - but I think it was the fact that she built on her interests, which culminated in two impressive leadership positions. She did not have lots of “little interests”…which I think was important to show who she was.
Submitted a fine arts supplement - no idea how this was received (I know she’d love to receive feedback from the folks who reviewed it!) - but she took the time (lots of time) to do it well and submitted it.
Of course, submitted the WM supplement (required in my mind!). It was a one page…fairly quirky…essay about a conversation she had with a friend.
I loved her Common App essay. It was simple, easy to read and spoke to who she really is at the core - no heavy subjects, no 10 point vocab words…just well written and a lovely piece of writing.</p>
<p>Reflecting on the experience, I feel very strongly that it is the “stuff” away from GPA/SAT’s that the admissions committee look at when they think about “building the class”. Of course the core work ethic/grades/scores need to be on par with the school, but I imagine the vast majority of applicants have similar stats. So they look beyond. You should too - and show it off to the WM Admissions Committee :O)</p>
<p>Good luck!!!</p>
<p>I got in from Northern Virginia. 2 of my friends from my school also got in, so we’re gonna get a triple haha.</p>
<p>I just got accepted and I’m so excited! </p>
<p>I’m a white male from New Hampshire. My mom and uncle both graduated from WM.
Stats:
4.3 gpa weighted
No class rank, I moved from Illinois right before Junior year. But it would be top 10 or around that most likely.
8 APs, 4s and 5s on all exams so far. Calc, Bio, Chem, US, Gov, Lit, Geo, Stat
2230 SAT: 720 math, 710 writing, 800 reading Only took it one time.
740 bio subject test
Made a video supplement
I’m not a great essay writer but I did the best I could.
ECs: Rowing, Basketball, Lots of Volunteering etc.
2 teacher reccomendations</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>I just got accepted from VA, and I’m personally very surprised about this. I think my essays and recommendations are what got me in, personally, because my GPA and rank are horrible and my school isn’t even competitive. I have taken my small school’s hardest curriculum, but I never took an AP class (none were offered). I will have 5 years of two foreign languages (3 of Spanish and 2 of French, no 4th year) and no physics. Based on last years class, my stats put me in the bottom 4% as far as class rank is concerned (however, my grades had a big upward trend junior year). My advice would be to put everything you have behind getting into W&M if it is your top choice (interview, etc.) and write really heartfelt essays (don’t brag). I didn’t even put in why my grades changed so suddenly for the better in the extra explanation thing… so I don’t know if I’d recommend explaining your grades unless you have a real reason for getting a bad grade (death in the family, got cancer, that sort of thing). Also, focus on the future in your essays; they want to know how you will better the W&M community rather than why you got a C in Spanish II.</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is 3.36.
Class Rank: 25/98
SAT 1: 2130 (760CR, 680M, 690W)
Subject Tests: 720USH, 710Lit
Good Recommendations (my math teacher said that I am the “best math student” she has right now, for example).
Good essays
President/Founder of Interact Club
Academic Team Captain
Democratic Party Volunteer
Active in Church Youth</p>
<p>justwonderful, if you find them helpful, we wrote a series of Admit It! Blogs (blogs.wm.edu/author/admiss) over the summer breaking down each part of the application and what we look for and how we review it. </p>
<p>The posts from the admitted students showcase nicely all of the different objective and subjective qualities that play a part in our process and how students can showcase themsleves and put their best foot forward.</p>
<p>Got accepted and I’m just so ecstatic!</p>
<p>Can’t wait for the packet to come in the mail :)</p>
<p>Although I hadnt planned to post my D’s stats and I know she would probably kill me if she knew because shes too modest to express her accomplishments, I will. I dont have her credents in front of me as I write this so some specifics (Classes…Calc,Trig, etc ) are being missed I know.</p>
<p>Shes an in State acceptance </p>
<p>4.10 GPA Weighted, 4.0 unweighted
17th in c/o 567
1850 SAT
Received High School Credits in 8th Grade
AP Courses from 9th grade to current Senior Year.
5 year Foreign Lang
4’s on AP exams
VP of current school club
Various volunteer projects
NHS Member
Member of School’s College Prep Academy
2 Year Academic Letter Winner @ 2 different very competitive High Schools. (I’m retired Military, so shes had the unfortunate task of having to move and attend 3 different High Schools while maintaining her high GPA, she didnt have a strong op to be involved in more ECs due to the frequent moves and I would hope admissions realized that.)</p>
<p>Very Good recommendations considering she was almost always the new student. </p>
<p>Very Good Interview and Essay.</p>
<p>But as you know a School like W&M really dont have a check in the box system as I’m sure many highly qualified students were D&D’d. I would think that in admissions case, well written essays probably would be the deciding factor as they see tons of very good stats and I explained this to my D going in so not to be overly disappointed if she wasnt accepted. I would suggest that your S be well rounded on top of all. They are building a community and definatley want good people on top of their grades.</p>
<p>Wow, I can’t wait to meet all of you and become good friends with as many of you as I can! I got in from Southside (yes, that’s in Virginia 
. . . ) and I can honestly say I put my entire self into my application. And I think that’s what made the difference for me while pursuing acceptance into W&M. You’ve got to give it your all and try to hold nothing back. Getting into W&M is probably one of the accomplishments that I am most proud of in my life, and I think it will remain so. Thank you to W&M Admission for extending acceptance to me and just for being so dern awesome! :D</p>
<p>join the fun: [Scene</a> Outside College Library Looks Like Walmart on Black Friday](<a href=“http://gawker.com/5865053/scene-outside-college-library-looks-like-walmart-on-black-friday]Scene”>Scene Outside College Library Looks Like Walmart on Black Friday)</p>
<p>oh, gawker. Fun to read but no one’s going to confuse it with the New York Times. 
Except they aren’t “part of their library experience.” According to the article, an anonymous girl was quoted as saying that she had pepper spray and was ready to use it if things got rowdy - which is not at all the same thing as making pepper spray “part of their experience.” </p>
<p>I watched the clip and didn’t see any “trampling” - I even missed the supposed fall. It was just an orderly line of college students, some in good humor and some undoubtedly stressed out. I was surprised at how audible the murmuring was, considering what I’ve previously heard about how you don’t make noise in Swem as exams loom. Though, for the newly admitted students reading this (congrats! :D), that rule is more strictly observed the higher up you go in the library. The third floor is as quiet as a cloistered monastery at any time of year.</p>