Hey everyone! I figured I’d start a RD discussion for W&M. It’s a reach for me (4.3W/1260 SAT). Does anyone know when decisions will come out RD?
i think we get them april 1st. it’s a reach for me too (3.54 uw 4.82 w 1450 SAT)
My son applied 1500 sat; 4.0 uw 4.65 w. I’m hoping he will stay in Va.
So I had a problem with the Slideroom portfolio submission earlier today. The deadline for submitting a portfolio was today, but the slideroom site was down and I was trying for an hour but the link would kept giving me an error message. Slideroom even posted on their twitter that they had a problem with connections.
I emailed W&M about it, and sent them a document version of my portfolio with the same questions as the slideroom, let them know about the situation. My actual application was turned in on time a few days ago.
What do you guys think? Out of luck here? Or is W&M admissions normally a little graceful about submission deadlines?
My guess is that they’ll make an exception, especially because your regular application is in on time. My experience with William and Mary admissions is that they’re quite kind.
Let us know what they say!
I got a reply earlier today from admissions apologizing for the website being down, and giving me the option to either continue my Slideroom submission, or use the document submission.
That took a weight off of my shoulders! And you were right, W&M admissions are indeed quite kind!
Thanks for letting us know, @waverider28 ! I’m glad it ended well. I’m an alum of W&M, so I’m biased, but the faculty and staff at W&M are some of the kindest and most student-focused I’ve encountered.
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In the past it has been late March via email. I’m guessing the same this year.
My S applied - he attended a summer program at W&M and really enjoyed it (managed to get an A and 4 transferable credits) so applied on a flyer but as an OOS student his odds are not great (4.02 WGPA, 33 ACT, 7 APs the rest Honors) and given the relative lack of merit based grants in general, and for his application specifically, the OOS tuition is rather staggering.
He’s already been accepted to all the schools he applied to other than UNC and W&M and will know UNC in another week or two - so by late March I suspect he’ll have already made a decision and W&M will be a bit of a moot point. Great school and a good fit for my S but hard to justify the 2.5-3 times cost over NC state options, and private schools that have given him substantial merit scholarships.
Have others also not received their portal yet? It has been four weeks since I submitted my application and I still do not have my portal.
@bayougal My son applied in Nov and still hasn’t received portal information.
William and Mary does not have a portal for applicants. Once you submit your application, the applicant and the parents will get one email email saying that the application was received and then another email when all the components have been submitted and the application is complete.
When the decisions come out, an email will go to the applicant’s email address. If you are accepted, you will be given directions about accessing a portal.
Good luck!!! ?
From what I understand, W&M does not have a portal. Decisions arrive by email, and they’ll contact you if anything is missing from your application.
DS applied RD and got a postcard saying “good news is coming soon” with additional handwritten note from the AO, what does it mean? does he need to reply in any way?
That’s the famous W&M “cipher” postcard! It means she’s in. That is, unless she’s arrested for hacking into the Pentagon computers or something.
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@prodesse thank you! It did mention “cipher” ?
@makemesmart if you don’t mind me asking, what are your DS’s stats? Congratulations!
OS daughter got her cipher postcard today. Does anyone know if they all go out at once?
SAT-1490, ACT 34, 3rd out of 503, 11APs, 4.5
I am told they do not go out all at once.
My dd received a cypher letter today!
Congrats!!!