William and Mary Class of 2022 ED/RD Results Thread

The day is almost upon us! Early decision result are planned to be sent out by the end of this week. When regular decision comes out, please put your results as well. Please don’t post here unless its an actual decision. Good luck to everyone!

Just remove the “a” in the bold, size, and color of your decision.

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

I got in last night and i am soooo grateful. aH im going to put my credentials here if anyone is interesting.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (math 790, writing 710)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math 2: 790, Biology: 750, US History: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA:3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, switched schools senior year messing up my rank and GPA a bit
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), US History (5). (old school didnt allow to take APs until Junior year)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Entrepreneurship, AP AB Calc, AP Econ (1st semester), AP Gov (2nd Semester), English 4, Advanced Anatomy and Physiology, AP Chem, AP Physics 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High Honor roll 9th and 11th grade, Honor roll 10th grade. Holds School record for DIscus. Most valuable track player 11th grade, Most improved player in track and field 10th grade.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Football 9th-10th grade, Varsity Track 9th-current. Founded Model UN Club at school. (Class president 9th grade). (Co-Chair for community and service 10th grade)
Job/Work Experience: Spent Summer in an orphanage in India for a non profit
Volunteer/Community service: Midatlantic Regional Executive Committee Secretary for the Muslim Youth of North America (MYNA). Editor in Chief of MYNA Monthly Newsletter. Camp Logistics Chair for MYNA Summer camp.
Summer Activities: Spent one summer in India as a researcher and analyst for a non-profit at an orphanage to measure health and wellness
Essays (rating 1-10, details): (Common app general: How did you solve a problem?) 8, Talked about how I used dialogue and empathy in my community work to counteract misunderstanding and apathy amongst my peers and society in general and how this could be magnified to make a bigger impact in the future. (William and Mary Supplemental: what makes you unique) 9, talked about how i struggled with my identity being a Indian Muslim American and how I grew into my skin through my work in MYNA and accepting the meaning of my name in arabic.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10 (AP Bio teacher with a PhD. Was her favorite student because everyone that took the course was disrespectful to her and it was her last year before she retired. Spent a lot of time after school talking to her about academic and non academic topics)
Teacher Rec #2: 8 (APUSH teacher that was a Duke Alum. Loved spending time in his class and often borrowed books that he recommended me to read. Was the top of my class and often sat in his class during study halls to work on homework)
Counselor Rec: N/A (Because i switched schools, my counselors had to put my previous teachers recommendations instead of his own.
Additional Rec: 6 (AP Chem teacher that was a Northwestern Alum. Was a teacher from new school, so she only knew me for a month and a half (half of which there wasnt any school due to Hurrican Harvey) but she said she talked about how I acclimated to this new school quickly and how i excelled in school.
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Applied with first choice in the 3:2 Engineering Program but have not heard if the is the major i am in.
State (if domestic applicant): Houston, Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: first 3 years: Private College Preparatory School, Senior Year in Public School
Ethnicity: Indian Muslim
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: +500k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minority, maybe first American Born generation?

Reflection

Strengths: Community work, Test Scores, Athletics, Religious and Ethnic Minority
Weaknesses: Lack of Consistency in extracurricular and community work, OOS, Not the best GPA, Switching schools senior year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and Test scores is what i believe got me in.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Did not apply anywhere else because i was waiting to hear back from W&M and not im SOOOO Happy aH i only needed to apply to one school.

General Comments:
I am really happy for the outcome for me in the admission process but I understand that many people are not luck enough as me and I really hope that everyone gets in but that is not true. I am sorry and hope that what i wrote does not put salt on the wound.

Congratulations!!

Accepted ED

SAT I: 1360 (Math 640, R/W 720)
SAT II: US History 800
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3
World (5), US History (5), Enviro (4), Lang (5)

Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Lit, Gov’t, Spanish, Calculus), Honor Physics, Orchestra, elective
Major Awards: National Speaker, Statewide Recognition, Leadership program on the level of Governor’s school, School Level Academic Award

Extracurriculars: Her community based extracurriculars always blows people away. She has spoken at National Conferences. She aslo had summer job, church volunteering, and orchestra invovlement.
Essays: English Teacher said she will use it as an example for future students. It was fun and light hearted since everything else on her application was serious.

Teacher Rec #1: 10 - best student, loves to learn, particpate …
Counselor Rec: 10 - community drivien accademic kid
Additional Rec: 10 - one of the most impressive people i have ever met …
Interview: went great

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: History
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia - NOVA

School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Strengths: Straight As, References, Unique and Impressive Extracurriculars, Volunteerism
Weaknesses: SAT math score 640 had us worried