<p>Is April 16th the only day for admitted students? Unfortunately, we’ll be away that week and won’t be able to attend. Of course we will visit, but should we just go on a regular tour?</p>
<p>Accepted!
Caucasian female, in-state
IB Diploma Candidate
2140 SAT
4.3W, 3.9UW GPA
Optional essay in Spanish
Okay ECs, nothing amazing- jobs on farms, volunteer at therapeutic horseback riding, GS, some theatre</p>
<p>Rejected from Pomona yesterday, so this softened the blow a bit. Waiting on Brown tomorrow, but it will probably be between W&M and Rhodes College-- depends on financial aid and how my visit to Rhodes goes.</p>
<p>OOS(IL)
Asian
Rank 13/~600
ACT 2x 35, 36 Superscored
SATII Math II 790, US 790
SAT didn’t send
UGPA ~ 3.8
WGPA ~4.3
Taking 10 APs
ECs - the regular community service/volunteer</p>
<p>W&M, LOVED the “good things”!! THX 
I have a question though, is it true that there are very very few Asian students?</p>
<p>Yes, what happens if we won’t be able to attend admitted students day on the 16th… is there another? Or should we just visit at a random time?</p>
<p>I haven’t received an e-mail from W&M. I got an ‘attention needed’ e-mail in February because somehow my transcript hadn’t arrived. I sent a copy of it in the mail shortly afterwards, but haven’t heard anything from W&M since…
It’s really not a big deal, as I’d be absolutely shocked if I got in, but it’d be awkward to explain to my parents that I didn’t technically apply because the transcript was never successfully sent.
(Or maybe the e-mail will arrive yet?)</p>
<p>I sent my transcript in mid February and I got the email at the same time as everyone else.</p>
<p>Don’t they email you if you actually got rejected, though?</p>
<p>Accepted! soo happy
heres some stats for any potential students</p>
<p>female OOS hispanic
CR(690) M (630…horrible, i know) W(760)
US history (670)
Lit (650)
Chem (620)
Latin (500…dont think i submitted that though…realllyreallly bad day)
final gpa- 91 or 2
rigorous schedule, private very small prep school with no ranking system, though most likely top 10 percent
ECs
literary magazine
newspaper
MUN
mock-trial
peer tutoring (CS)
aftercare tutoring (CS)
Outreach Club
National Latin Honor Society (& 3 magna cum laudes on the national exam)
lacrosse 9th and 10th
full time varsity & outside team swimmer
field hockey 9th, 11th, 12th</p>
<p>APs
chem 3
us history 5
calc & english…this year</p>
<p>i think my extra essay about my love of clothing, being bullied my freshman year, and a quick laugh about how nobody ever spells my name right certainly helped. w&m really cares about WHO your are as a person from everything ive seen…</p>
<p>PM for any other questions
say hi any potential classmates !!!</p>
<p>Accepted from NJ
1500/2260, top 2% of a class of about 200, solid extracurriculars but no sports
My common app essay was really good but I wasn’t too confident about my optional submission…I guess it was good enough!</p>
<p>I’ll be the millionth person to thank W&M Admission, for the CC posts, blog, twitter, facebook, cool acceptance email etc. I have a lot of choices and I’m still not sure how high on my list W&M is, but I’ll remember the helpful admission staff when I make my final decision.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, W&M Admission, what was the official acceptance rate this year? How about for out of state students? I’m really excited that I got in and I was just wondering how tough it was this year.</p>
<p>omg i know, the email was adorable. it made me smile for sure</p>
<p>W&M Admissions, would I’ve received an e-mailing saying that you were no longer waiting for my transcript, if it never arrived?</p>
<p>My daughter had heard from 6 of the 10 schools she applied to; all acceptances but we fall in the cracks of the FAFSA system – don’t qualify for any aid but really can’t pay $50,000 a year for college. So having gotten NO aid from some of the schools and little (merit) aid from others, the only serious (financially feasible) contenders were Smith (giving her a good merit scholarship) and UVA (we are in VA so in-state tuition). However, she got The E mail at 10:30 last night and now UVA is off the list and it’s between Smith and William and Mary. Being in-state W&M is a great financial option, and a great school of course regardless. She’s loving Smith too though, so we’ll visit both and see what strikes her as the right place to go. She has always loved W&M…so it’ll be largely up to the sell on the admitted student days for both schools. I’m sure she didn’t sleep last night, she was so excited. I think she didn’t want to think about W&M because we know how tough it is to get in these days, even from in-state.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the admitted students day will be? We need to cover a lot of ground over the next month and I would like to start planning.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED OOS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 780 V, 630 M, 770 W = 1410 / 2180 SS (single sitting)</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Biology-E, 780 US History (Both not submitted in time)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank, but top 15% probably</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Latin Vergil (5), AP Biology (5), AP European History (5), AP US History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, Maryland Distinguished Scholar - Honorable mention, school award, National Latin exam three times, tons of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu awards, almost all about 1st or 2nd place.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Krav-Maga, Philosophy Club (Founder), Yearbook, Newspaper, Book Club, Tutored in 11th and 12th, some other less major things…</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: worked for my school last summer…</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot in 9th and 10th grade</li>
<li>Summer Activities: above</li>
<li>Essays: apparently pretty good </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: both excellent, though I waived the rights</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: probably pretty good, though I waived it.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): MD</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): US</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, verbal SAT, classics, passion / essays (I guess?)</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths:verbal and writing SAT scores, URM, rare major, my essays and teacher recs </li>
