Williams Regular Decision Thread '12

<p>unsurprisingly rejected. congrats to all you acceptees!</p>

<p>Daughter Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 700 CR 790 M 770 W (2260)
SAT IIs: Chem 660, Spanish 740, Math Level II 780
GPA: 4.4 W, 3.9 UW
Rank: top 10% (HS doesn't rank)
Other stats: National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Essays: did not read
Teacher Recs: did not read
Counselor Rec: did not read
Location/Person:
State or Country: Indiana
School Type: Private Catholic, Competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: National Merit, theater experience, Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Disappointed, but has other good options.</p>

<p>Decision: Wait List</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 790 CR, 720 M, 760 W, 8 essay
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 lit, 760 US History
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.6ish, included letter about how I was sick junior/senior years
[<em>] Rank: top 30%
[</em>] Other stats: ap scores of 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, and 2
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: meh okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: ditto
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
[</em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: kentucky (this is probably what go me waitlisted and not rejected)
[</em>] School Type: public magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness = gpa, lack of major ECs, iffy essays.. strengths = I'm fun to be around? no, seriously, I have no idea
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: waitlisted b/c I have good test scores but terrible GPA and mediocre/slightly above-average ECs
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: hopefully I'll get off the list?</p>

<p>Dude I remember sending my application out. It was the only one I sent by mail. It was Dec 31st and all the post offices in philly and the suburbs were closed except one in center city. The line was gigantic and I stood in line for over an hour to mail my application out. The whole time I was thinking why am I wasting my time, there's no way I'm getting into my dream school--but a girl's gotta dream right (actually I'm a guy but saying a girl's gotta dream sounds so much better)? And now I got in, and I feeling pretty confident that I'll be a purple cow next year. Hallelujah!</p>

<p>Impressive. Congratulations frenchfootballer!</p>

<p>still waiting for my email :( Has anyone else gotten one? (internationals i mean).</p>

<p>Nope. If it comes today (as expected) it will be in the next hour or so.</p>

<p>If not, tomorrow.</p>

<p>hey...i haven't gotten an email either :S and i can't find nething on their site...:(</p>

<p>could anyone write if they get something? I'm still waiting :(</p>

<p>Crap. I think we'll have to wait until tomorrow.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: Composite: 2160, CR: 740, M: 700, W: 720
SAT IIs: 700 (Math I), 710 (Literature), 750 (US History)
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.93 UW, 4.5 W
Rank: 7/514
Other stats: 5 on English Lang/Comp, US History AP Tests, National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Kickass, seriously, it was awesome.
Teacher Recs: Awesome- both are also really good friends of mine
Counselor Rec: Awesome- also a really good friend of mine
Hook (if any): I'm not sure, perhaps my essays?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: F
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: ACT score, and I think I definitely showed my passion through it, my leadership positions in Scholastic Bowl, Speech Team, NHS, and Lit Magazine- also, I've been committed to three of those activities for over four years, and I've also qualified in several regional/national writing competitions. Weakneses? Indian maybe, rank, scores?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: N/A
Other Factors: not too sure
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It's okay! I'm going to NU, but I do really still love Williams so I will accept the spot.</p>

<p>Did anybody get an email? I didn't get one. Williams is my last hope!</p>

<p>Excuse me but ***? Should we just call and be all "hey! remember me? I applied here. So what's up?" or are they gonna, I don't know, INFORM US? ;_;</p>

<p>waitlisted with 600 other people damn im not gonna go there</p>

<p>damn, y dont they ryt to us already ! or giv us a date or SMTH !! grr</p>

<p>Wow, what a crapshoot.</p>

<p>Good luck to all the waitlistees (including my D)!</p>

<p>Are people on the east coast getting letters today?</p>

<p>frenchfootballer, i'm from philly too!</p>

<p>My son just received an acceptance here in NC. Postmarked (or actually, metered) the 28th.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR: 680, M: 780, W: 710 (2170)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish: 800, Lit: 680, Math 2: 780
[<em>] GPA: (100pt scale) unweighted: 95.something, weighted: 100.2
Took 4 AP classes during junior year, took 5 tests though. 4 fives, 1 four.
Currently taking 5 AP classes
[</em>] Rank: 1 or 2/around 70</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Unique.... I like it
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome. I got three, one of them told me, "If you don't get in, then its not my fault."
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Asian living in Mexico, lived by myself for three years since 10th grade
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mexico
[</em>] School Type: American School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: S: I speak three languages, good GPA.... W: low SAT score for asian, high high need of financial aid- almost full needed
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: maybe having lived in mexico helps?
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Don't know if I will be going because I got in to Yale but I really really like this school. Good luck everyone!!!</p>