The postcards are the equivalent of a likely letter - I received one yesterday too. Does anyone know when finalist notifications for the 1693 scholarship will come out?
@anxiousco2022 I think they said the first week of March! Do you have any additional information about finalist weekend or the scholarship in general?
@anxiousco2022 I received Finalist notification last night, and am planning to attend. Do you know anything more about the process, and will you be attending?
@ktengann Was it a finalist notification for the 1693 Scholarship?
Yes it was! @S.alazar_sly
@ktengann Wow that’s awesome! I just got my post card in the mail two days ago. I don’t know about the 1693 Scholarship though. I hear only six students win those things (which is messed up). Congrats again on your nomination!
When will they announce decisions?
For the past two years, their decisions have been released on March 23 (Wednesday in 2016 and Thursday in 2017). So perhaps they’ll come out on the 23rd which is a Friday? Or perhaps the weds/thurs before that.
I believe it is the third week of March.
Officially, I think it’s 4/1. But, I think they typically end up being done and release earlier in March. The third week sounds about right if I remember the posts from last year.
Hi! If anyone in northern Virginia is still hoping for a postcard, my sons received theirs yesterday. Good luck to everyone hoping for an indication of good news to come!
Do the mail out RD by snail mail?
What is the postcard? What does it say?
The postcard congratulates the recipient on an impressive application and expresses the writer’s hope that the student will attend W&M in the fall. It states: “The word cypher can mean either a fancy set of initials or a secret message in code, but we don’t intend this postcard to be the latter. So let us be direct – we anticipate sending you good news this spring.”
S just received a likely postcard in NOVA!
I received a postcard just about a week ago (New York) - I haven’t been able to stop smiling! When I first found out, I might have been crying hysterically… Anyway, it was so sweet that they even added a personal note on the bottom, saying my application was “stellar.” I’m definitely attending, and I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am! Go Tribe!
Best of luck to all of you guys!
postcard here in TN! go tribe!!
Would those who received the postcard post their stats, SAT/ACT, grades etc.?
NOVA sons have similar stats. 4.2+ GPAs, 33/35 ACT, 5’s on the AP exams, competition swimmers, paid swim coaches for two teams, and volunteer tutor disadvantaged K-5 kids. Well-rounded and fairly academic, but they haven’t cured cancer, just sold their second start-up, captained four high school athletic teams, won a national robotics competition, etc. Solid academics, lots of swimming, soft spot for kids.
NOVA S has 4.2+, 33 ACT, 5 IB courses, 3 HL, track 3 1/2 yrs., 1st chair sax, some other small things, sister is a current senior with a 4.0 double major, also URM