<li>Weaknesses: math sat score, ec’s not amazing I guess</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I suppose the combination of top 1% in reading and writing scores, hispanic, classics, and excellent essays really paid off.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred: UChicago EA (University Scholar $5000 / Year), UNC Chapel Hill EA (Honors / Scholarship Day), UMD College Park EA (Honors / Bannecker-Key), UVA (OOS / Echols Scholar)</li>
<li>I’m honored; but I don’t think I’ll be going.</li>
</ul>
<p>Admitted students day is April 16th! So not much time to plan, especially if you are from out of state.</p>
<p>^Should not have planned a vacation for that week. Didn’t realize the admitted student days would be all in that time frame.</p>
<p>Also, when will the packets be sent in the mail? Thanks!</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED OOS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 740 V, 690 M, 680 W = 1430 / 2110 </li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 670 Biology-E, 740 Math II</li>
<li>weighted GPA (out of 100): 95.04</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does not rank</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5), AP US History (4)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP AB Calculus, AP Gov, Honors English</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout, Neurobiology Researching Position at Weill Cornell Medical College, 3 Year Varsity Baseball Captain, National Honor Society (Leadership Pillar), Stage Crew, tons of volunteer hours etc.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Local Sports Arena, Approx. 12 hrs/week</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: volunteered a lot throughout HS, mainly through Boy Scouts, Project Hospitality, Where to turn snow shoveling, Church</li>
<li>Summer Activities: baseball, work, leadership/scouts</li>
<li>Essays: Definitely a strength!</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Apparently pretty good, although i didn’t read them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably terrible, she’s spoken to me twice in my life.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): US</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender:M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: upper middle class</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None?</li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection</p>
<ul>
<li>Strengths: I’d say I’m a pretty well-rounded kid, and i really think that helped me with W&M’s holistic process. </li>
<li>Weaknesses: Probably standardized testing, I did alright, but not stellar. Same thing with my GPA.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred: As i said, the holistic process definitely helped me out. Researching, Eagle Scout, Varsity Baseball Captain, Self taught guitarist, Leadership Pillar of National Honor Society etc., really offset whatever i lacked in grades. </li>
<li><p>Where else were you accepted/deferred: Villanova (5,000/year), Northeastern (20,000/year), SUNY Binghamton, Marist (12,000/year), St. John’s (full tuition). Waitlisted at Brandeis and UVa =/.</p></li>
<li><p>I absolutely love William and Mary, and couldn’t be more thrilled to have been accepted! It’s a bit far from home, but I’m sure I’ll have my mind made up after I visit again. It’s definitely in my top 2.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Accepted-Out of state.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 3.69.</p>
<p>SAT: 770 Math, 740 Critical Reading, 730 Writing (single sitting)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars: Sailing, track, part time job, participate in an animal rescue fundraser every month, summer in peru (volunteer vacation), shadow surgeons, assorted others.</p>
<p>APs: Junior year US History (4); Senior year English Literature, Statistics, Biology.
Awards: National Merit Scholar, National Latin Scholar, miscellaneous others.</p>
<p>Teacher recommendations: Counseler said teachers’ recommendations were phenomenal</p>
<p>Strengths: Test scores, extra curriculars, national merit award
Weaknesses: GPA, dearth of APs</p>
<p>Congratulations to all other acceptees, I’m sure you earned it :).</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted. I love William and Mary and I want to do engineering. Are there any programs available? I heard of the 3:2 program but it was vaguely explained.</p>
<p>Whew. Lots of questions to answer since we visited this thread yesterday. Okay, here we go.</p>
<p>First congratulations to all those admitted and thanks again for the kudos on the “Good Things” email, which we love by the way, and for the kudos for our presence on this site.</p>
<p>Okay, question one was about the percentage of Asian students on campus. About 25% of our undergrad self-identify as students of color (Asian, Native American, African-American, Hispanic) and about 9% of our students self-identify as Asian.</p>
<p>If you cannot attend Day for Admitted Students (on Saturday, April 16) we have three myWM Monday programs on April 4, April 11, and April 25. More information about these programs is on the welcome site (which you’ll get the URL for in your admit pack). During this program admitted students shadow a current student for the day (go to classes, lunch, etc) while parents meet with current student, administrators, and financial aid reps to learn more about W&M. A tour for all concludes the program.</p>
<p>We do email all applicants, regardless of decision. If you have not received a decision email check your spam/junk folders thoroughly. If still no email, contact our office at 757-221-4223 so that we can attempt to re-send the information.</p>
<p>We release statistics on the incoming class in mid April but our admit rates don’t vary much from year to year (last year we admitted 33% of our applicants and 27% of out-of-state students).</p>
<p>The admit packs went in the mail yesterday morning (March 29) so they should be arriving in the coming days.</p>
<p>We do have a 3:2 and a 4:2 program in engineering. You spend either 3 or 4 years at W&M getting a BS in physics/chem/bio/comp sci (based on what type of engineering you’d like to pursue) and two years at either RPI or Columbia getting a second BA in engineering (in the case of the 3:2 program) or a masters (in the case of the 4:2 program).</p>